Traditional medicine
Traditional medicine forms part of the primary health care system in Sierra Leone. The traditional medicine programme, run by the Ministry of Health and Sanitation, has constructed a training school at Makeni, a healing centre at Kono and conducted workshops to promote co-operation between traditional medicine practitioners and orthodox medical workers. Members of the programme have also located and collected plants from throughout Sierra Leone used for medicine. The use of traditional medicine in Sierra Leone is common especially for the treatment of malaria and among hypertensive patients, pregnant women, infertile women lactating mothers, Ebola survivors and healthcare students.