How can we make the integral use of herbal or traditional medicines with conventional medicines to enhance the efficacy of the existing healthcare delivering systems?
A failed herbal treatment for eczema motivated Grace Nambatya Kyeyune to dive deep into the chemistry of natural products. She now oversees the evaluation of medicinal plants for efficacy and safety as research director at the Natural Chemotherapeutics Research Institute in Kampala. “Many of the traditional medicines are scientifically sound treatments,” she says. Uganda’s National Drug Authority has already registered more than 230 natural products...