African Medicines Regulatory

These realities are some of the catalysts for regional medicines harmonization initiatives such as the African Medicines Regulatory... 

It is estimated that 80 percent of the population consults with traditional healers before they seek access to conventional medicines. The use of indigenous African medicine is thus quite prevalent cind presents medicine regulatory challenges as the materials are obtained from the fauna and flora of the country. 

As noted in nnmerons market reports in North America and elsewhere, there is a bright future for the appropriate development, marketing, and use of medicinal plants and related products in foods, dietary supplements, natural health products (the regulatory term in Canada), over-the-coimter and prescription drugs, and cosmetics. This book provides an excellent opportunity to delve into the current and fiitine contributions that African plants can and will continue to make to this expanded worldwide market. 

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