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Thursday, August 26, 2004 - 03:00
Categories: 
Health & HIV/AIDS [2]
Issue Number: 
171 [3]
Article-Summary: 

A World Health Organisation official has urged traditional medicine practitioners in Africa to register their products to gain more benefits - including international trade - from their use. Speaking at the first scientific meeting of the Western Africa Network of Natural Products Research Scientists, which focused on malaria and HIV/AIDS, Charles Wambebe said that only 22 of 46 African countries have policies or laws covering traditional medicine.

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Food & Health [4]
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