Since 2021, we have been engaged in a collaborative effort with traditional practitioners, medical doctors and researchers in the fields of medicine and pharmacology. This work remains in progress.
This initiative has been undertaken with the objective of conducting a comprehensive inventory of traditional medicine in Rwanda.
The primary aim of this endeavour is to formulate proposals for the integration of local knowledge and its custodians into the Rwandan health system.
The group is also examining approaches to the structuring, professionalisation and integration of traditional practitioners into the prevailing healthcare system, with a view to supporting health policies.
The overarching objective of this initiative is to provide meaningful contributions to the ongoing discussions and analyses concerning the enactment of Rwandan legislation pertaining to this profession.