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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