Mutual Pan-African support paradigm to produce scientific evidence of traditional medical practices for use against COVID-19 and emerging pandemics.

Autor:	Eze MO; Department of Chemistry, Health Enhancement and Public Health Biochemistry Lab, University of Winnipeg, 515 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 2E9, Canada.; Department of Medical Biochemistry, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medical Sciences, Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike, Abakaliki, Ebonyi PMB 1010, Nigeria., Ejike CECC; Department of Medical Biochemistry, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medical Sciences, Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike, Abakaliki, Ebonyi PMB 1010, Nigeria., Ifeonu P; National Association of Nigerian Traditional Medicine Practitioners, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra, Nigeria., Mignone J; Department of Community Health Sciences, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, Max Rady College of Medicine, The University of Manitoba, 307 Human Ecology Building, 35 Chancellor's Circle, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2, Canada., Udenigwe CC; Department of Medical Biochemistry, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medical Sciences, Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike, Abakaliki, Ebonyi PMB 1010, Nigeria.; Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Nutrition Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5, Canada., Uzoegwu PN; Department of Biochemistry, The University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu, Nigeria.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Scientific African [Sci Afr] 2021 Nov; Vol. 14, pp. e01046. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Nov 16.
DOI:	10.1016/j.sciaf.2021.e01046
Abstrakt:	Africa is endowed with a profoundly rich and diverse system of plants and other bio-resources out of which, by traditional medicine practice, the people have satisfied their healthcare needs right from antiquity. In contemporary times, it has become necessary to modernize this traditional medical care system via scientific studies. Validation of the efficacy of health-enhancement products and drugs from plants and other bio-resources is predicated on diligent and intensive research accompanied by rigorous and conclusive clinical trials. Africa has eminently qualified human resources but due to the finance-intensive nature of medical research, individual African states on their own cannot fund the level of research desired for dealing with such serious issues as the COVID-19 pandemic. A collaboration among African states guided by a Mutual Pan-African support paradigm (MPASP) is a unique strategy for achieving success in any such a high-impact global project as the use of traditional medicine against COVID-19 and emerging pandemics; and this is hereby advocated. Competing Interests: The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper. (© 2021 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of African Institute of Mathematical Sciences / Next Einstein Initiative.)
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