One of Tanzania’s top chemistry professors is pushing for scientific evidence on the use of herbal medicines as part of the efforts to fight non-communicable diseases. Professor James Mdoe, a specialist in green chemistry technology says that herbs, if well researched, could complement modern medical interventions against NCDs, such as cancer, diabetes and heart disease. Prof Mdoe was gracing the opening of the third National Non-Communicable Diseases Scientific Conference in Arusha, where over 500 health stakeholders convened to find solutions to the growing burden of the chronic diseases. Wh…

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