The governance of traditional medicine and herbal remedies in the selected local markets of Western Kenya.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A lot of emphasis is often placed on modern governance systems and little or no attention is given to traditional governance practices which remain largely undocumented. The study aimed at finding out important traditional and modern governance practices that regulate traditional medicine sector in Western Kenya.

Materials and methods

The study was carried out in selected market centres of Western Kenya where the identified traditional medicine practitioners (TMPs) sell their traditional medicine. All consenting TMPs and professional experts were interviewed with the aid of a semi-structured questionnaire. Purposive sampling design with elements of snowball techniques was employed in tracing competent traditional medicine (TM) experts and relevant professional exp

SUBMITTER: Chebii WK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7320552 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature