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TRADITIONAL MEDICINE PRACTICE COUNCIL

TRADITIONAL MEDICINE PRACTICE COUNCIL. PRESENTATION OF 2008 POW BY F. K. HLORTSI-AKAKPO REGISTRAR. WHAT IS TRADITIONAL MEDICINE?.

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TRADITIONAL MEDICINE PRACTICE COUNCIL

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  1. TRADITIONAL MEDICINE PRACTICE COUNCIL PRESENTATION OF 2008 POW BY F. K. HLORTSI-AKAKPO REGISTRAR

  2. WHAT IS TRADITIONAL MEDICINE? • “refers to health practices, approaches, knowledge and beliefs incorporating plant, animal and mineral based medicines, spiritual therapies, manual techniques and exercise applied singularly or in combination to treat, diagnose and prevent illness or maintain well being”. (who, fact sheet no. 134,2003)

  3. WHO IS A TRADITIONAL MEDICINE PRACTITIONER? • Is a person who practices the art and signs of traditional medicine (TM) profession. eg • spiritualists, • herbalists. • Homeopaths • Naturopaths etc

  4. CONTRIBUTIONS TO HEALTHCARE • Health needs of at least 60% of population • At primary healthcare level.

  5. MANDATE • To regulate the practice of TM in Ghana • Enabling law: Traditional medicine practice Act, 2000(Act 575)

  6. OBJECTIVE • To strengthen TM practice towards quality service delivery

  7. CHALLENGES • Council yet to be inaugurated • Inadequate resources • Inadequate staff capacity • Poor literacy levels of majority of practitioners • Slow compliance of TMPs to regulatory mechanisms

  8. THRUST FOR 2008 • to continue to build structures to enable the secretariat enforce the provisions of the law on Traditional Medicine Practice in Ghana

  9. PRIORITY ACTIVITY • Advocate for the inauguration of the Traditional Medicine Practice Council. • Recruit staff to augment the existing numbers in the secretariat • Organise awareness creation/ public education activities and sensitization on the registration and licensing of Traditional Medicine Practitioners. • Certify Traditional Medicine Practitioners and licence Practice Premises. • Develop standard Operating Procedures Manuals for quality assurance in traditional medicines practice.

  10. EXPECTED RESULTS • Effective structures for the regulation and practice of Traditional Medicine in Ghana • At least 500TMPs registered and certified and 300 licensed practice premises.

  11. COLLABORATORS • Ministry of Health, • College of Health Sciences- • Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, • World Health Organization, • Pharmacy Council, • Food and Drugs Board , • Centre for Scientific Research into Plant Medicine, • Ghana Federation of Traditional Medicine Practitioners Association and • Ghana Association of Medical Herbalists (GAHM).

  12. CONCLUSION • Strong need for increased support from all and sundry for the promotion and development of quality TM practice in Ghana THANK YOU

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