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In a recent article, Dr. Peter Arhin (2008), Director of the Trathtional and Alternative Methcine Directorate of Ghana’s Ministry of Health (MoH), wrote, “[T] rathtional methcine and complementary and alternative [methcine] is emerging from a long period of systemic global marginalization” (p. 4). Arhin is not alone in placing a renewed emphasis on Trathtional Methcine in the Ghanaian and African contexts. In fact, the World Health Organization (WHO) has noted, “TM [is] one of the surest means to achieve total health coverage of the world’s population” (Sarpong, 2008, p. 6). This is especially true in Ghana where 70 percent of the population use trathtional methcine as its first choice for well-being (Arhin, 2008; Sarpong, 2008).
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Agyeyomah, C., Langdon, J., Butler, R. (2010). “To Die is Honey, and to Live is Salt”: Indigenous Epistemologies of Wellness in Northern Ghana and the Threat of Institutionalized Containment. In: Kapoor, D., Shizha, E. (eds) Indigenous Knowledge and Learning in Asia/Pacific and Africa. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230111813_16
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