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Experiences and challenges of African traditional medicine: lessons from COVID-19 pandemic

Management of COVID-19 in Africa is challenging due to limited resources, including the high cost of vaccines, diagnostics, medical devices and routine pharmaceuticals. These challenges, in addition to wide acceptability, have resulted in increased use of herbal medicines based on African traditiona...

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Autores principales:	Mutombo, Polydor Ngoy, Kasilo, Ossy Muganga Julius, James, Peter Bai, Wardle, Jon, Kunle, Olobayo, Katerere, David, Wambebe, Charles, Matsabisa, Motlalepula Gilbert, Rahmatullah, Mohammed, Nikiema, Jean-Baptiste, Mukankubito, Immaculee, Sheridan, Rick, Sanogo, Rokia, Nissapatorn, Veeranoot, Sivakorn, Chaisith, Tripathy, Satyajit, Goyal, Ramesh, Dhobi, Mahaveer
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BMJ Publishing Group 2023
Materias:	Practice
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10414097/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37558269 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2022-010813

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