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Traditional healers are joining forces with plant chemists in Kenya to develop antimalarials isolated from plants, reports Tatum Anderson.

Traditional Chinese medicine is under threat, but can systems biology come to the rescue? Jane Qiu weighs up the two philosophies.

The Republic of Congo is working to rid traditional medicine of 'quacks', and access its valuable, affordable treatments.

China's science popularisation law gives teeth to those fighting 'pseudoscience' — but also feeds the furore over what the term really means, report Jia Hepeng and Li Jiao.

Natasha Bolognesi reports on one woman's efforts to bridge the divide between Western science and traditional medicine in South Africa.

The dramatic scientific advances enjoyed by India's urban elite have passed the country's rural poor by, reports T. V. Padma.

Ehsan Masood reports on how Maseno University in Kenya is helping traditional healers to modernise the way they diagnose and treat illness.

Jia Hepeng describes how Chinese researchers are changing the way they use herbal remedies to compete on the international pharmaceutical market.

Chen Zhiyong describes the steps that Chinese authorities are taking to make traditional medicines that use endangered species of plants and wildlife more sustainable.

Paroma Basu reports on the efforts of developing countries to transform local medicinal knowledge into modern biotech medicines.

A return to traditional medicine and culture in Chile is bringing a much-needed source of revenue and employment to the country's indigenous population, reports Daniela Estrada.

Mihaela Serbulea reports on how traditional medicine is being integrated into public health systems in Côte d'Ivoire and Senegal.

A Ugandan researcher is running clinical evaluations to assess the safety of traditional medicines used against malaria, reports Peter Wamboga-Mugirya.

Merlin L Willcox and Gerard Bodeker review research on traditional herbal medicines used to treat malaria.

Federica Bianchi reports from Uganda on the moves to integrate traditional medicine into the country's health system.

This article reports on the success of an innovative approach to break down barriers between traditional and biomedical health workers in Tanzania.