medicine

Professor John Harrington discusses how in Kenya after decades of repression, authorities are now actively seeking to modernise traditional medicine . He also highlights challenges in regulating and protecting intellectual property rights of those practising traditional medicine.

11 of Sierra Leone’s 123 medical doctors have perished fighting Ebola. Jamie Hitchen sheds light on the burden that has fallen on local health care staff and questions whether they have received enough support and recognition.

This New Telegraph article features ARI's most recent Policy Voice , "Modern African Remedies: herbal medicine and community development in Nigeria".

Father Anselm Adodo, founder of Paxherbals, and collaborator on our latest Policy Voice, "Modern African Remedies: Herbal medicine and community development in Nigeria" was on Arise News to discuss community development in Edo State, Nigeria.

“Traditional” medicine must be modern, professional and based in science if it is to contribute to improving health systems and outcomes in Africa.

Jamie Hitchen spent a fortnight in Nigeria in December 2014 working on a new publication about traditional medicine. Here he gives readers a glimpse into what an ARI research trip entails.

Many Nigerians who voted on 28 March in the presidential election did so hoping for change. But what did change look like for citizens of Edo state? Father Anselm Adodo set off to find out.

Speaker: Father Anselm Adodo (Founder - Paxherbals)