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Nigeria is home to an exceptionally diverse range of Traditional Medicine systems, reflecting its over 250 ethnic groups, including Yoruba, Igbo, Hausa and Tiv. Healing practices include herbalism, divination, spiritual cleansing and Indigenous midwifery. Traditional practitioners are widely respected and continue to be a primary source of care for millions across both rural and urban areas.<\/span><\/p>\n

The\u00a0Federal Ministry of Health\u00a0formally supports Traditional Medicine through the\u00a0National Policy on Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicine (2007). Regulatory frameworks, institutional support and education programmes have been developed to train practitioners and integrate Traditional, Complementary and Integrative Medicine into primary health care delivery. 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In preparing the overview of\u00a0traditional medicine in\u00a0WHO Member States\u00a0a ChatGPT-4 architecture (TMGL GPT) was used for writing assistance. These texts have been thoroughly reviewed and edited prior to publication.<\/p>\n"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.staging.tmgl.org\/afro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/countries\/206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.staging.tmgl.org\/afro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/countries"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.staging.tmgl.org\/afro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/countries"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.staging.tmgl.org\/afro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}