Africa: Progress Report On Decade Of Traditional Medicine In The African Region

Africa: Progress Report On Decade Of Traditional Medicine In The African Region   REGIONAL COMMITTEE FOR AFRICA Sixty-first session Yamoussoukro, Côte d’Ivoire, 29 August–2 September 2011 ORIGINAL: ENGLISH Provisional agenda item 17.2 AFR/RC61/PR/2   BACKGROUND   1. Traditional medicine is defined as the total combination of knowledge and practices used in diagnosing, preventing or eliminating physical, mental or social diseases, relying mainly on past experience and observation handed down...

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