COVID-19: WHO meets 70 African traditional medicine experts
In its bid to find a cure for the coronavirus disease, otherwise referred to as COVID-19, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said that it has met with 70 traditional medicine experts.
The global health body disclosed this on Tuesday via its official Twitter handle @WHOAFRO.
According to the WHO, an agreement was reached with the herbal medicine experts on clinical trials of their remedies.
“70 traditional medicine experts from countries across #Africa held a virtual meeting with @WHO on the role of traditional medicine in the #COVID19 response.
“They unanimously agreed that clinical trials must be conducted for all medicines in the Region, without exception,” @WHOAFRO tweeted.
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This meeting is coming a day after Madagascar Presidentz Andry Rajoelina, batted away criticism for promoting a homegrown remedy for COVID-19, charging that the West has a condescending attitude towards traditional African medicine.
“If it wasn’t Madagascar and if it was a European country that had actually discovered this remedy, would there be so much doubt? I don’t think so,” Madagascar’s President told French media in an interview on Monday.
