what place for traditional medicine? – DW – 02/27/2023

For centuries, it has been a source of accessible health care at an affordable cost… It has been a few years now that the World Health Organization (WHO) has even recommended that it be generalized in many countries, particularly in Africa, collaboration between traditional medicine and conventional medicine.
Since then, according to the WHO, more than 40 countries in the African Region have developed national policies on traditional medicine in 2022, up from just eight countries in 2000. Thirty countries have integrated traditional medicine into their national policies. In addition, 39 countries have established regulatory frameworks governing the activity of traditional healers. Efforts are therefore being made to restore traditional medicine to its former glory. This is the case in Burundi where it is increasingly recognized, illustration in this magazine with a report by Antéditeste Niragira, our correspondent in Bujumbura

But we will first talk regarding a disease that remains worrying: it is the Marburg virus disease. A disease almost as deadly as Ebola which was recently reported for the first time in Equatorial Guinea. There, it caused casualties and cases have even been reported in neighboring Cameroon. We talk regarding it with Doctor Rudy Arnaud Nana, specialist in internal medicine and public health in Cameroon.