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ReviewScientific African2021

Mutual Pan-African support paradigm to produce scientific evidence of traditional medical practices for use against COVID-19 and emerging pandemics.

Michael O Eze, Chukwunonso E C C Ejike, Patrick Ifeonu, Javier Mignone, Chibuike C Udenigwe, Peter N Uzoegwu

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Review in Scientific African, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Anti-COVID-19 potential ofScientific African · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Michael O EzeDepartment of Chemistry, Health Enhancement and Public Health Biochemistry Lab, University of Winnipeg, 515 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 2E9, Canada.
Chukwunonso E C C EjikeDepartment of Medical Biochemistry, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medical Sciences, Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike, Abakaliki, Ebonyi PMB 1010, Nigeria.
Patrick IfeonuNational Association of Nigerian Traditional Medicine Practitioners, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra, Nigeria.
Javier MignoneDepartment of Community Health Sciences, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, Max Rady College of Medicine, The University of Manitoba, 307 Human Ecology Building, 35 Chancellor's Circle, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2, Canada.
Chibuike C UdenigweDepartment of Medical Biochemistry, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medical Sciences, Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike, Abakaliki, Ebonyi PMB 1010, Nigeria.
Peter N UzoegwuDepartment of Biochemistry, The University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu, Nigeria.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Africa is endowed with a profoundly rich and diverse system of plants and other bio-resources out of which, by traditional medicine practice, the people have satisfied their healthcare needs right from antiquity. In contemporary times, it has become necessary to modernize this traditional medical care system via scientific studies. Validation of the efficacy of health-enhancement products and drugs from plants and other bio-resources is predicated on diligent and intensive research accompanied by rigorous and conclusive clinical trials. Africa has eminently qualified human resources but due to the finance-intensive nature of medical research, individual African states on their own cannot fund the level of research desired for dealing with such serious issues as the COVID-19 pandemic. A collaboration among African states guided by a Mutual Pan-African support paradigm (MPASP) is a unique strategy for achieving success in any such a high-impact global project as the use of traditional medicine against COVID-19 and emerging pandemics; and this is hereby advocated.

Indexed as

CAM, conventional and alternative medicineCDC, centers for disease control and preventionCOVID-19COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2 diseases 2019 [severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 disease 2019]COVID-organicsCWM, conventional western medicineMERS, Middle East respiratory syndromeMPASP, mutual Pan-African support paradigmParadigmResearchSARS-CoV-2, severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2SCD, sickle cell diseaseSSHA, South-South humanitarian assistanceTCM, traditional Chinese medicineTM, traditional medicineTraditional medicineWHO, world health organization

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PMID34805649
PMCPMC8594059

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