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This chapter is about the role of indigenous traditional medicine (hereafter referred to as ITM, traditional medicine) in Ghana. It is based on the premise that ITM has great potential of improving the health status of Ghanaians if it becomes more systematized, and if its worthiness is explored to a greater extent than it is now. Much needed resources, funds included, are being pumped into orthodox medicine when our main focus should be on less costly and easily available traditional medicine.
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Nimoh, S.K. (2014). Indigenous Traditional Medicine in Ghana. In: Emeagwali, G., Dei, G.J.S. (eds) African Indigenous Knowledge and the Disciplines. Anti-Colonial Educational Perspectives for Transformative Change. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-770-4_8
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