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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