FG Proposes Complementary, Alternative Medicine Clinics

The Federal Government has said that it is proposing setting up of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM), clinics to make their services available to Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), and the general public.
Sen. Olororunnimbe Mamora, Minister of State, Health, disclosed this at a two-day CAM Stakeholders Forum, in Abuja, organised by the African Traditional Medicine Department of the Ministry of Health (FMOH).
The forum theme is “Complementary and Alternative Medicines in Health Care”. Mamora said that the
proposal was part of initiatives by the Ministry of Health to promote CAM in the country. The minister disclosed that FMOH would be collaborating with India and China to set up CAM Hospitals in the Federal Capital Territory.
According to him, the collaboration with West African Health Organization and ECOWAS in providing technical support for training Traditional Medicine Practitioners (TMPs), and scientific sessions between Orthodox practitioners and TMPs hads become necessary.
He said that FMOH was also working assiduously to ensure the passage of TCAM bill. “We commend the genuine efforts of some private and corporate organisations that are determined to develop and promote CAM in the country by establishing health care facilities.
“There are several other corporate and private establishments that are involved in the development of CAM in Nigeria, hence the need for harmonisation of activities so as to develop the sector faster and avoid duplication of efforts.