Ethiopia’s Ministry of Health on Monday officialised the long-awaited traditional medicine research and roadmap as the implementation of the national insurance policy gets going.The purpose of the road map was to identify the most effective way for specific medicinal treatment through priority ranking and to assess the status of transfer of traditional botanical knowledge. The strategies of the road-map include revision of policies, proclamation and guidelines, strengthening control mechanisms as well as nurturing, documenting and preservation of indigenous knowledge, Dr Amir Aman, Ethiopian Minister of Health said. The strategies also include incorporating traditional medicine knowledge to formal education, building capacity of practitioners, collaborating with pharmaceutical manufacturers to produce research-proven traditional medicines and availing well-regulated traditional medicines. Dr Amir said the final aspiration of the roadmap is to reveal those free of side effects research medicinal benefit and put as alternative medicine. According to the Minister, about 80 of the Ethiopians take traditional medicine first-hand for most of the illnesses.

Source: Ethiopian News October 01, 2019 00:11 UTC