The National
Council on Health (NCH) has placed a ban on traditional medicine practice
pending the passage of a bill to regulate traditional medicine in the
country
The
Council which is the highest decision making body in the health
sector also endorsed a ban placed on the use of media outfit to advertise
and promote unapproved traditional medical products in the country
The Council said
the ban became imperative in order to reduce mortality resulting from patronage
of the advertised herbal products.
This was contained
in a draft communiqué issued at the end of the 55th National Council on Health
meeting which ended in Abuja at the weekend.
The Council however
called for a review of the regulation of traditional medical practice through
the establishment of the national traditional medicine board at all levels and
called for early passage of the national traditional medicine bill by the National
Assembly
In the interim,
Council urged all states that are affected by the practice to develop and
implement mechanism for regulating the activities of traditional medicine
practitioners to protect the health of the populace.
The Hon. Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu used
the opportunity to inform Council on the Committee set up to work towards the
inclusion of herbal medicine into medical school curricula as informed by
evidence based analysis.
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