Geography and Traditional Therapies Utilization: A Convergence of Health Behaviors in Rural and Urban Settings?

Padmore Adusei Amoah,Razak Mohammed Gyasi

doi:10.4172/2327-5162.1000207

Padmore Adusei Amoah, Razak Mohammed Gyasi

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Journal: Internal medicine: open access	Publication Date: Jan 1, 2015
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Abstract

Interest in traditional medicine utilization is burgeoning in Ghana and worldwide. Whereas one in seven people in Ghana utilize one sort of traditional medicine or another over the past decades, Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) has become widely used in Asia and advanced environments or elsewhere. The 2007 National Health Interview Survey by the National Centre for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) and the National Centre for Health Statistics for example show, that approximately 38% of adults in the United States were using some forms of CAM, and accordingly, total expenditure for CAM therapies was estimated at $34 billion in 2007 [1]. Estimates in 2010 show that over 244 medicinal plant products, representing 186–209 species and 951 tons of crude herbal medicine are available at Ghana’s herbal markets with a total value of more than US$ 7.8 million [2,3].

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The 2007 National Health Interview Survey by the National Centre for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) and the National Centre for Health Statistics for example show, that approximately 38% of adults in the United States were using some forms of CAM, and total expenditure for CAM therapies was estimated at $34 billion in 2007 [1]

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