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News24 reports that two University of Free State staff members were recently appointed to serve on World Health Organisation (WHO) initiatives.
Professor Champion Nyoni was appointed to the Academy Standing Advisory Quality Committee, making him the only African representative on this WHO initiative. Professor Motlalepula Matsabisa, an expert on African traditional medicine and the head of the African Medicines Innovations and Technologies Development Platform in the Department of Pharmacology, was appointed to serve on the Global Centre for Traditional Medicine Editorial Board/Evidence Task Force. Nyoni said: “We know that primary healthcare is a strong pillar of the healthcare system in South Africa and most countries in our region. It is important that South Africa is supported to realise a stronger and more integrated primary healthcare through the NHI (National Health Insurance), which can be a model for other countries in the region.” Matsabisa said: "The developed world is now serious about using traditional medicines for their daily health needs and consumption. The world accepts traditional medicine's positive and important role in our healthcare needs and how it contributes to people's health and well-being. It is unfortunate that, at home, we have sceptics and people still living in the past who are blind to the importance of traditional medicines. The WHO is now leading in giving advice and guidelines on traditional medicines. Seeing these significant movements around traditional medicines makes me very happy."
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Yoliswa Sobuwa at News24
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