Traditional Medicine Gains Momentum in Tanzania

The Acting Assistant Director of Traditional and Alternative Medicine Dr. Paulo Peter Mhame has urged students to embrace traditional medicine, terming it the "mainstay of primary health care" in rural areas.

More and more Tanzanians are turning away from Western solutions to traditional medicine for treatment.

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