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International Journal of
Population Studies Traditional practices of herbal medicine in Malawi

Sciences (KUHeS), with research support from the https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2125.2003.01810.x
Malawi Ministry of Education (MoE) through the Higher Barnes, L.A., Barclay, L., McCaffery, K., & Aslani P. (2019).
Education Research Grants (HERG) Office. Complementary medicine products: Information sources,
perceived benefits and maternal health literacy. Women and
Conflict of interest Birth, 32(6):493-520.
The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wombi.2018.11.015

Author contributions Bradshaw, C., Atkinson, S., & Doody O. (2017). Employing a
qualitative description approach in health care research.
Conceptualization: Dziwenji Makombe Global Qualitative Nursing Research, 4.
Formal analysis: Dziwenji Makombe, Alexander Mboma, https://doi.org/10.1177/2333393617742282
and Elias Mwakilama
Investigation: Dziwenji Makombe and Alexander Mboma Butts, J.B., & Rich, K.L. (2011). Philosophies and Theories for
Methodology: Dziwenji Makombe Advanced Nursing Practice. London: Jones and Bartlett
Writing – original draft: All authors Learning.
Writing – review and editing: All authors Cheptum, J.J., Gitonga, M.M., Mutua, E.M., Mukui, S.J.,
Ndambuki, J.M., & Koima, W.J. (2017). Perception
Ethics approval and consent to participate about traditional birth attendants by men and women of
reproductive age in rural Migori county, Kenya. International
Ethical approval for the study was obtained from the Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences, 7:55-61.
COMREC of the University of Malawi (reference number:
P.10/20/3169). Verbal and written consent was obtained https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijans.2017.07.002
from the study participants. Dante, G., Pedrielli, G., Annessi, E., & Facchinetti, F. (2013).
Herb remedies during pregnancy: A systematic review of
Consent for publication controlled clinical trials. The Journal of Maternal-Fetal and
Not applicable. Neonatal Medicine, 26(3):306-312.
https://doi.org/10.3109/14767058.2012.722732
Availability of data
Ekor, M. (2014). The growing use of herbal medicines: Issues
The datasets used and/or analyzed during this study are relating to adverse reactions and challenges in monitoring
available from the corresponding author on reasonable safety. Frontiers in Pharmacology, 4:177.
request. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2013.00177
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