Traditional Medicines Emerging, But...!

As the Covid-19 pandemic continues to ravage the world’s health care system and disrupts socio-economic activities, intensive efforts in the developed countries to find a vaccine yielded fruits. Cameroon, like other African countries, did not fold its arms and wait. The search for new remedies with traditional herbs proved effective in curbing the spread of the virus. Today, the country boasts of four traditional herbs which accompany the population in curbing or preventing the deadly pandemic. 
The good news was made known on July 8, 2021, when the Minister of Public Health, Malachie Manaouda, officially authorised the local marketing of four improved traditional medicines to fight against Covid-19 for a period of three years. These: are Adsak Covid / Elixir Covid, produced by the Archbishop of Douala, Mgr Samuel Kleda, Corocur Powder, by the Cardiologist, Euloge Yagnigni, Soudicov Plus, by Imam Modibo Soudi, and the “Ngul Be Tara” kit for Covid-19 treatment by Dr Peyou Ndi Samba. In his decision, Malachie Manaouda specifies that the four approved improved traditional medicines are "adjuvants to the treatment of Covid-19" in Cameroon. That is, they must be associated with the existing anti-Covid-19 protocol. The Director of Pharmacy, Medicines and Laboratories at the Ministry of Pub...