Youthfulperspectives

Concoctions, drinks, mixtures, and different solid elements are a big part of our healthcare system in Nigeria and Africa. These traditional dosage forms have become a mainstay of the treatment patterns adopted in combating tropical ailments.  When discussions surrounding the use of these traditional dosage forms are held, their appropriateness, the need for standardization, and even their efficacy and effectiveness are points that generate arguments. Is it possible for a correlation to be drawn that unequal access to good, quality medications may be a core reason as to why these traditional forms of treatments still pervade our health system in Nigeria?  There are different sides to this argument, but a unifying opinion should be that standardized and properly dosed medications made under the best conditions are the best options for combating the many diseases of public health significance that tend to threaten the fragile healthcare of this nation.  Now, I would not wan...