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Herbal medicine practitioners want dedicated ministry

Posted by support | Aug 24, 2017 | Other News, TMPC News

The President of the Ghana Federation of Traditional Medicine Practitioners Associations (GHAFTRAM), Mr Kojo Eduful, has appealed to the government to establish a new ministry responsible for traditional medicine.He said since about 80 per cent of Ghanaians relied on the use of traditional or herbal medicines, it was imperative to create a new ministry to undertake more research concerning its use. Mr Eduful said this in an interview with the Daily Graphic on the sidelines of a book launch in Accra last Monday. The book, entitled “Fundamentals of Herbal Medicine” is over 700 pages written by Dr Kofi Busia....

Include herbal medicine in NHIS — Traditional healers

Posted by support | Aug 24, 2017 | Other News, TMPC News

According to the members of the Ghana National Association of Traditional Healers, although they contributed immensely to the delivery of health care in the country, they were being discriminated against as a result of the exclusion of herbal drugs from the NHIS. Speaking at a press conference yesterday to express some of the challenges herbal medicine practitioners in Ghana faced, the Greater Accra Regional Chairman of the association, Mr Oscar Asamoah Donkor, said the association catered for 65 per cent of the Ghanaian population. The activities of the members of the association, Mr Donkor said, had been saving the nation...

Traditional medicine practitioners call for unity

Posted by support | Jun 7, 2017 | General Health News |

The Traditional Medicine Practice Council (TMPC), an agency of the Ministry of Health, (MoH), the statutory regulator for Traditional and Alternative Medicine Practices in the country has asked Ghanaians to reconcile and make peace with one another so as to make the nation a one big happy family devoid of acrimony and rancor. In a message issued to the press in Accra and signed by Torgbuiga Yaka IV, the Registrar of (TMPC), who is also a Traditional Ruler, TMPC urged all Ghanaians to renew their vow to uphold the unity of the country in this electioneering year. The message...

TMPC Gives Ultimatum To Quacks…Regularize Your Operations Within 30Days Or …

Posted by support | Jun 7, 2017 | General Health News |

THE Traditional Medicine Practice Council (TMPC) has reminded and cautioned all unlicensed and illegally operating practitioners and facilities to take steps to regularize their operations with the council within thirty (30 days) , with immediate effect, with 11thApril as deadline or have themselves to blame. The Traditional Medicine Practice Council (TMPC) a regulatory agency of the Ministry of Health and the Statutory regulatory agency that is responsible for the promotion, control and regulation of traditional and alternative medicine practice in the country, issued the ultimatum to practitioners in a press statement in Accra. The ultimatum according to TMPC took...

Traditional and Ancient medicines can cure All Diseases including HIV

Posted by support | Feb 12, 2016 | Featured, TMPC News |

There has been claims that traditional medicines are capable of curing all diseases. This claims have been disputed by many medical experts saying that scientifically some diseases such as HIV AIDS and other diseases cannot be cured by any medicines including traditional medicines. However, it has come to light that the potency of traditional medicines cannot be questioned. In an article on line through wayofhealthylife.com via Afuwa Kasule in Uganda has said it all. Recent studies have confirmed that black cumin seed oil (nigella sativa) can inhibit cancer cell activity and is an effective cancer treatment, at least in...