Different ethnomedicinal studies have investigated the relationship between various
phytochemicals as well as organic extracts and their bioactive aspects. Studies on biological …

Trypanosomiasis is a neglected tropical disease caused by various trypanosome species
that affects both humans and livestock with catastrophic implications across the endemic …

Population Politics in the Tropics explores colonial population policies in Angola between
1890 and 1945 from a transimperial perspective. Using a wide array of previously unused …

Ethnopharmacological relevance Angola has an extraordinary plant diversity and a great
ethnobotanical potential. However, there is a general lack of information about the first …

Folk medicine is widely used in Angola, even for human African trypanosomiasis (sleeping
sickness) in spite of the fact that the reference treatment is available for free. Aiming to …

Ethnopharmacological relevance The analyses of patterns of over-representation of
southern African traditional medicinal plants at the genus and family level provide …

African Trypanosomiasis caused by trypanosome parasites continues to be a major
neglected health problem, particularly in developing countries. Current treatments are …

An organism that lives on, or within, a host organism and obtains its food from, or at the
expense of its host can be described as a parasite. Antiparasitics are medications that are …

Crossopteryx febrifuga (Rubiaceae) is a plant widely used in traditional African medicine to
treat tryapnosomiasis. The aim of our study was to evaluate the antitrypanosomal activity of …

This chapter interrogates epistemic injustice in public health education; with a focus on
indigenous systems in Africa; and calls for the prompt address of the persistent injustices …