Parliament says Zimbabwe should allocate funds for research into traditional medicines in 2022 budget

Parliament says Zimbabwe should allocate funds for research into traditional medicines in 2022 budget

4.7    Constraints and Challenges:-

  1. a) Lack of funding for research on the efficacy, safety and adequacy of the existing and new indigenous and complementary medicines;
  2. b) Unavailability of land that is earmarked for the cultivation of herbs;
  3. c) No mainstreaming of the traditional medical practice in education curriculum;
  4. d) Negative attitudes towards the traditional medical practice from the media, churches, Government of Zimbabwe and society at large;
  5. e) Most of the TMPs are illiterate and this becomes a barrier as they are looked down upon by the CMPs;
  6. f) Lack of standardisation of the traditional practice and products;
  7. g) Lack of organised information from the TMPs when applying to register their medicines at the MCAZ;
  8. h) Limited understanding of the standards and guidelines for the registration of medicines at the MCAZ;
  9. i) Traditional Medical Practitioners are limited to functioning without the use of modern basic gadgets like BP machine, thermometer, pulse readers among others;
  10. j) Lack of political will to promote the development of the traditional medical practice in Zimbabwe.

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