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Chinese herbal therapy gains ground in Africa

NAIROBI, KENYA: Nairobi based Professor Tian Shengxun has invented herbal concoction to remedy the effects of tuberculosis, HIV Aids and related complications.

The drug forms part of global efforts to find the elusive anti-retroviral therapy, and ensuring access to lifesaving medicine to end the AIDS epidemic by 2030. It comes at a time Traditional Chinese Medicines (TCM) have gained prominence in Africa, and are being used side-by-side with conventional medicines.

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