Publications by authors named "John Kaunga Muthee"
Background: There exist vast traditional medicine and herbal remedies prescribed for diseases and socio-cultural ills that are sold in local medicine markets.
Objectives: To assess the common traditional medicine traded in the local medicine markets and used for treating common diseases.
Methods: The study was carried out in nine purposively selected medicine markets spread out in seven administrative counties of Western Kenya.
Background: A lot of emphasis is often placed on modern governance systems and little or no attention is given to traditional governance practices which remain largely undocumented. The study aimed at finding out important traditional and modern governance practices that regulate traditional medicine sector in Western Kenya.
Materials And Methods: The study was carried out in selected market centres of Western Kenya where the identified traditional medicine practitioners (TMPs) sell their traditional medicine.