Acting Ministry of Health Director-General Dr Patrick Amoth is the new Chairperson of the World Health Organization (WHO) Executive Board.
Dr Amoth's predecessor, Dr. Harsh Vardhan, made the announcement on Wednesday during the 149th session of the WHO Executive board.
Dr Harsh Vardhan said th
Give traditional medicine a fair chance in fight against Covid-19, says professor
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CAPE TOWN - Give traditional medicine a fair chance, a fair investment so that it contributes to fighting the coronavirus pandemic.
This was the message from Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS) practitioners during a virtual seminar hosted by the Department of Higher Education, Science and Innovation, on dispelling myths about vaccines and variants, on Wednesday afternoon.
Professor Motlalepula Matsabisa, who is Chairperson of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Regional Expert Advisory Committee on Traditional Medicines for Covid-19 and director of pharmacology at the University of the Free State, said an equitable distribution of resources towards the development of other therapeutics was needed.