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The TRADITIONAL Medicine Practice Council (TMPC),a regulatory agency of Ministry of Health responsible for Traditional and Alternative Medicine (TAM) practice in the country has organized the 2017 Professional Qualifying Examination (PQE) for Medical Herbalists drawn from the school of Herbal Medicine, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi (KNUST). The examination which spans two days consists of practical and theory. Twenty-One Medical Herbalists took part in the examination. Torgbui Yaka IV, Registrar of TMPC in interview with the media after reiterated her appeal for support and resourcing adequately of TMPC to promote, regulate and control Traditional and Alternative...

Traditional Herbal Medicine Practitioners have received training on the legal implications of not complying with ethics of the profession.This follows several complaints on the sale of these drugs by unqualified people especially in buses and claims that the drugs can cure many diseases.At the training in Accra, the administrator of the Traditional Medicine Practice Control, Dela Kemavor said the council is intensifying education as it will in the coming weeks crack the whip severely on practitioners who flout the law.A major challenge in the health sector is unwillingness of the mainstream health facilities to attend to patients who have...

Traditional medicine practitioners have been urged to register and renew their licenses to ensure lawful operations of their businesses. They must also uphold standards to help build confidence in their careers and ensure respect and acceptance on the international market. Mallam Kofi Sumaila, a member of the Traditional Medicine Practice Council, under the Ministry of Health (MOH), said this in an interview with the Ghana News Agency at Tinkong in the Akuapem North Municipality. He noted that standards were critical to promote the health and safety of their clients as well as preserve the environment. In response to queries...