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Introduction: Pharmacognosy is the study of those natural substances, principally plants, that find a use in medicine [5].Phytochemistry is the study of chemicals derived from plants (including the identification of new drug candidates derived from plant sources).These two specialities are of immense importance to the biological scientists and pharmaceutical researchers alike. Life scientists and Biomedical researchers are striving to inform as many as possible, in this instance about how we can be rest assured that the quality, safety, efficacy and nutrients of what gets to the bedsides (as well as dining desks), are of natural materials that were hygienically prepared and compounded to formulations (food and medicine respectively), using the up-to-date Standard Operating Procedures (SOP). According to the World Health Organiization (WHO), more than 80% of the world's population relies on herbal product (s) for one reason or the other, not just that, risen health problems amid COVID-19 pandemic has changed the whole statistical data to the uptrend for the Pharmaceutical (Nutraceufical inclusive) industries. Previous findings suggest that the main barriers to the global use of technology in medical / pharmaceutical education includes geographical disparities , negative attitudes and lack of technical know-how , while internet access difficulties accounts for the reason why 6 out 10 Sub- Saharans are not subscribing to the so-called Natural Science resources, although, that itself is likely to be a direct or an indirect impact of economic deprivation, but this study address internet access difficulties as a component of 'limits of technology' rather. Low-to Middle-Income Countries (LMICs) in general tend to face greater health challenges, largely due to their decreased resources in comparison to Higher-Income Countries (HIC).Sub-Saharan Africa in comparison to the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and Southeast Asia within the so - called LMICs , experiences the highest disease burdens, as a result of many factors among which health education is of huge importance.As a matter of fact, there are different reports on digital resources that include online global health courses being available for worldwide use, that have been recommended as effective tools to address the shortage of qualified health workers in LMICs and low-resource settings [6].Doing goodness to online health care learnings in general will expand the health workforce capacity to deal with disease burdens within the LMICs and beyond. An independent web-based study conducted for the subject in question at African College of Health (an online institution of health care learnings) in 2021 further substantiates the fact that the main barrier to Medical Education Online in the Sub- Saharan Africa is internet accessibility issues (6 out of 10). Other factors are socio-emotional, lack of motivation, doubtable quality of online contents, limits of technology and busy schedules. As previously mentioned,study of plants and its constituents are of great importance to human existence, people are being displaced for natural and man - made reasons than ever before, not just that, thinkers have suggested that 'Mobile Apps' (mobile applications) may assume place (s) of traditional classrooms one day. Whether those arguments are true or not, E- learning (learning conducted via electronic media, typically on the internet) is already a way out. |
