Management of type 2 diabetes mellitus by traditional medicine practitioners in Kenya-key informant interviews
INTRODUCTION: worldwide, plant based medicines are increasing in popularity due to perceptions of safety and efficacy. Herbalists in Kenya are widely consulted for the management of many diseases including Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM). This study investigated the level of knowledge of the herbali...
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| author | Irene Njeri Chege Faith Apolot Okalebo Anastasia Nkatha Guantai Simon Karanja Solomon Derese |
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| description | INTRODUCTION: worldwide, plant based medicines are increasing in popularity due to perceptions of safety and efficacy. Herbalists in Kenya are widely consulted for the management of many diseases including Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM). This study investigated the level of knowledge of the herbalists in management of T2DM. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-87e26de839144efea516f659e48ce9aa2022-12-21T16:43:15ZengThe Pan African Medical JournalThe Pan African Medical Journal1937-86881937-86882015-10-01229010.11604/pamj.2015.22.90.64856485Management of type 2 diabetes mellitus by traditional medicine practitioners in Kenya-key informant interviewsIrene Njeri Chege0Faith Apolot Okalebo1Anastasia Nkatha Guantai2Simon Karanja3Solomon Derese4 College of Health Sciences, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi, Kenya School of Pharmacy, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya School of Pharmacy, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya College of Health Sciences, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi, Kenya Department of Chemistry, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya INTRODUCTION: worldwide, plant based medicines are increasing in popularity due to perceptions of safety and efficacy. Herbalists in Kenya are widely consulted for the management of many diseases including Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM). This study investigated the level of knowledge of the herbalists in management of T2DM. https://www.panafrican-med-journal.com/content/article/22/90/pdf/90.pdf herbalistsdiabetes mellitustraditional medicine |
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| title | Management of type 2 diabetes mellitus by traditional medicine practitioners in Kenya-key informant interviews |
| title_full | Management of type 2 diabetes mellitus by traditional medicine practitioners in Kenya-key informant interviews |
| title_fullStr | Management of type 2 diabetes mellitus by traditional medicine practitioners in Kenya-key informant interviews |
| title_full_unstemmed | Management of type 2 diabetes mellitus by traditional medicine practitioners in Kenya-key informant interviews |
| title_short | Management of type 2 diabetes mellitus by traditional medicine practitioners in Kenya-key informant interviews |
| title_sort | management of type 2 diabetes mellitus by traditional medicine practitioners in kenya key informant interviews |
| topic | herbalists diabetes mellitus traditional medicine |
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