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NDA to Licence Herbalists,Regulate FoodHerbert MugaggaDaily MonitorNovember 19, 2007The National Drug Authority will start licensingherbalists in the country to ease monitoring. This wasdisclosed by Dr Josephine Nanyanzi, the Authority’sInspector of Drugs in an interview with Daily Monitorlast week.Dr. Nanyanzi said the institution is currently holdingconsultative meetings with herbalists and at the sametime sensitizing them to come up with appropriateguidelines. He said the move aims to ensure thatpremises where herbal medicines are stored or sold aresuitable for the purpose. “We are mandated to ensurethat the available drugs are of good quality and best ofthe public.☻☻☻☻☻☻Policy to RegulateHerbalists in OffingDaily MonitorNovember 11, 2007Government has drafted a policy to regulate operationsof traditional healers. “If passed, the policy wouldcreate an enabling environment for the full and suitableutilization of traditional and complementary medicinein addressing some of the challenges facing the naturalhealthcare system,” said Mr. Franklin NsubugaMuyonjo, a ministry of health consultant.☻☻☻☻☻☻Uganda: 23,000 IllegalHealers in MasakaDismus BuregyeyaNew Vision (Kampala)16 July 2008A total of 23,115 traditional healers in Masaka are notregistered, according to the district traditional healersand herbalists' association.The chairman, Ssalongo Kayinga, told The New Visionon Tuesday that Nyendo Division alone had 343 illegalhealers. "We have only 38 registered healers in Nyendoyet the division has 381 practicing. The situation isworse at the district level where out of the 24,000traditional healers only 885 are registered," he said.Kayinga said he had reported to the resident districtcommissioner. He noted that half of the healers inMasaka were from Tanzania, Burundi and the DR Congo."We are planning a major operation against illegalhealers. We expelled the Maasai from Kenya, who hadflocked the region, because of their dubious characters,"said Kayinga."But we still have a problem with the Tanzanians. Theseillegal healers sexually exploit women clients, exposingthem to HIV/AIDS."The southern regional Police chief, Andrew Sorowen,urged immigration officials to stop foreign healers fromentering the country illegally. He noted that local leaderswere no longer crosschecking the documents of newpeople coming to reside in their areas."The LCs should check for stamped letters from theircounterparts where the new residents originate becausewe may end up harbouring criminals." Sorowen blamedchild sacrifice on illegal traditional healers.☻☻☻☻☻☻Tanzanians kill Albinos forLuckBBC, TanzaniaApril 4, 2008Tanzania’s President Jakaya Kikwete has ordered acrackdown on witchdoctors who use body parts fromalbinos in magic potions to allegedly bring people goodluck or fortune.“This is senseless cruelty. It must stop forthwith,” JakayaKikwete said on television, AFP news agency reports.“I am told that people kill albinos and chop their bodyparts, including fingers, believing they can get rich whenmining or fishing,” he said. The order comes after themurder of 19 albinos in the last year.The BBC’s Vicky Ntetema in Dar es Salaam says there isa widespread belief in Tanzania that the condition is theresult of a curse put on the family.Old women with red eyes have been killed in parts ofTanzania, after being accused of witchcraft, she says.In the past, Tanzania’s Albino Society has accused thegovernment of turning a blind eye to the killing ofalbinos.There are some 270,000 albinos among Tanzania’spopulation of some 35 million, the highest population inEast Africa.☻☻☻☻☻☻-50- Traditional African Clinic October 2008
Continued from page 49 - – Farmers reap Fortunes“We extract up to 98.6 per cent of Artemesinin fromdried leaves of artemesia annua,” Mr. RobertTumushabe, the factory supervisor of AAPl, said. Thefactory processes 12 tonnes of dried artemesia leavesper day. One tonne of dried Artemesia leaves producessix kilogrammes of crude artemesinin crystals.The Artemesin is then sold to the world’s renownedpharmaceutical companies such as CiplaPharmaceutical of India from where Artemesinin-baseddrugs are manufactured.“Our market is worldwide but we sell most of our bulkin India,” Mr Freedie Zagyeda, the chief executiveofficer of AAPL, said.There is growing demand for Artemesinin as leadingpharmaceuticals on manufacture of Artemesinin-baseddrugs after World Health Organisation authorizedArtemesinin combination therapy as the new line ofmalaria treatment.Unfortunately, this demand has not translated intohigher Artemesinin prices on the world market insteadprices have been falling. World market prices fell from$350 per Kg in 2005 to $200 per Kg in 2007, a thingthat has negatively impacted on the company’s bottomline.Although Mr Zagyenda maintains that the fallingArtemesinin prices on the world market will not affectthe company’s relationship with the farmers,testimonies show that the farmers are already feelingthe pinch. Out-growers are complaining that theirproduce is rotting away in their stores as the companyremains reluctant to collect.“I have sacks of dry leafs stuck here,” Mr Bitungukyesaid. “Much as I would like to keep growing artemesia,I cannot because of lack of market.”Mr Tabaro said: “Nowadays these people [AAPL] buyon credit. They are not treating us as they didpreviously.” He added: ‘I have stop planting because Icannot sell.”Growing StockMr Zagyenda said the company cannot abandonfarmers and will stick to its promise of buying whateverstock the farmers have.“We provide free seedlings to farmers through ourextension agents; it is a joint investment. That isassurance enough that we have interest in their stock,”Mr Zagyhenda said.According to him, the company slowed down onbuying as a way to contain the growing stock. “We-51- Traditional African Clinic October 2008slowed down on buying as a way of storing the stockwith the farmers. Currently we have more stock than theavailable warehouse space,” he said. “As soon as wedispose of the stock in our stores, we will begin buying.”He said buying on credit is part of the company’s newsystem of “streamlining field payment.” The companydiscarded the “on-spot payment system”, though popularwith farmers, had its own shortfalls.“Farmers would bring to buying centres more or lessproduce than anticipated, which disorganised ouraccounting system” Mr Zagyenda said. “We later adoptedan organized way of buying where we issue holdercertificates to farmers for whatever we have bought.”SpeculatorsHe believes the current discontent among farmers ismainly fuelled by speculators who were caught off guardby the company’s change of heart.“They buy quantities in the hope of cashing in on thestock during the time of scarcity. They are now gettingimpatient,” he said. “Genuine farmers stay put becausewe will begin buying in two months time.”AAPL operates an out-grower scheme supported by thecompany’s nucleus farms. Farmers receive technicaladvice from the company’s extension who have basictraining in the agronomy and management of Artemesiaannua.“We train extension workers to assist farmers with thegrowing of Artemesia,” Mr Rugwiza said. It is theseagents that also determine the quality of the leaf. Theagents mainly operate in the five regions of KabaleDistrict.Farmers receive free seedlings from extension agents.Farmers then plant the seedlings, which take about 3 to 4months to mature before harvest.The leaves are dried for 2 to 3 days and later sold atcollection centres before it is transported to the factoryfor processing. A kilogramme of dried artemesia annualeaves cost Shs1,000 per kg. The plant is best suited tothe alpine climate present in Kabale.And as such, the plant has not encountered diseases,which makes it easier for farmers. Trials are also goingon in the surrounding district of Mbabara andNtunogamo. “There are dry leaves waiting to be collectedin Mbarara,” Mr Rugwiza said.As the world prices of Artemesinin continue to tumble,the company is planning to diversify its product range.“We conducting trials for new crops,” Mr Zagyenda said.The company has hired services of an Indian Agronomist,Dr S.K. Natarajan to carry out the trials.☻☻☻☻☻☻
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