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Turning plants into pills in Kenya
Traditional healers are joining forces with plant chemists in Kenya to develop antimalarials isolated from plants, reports Tatum Anderson.
FEATURE | 13 December 2007 | EN
A modern spin on traditional Chinese medicine
Traditional Chinese medicine is under threat, but can systems biology come to the rescue? Jane Qiu weighs up the two philosophies.
Traditional medicine without the 'quacks'
The Republic of Congo is working to rid traditional medicine of 'quacks', and access its valuable, affordable treatments.
Faking it: the debate over Chinese pseudoscience
China's science popularisation law gives teeth to those fighting 'pseudoscience' — but also feeds the furore over what the term really means, report Jia Hepeng and Li Jiao.
Western and traditional healing meet over HIV
Natasha Bolognesi reports on one woman's efforts to bridge the divide between Western science and traditional medicine in South Africa.
Village India: untouched by the science boom
The dramatic scientific advances enjoyed by India's urban elite have passed the country's rural poor by, reports T. V. Padma.
FEATURE | 15 May 2006 | EN
A new prescription for Kenya’s traditional healers
Ehsan Masood reports on how Maseno University in Kenya is helping traditional healers to modernise the way they diagnose and treat illness.
China's scientific shortcut to new drugs
Jia Hepeng describes how Chinese researchers are changing the way they use herbal remedies to compete on the international pharmaceutical market.
Making traditional Chinese medicine sustainable
Chen Zhiyong describes the steps that Chinese authorities are taking to make traditional medicines that use endangered species of plants and wildlife more sustainable.
The challenges of marketing traditional medicines
Paroma Basu reports on the efforts of developing countries to transform local medicinal knowledge into modern biotech medicines.
Chile's flourishing market for indigenous medicine
A return to traditional medicine and culture in Chile is bringing a much-needed source of revenue and employment to the country's indigenous population, reports Daniela Estrada.
Old meets new in West Africa's medicine mix
Mihaela Serbulea reports on how traditional medicine is being integrated into public health systems in Côte d'Ivoire and Senegal.
FEATURE | 9 February 2005 | EN
Uganda tests its traditional anti-malaria 'drugs'
A Ugandan researcher is running clinical evaluations to assess the safety of traditional medicines used against malaria, reports Peter Wamboga-Mugirya.
FEATURE | 7 January 2005 | EN
Treating malaria with herbal medicines
Merlin L Willcox and Gerard Bodeker review research on traditional herbal medicines used to treat malaria.
FEATURE | 12 November 2004 | EN
Bringing traditional cures into Uganda's health system
Federica Bianchi reports from Uganda on the moves to integrate traditional medicine into the country's health system.
FEATURE | 15 October 2004 | EN
Tanzania draws on ancient remedies to fight HIV
This article reports on the success of an innovative approach to break down barriers between traditional and biomedical health workers in Tanzania.
FEATURE | 18 November 2003 | EN
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