The countries of Africa, Asia and Latin America the use of traditional medicines (TM) to help meet some of their primary health care. In Africa, up to 80% of the population uses traditional medicine for primary health care. In industrialized countries, adaptations of traditional medicine are termed "complementary" or "Alternative" (CAM).
Increase the use and popularity
TM has maintained its popularity in all regions of the developing world and its use is spreading rapidly in industrialized countries.
In China, traditional herbal preparations account for 30% -50% of total drug.
In Ghana, Mali, Nigeria and Zambia, the first line of treatment for 60% of children with high fever caused by malaria is the use of herbal medicines in the country.
WHO estimates that in several African countries traditional birth attendants assist in the majority of births.
In Europe, North America and other industrialized regions, over 50% of the population has used complementary or alternative medicine at least once.
In San Francisco, London and South Africa, 75% of people living with HIV / AIDS, the use of TM / CAM.
70% of the population in Canada have used complementary medicine at least once.
In Germany, 90% of the population has used a natural remedy at some point in their life. Between 1995 and 2000, the number of doctors who had received special training in natural remedy medicine had almost doubled to 10 800.
In the United States, 158 million adult population use complementary medicines and according to the U.S. Commission for alternative and complementary medicines, USA 17 billion U.S. dollars spent on traditional remedies in 2000.
In the United Kingdom, annual expenditure on alternative medicine is U.S. $ 230 million.
The global market for herbal medicines currently stands at over U.S. $ 60 billion annually and is growing constantly
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