Traditional medicine practitioners' knowledge and views on treatment of pregnant women in three regions of Mali

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Nordeng, Hedvig ^a,b   Al Zayadi, Waled ^a   Diallo, Drissa ^c   Ballo, Ngolo ^c   Paulsen, Berit S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^c National Institute of Research on Public Health   (Mali)

Author keywords

Breast feeding; Mali; Pregnancy; Traditional medicine; Traditional practitioner

Indexed keywords

COMBRETUM; COMBRETUM GLUTINOSUM; COMBRETUM MICRANTHUM; HETEROPHYLLA; KHAYA SENEGALENSIS; LIPPIA; LIPPIA CHEVALIERI; OPILIA AMENTACEA; OPILIA CELTIDIFOLIA; PARKIA BIGLOBOSA; TRICHILIA EMETICA; VEPRIS; XIMENIA AMERICANA;

ADULT; AFRICAN MEDICINE; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALI; MEDICINAL PLANT; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; MALI; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 84883864185     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-4269-9-67     Document Type: Article

References (34)

1. United States CIA The World Fact Book, Mali United States: CIA, United States CIA.
2. World Health Organization WHO traditional medicine strategy 2002-2005 2002, Geneva: WHO, World Health Organization.
3. Imperato PJ. Modern and traditional medicine: the case of Mali. Ann Intern Med 1981, 95:650-651. 10.7326/0003-4819-95-5-650, 7294557.
4. Diarra D, et al. Roll Back Malaria. Needs Assessment Report. Field Test of Instruments and Methodology in Mali Traditional Medicine, Department of Essential Drugs and Medicines Policy 1999, Geneva: WHO.
5. World Health Organization Legal status of traditional medicine and complementary/alternative medicine: a worldwide review 2001, Geneva: World Health Organization, World Health Organization.
6. Gronhaug TE, et al. Ethnopharmacological survey of six medicinal plants from Mali, West-Africa. J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 2008, 4:26. 10.1186/1746-4269-4-26, 2633328, 19111068.
7. Togola A, et al. Ethnopharmacological uses of Erythrina senegalensis: a comparison of three areas in Mali, and a link between traditional knowledge and modern biological science. J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 2008, 4:6. 10.1186/1746-4269-4-6, 2278129, 18321374.
8. Togola A, et al. Ethnopharmacological survey of different uses of seven medicinal plants from Mali, (West Africa) in the regions Doila v. J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 2005, 1:7. 10.1186/1746-4269-1-7, 1277087, 16270940.
9. Andrade-Cetto A, et al. From the field into the lab: useful approaches to selecting species based on local knowledge. Front Pharmacol 2011, 2:20. 3108584, 21954385.
10. Samuelsson G. A textbook of pharmacognosy 1999, Stockholm, Sweden: Swedish Pharmaceutical Press.
11. Mills E, et al. Herbal medicines in pregnancy and lactation 2006, London, New York: Taylor & Francis.
12. Burkill HM, et al. The useful plants of West tropical Africa, Ed. 2 1985, UK, Richmond: Kew Publishing: Royal Botanic Gardens.
13. Maiga A, et al. A survey of toxic plants on the market in the district of Bamako, Mali: traditional knowledge compared with a literature search of modern pharmacology and toxicology. J Ethnopharmacol 2005, 96:183-193. 10.1016/j.jep.2004.09.005, 15588669.
14. Inngjerdingen K, et al. An ethnopharmacological survey of plants used for wound healing in Dogonland, Mali, West Africa. J Ethnopharmacol 2004, 92:233-244. 10.1016/j.jep.2004.02.021, 15138006.
15. Olurishe T, et al. Effect of Khaya senegalensis on uterine contractility in rats. JPB 2006, 3:30-35.
16. Sule MS, et al. Potency of aqueous stembark extract of Khaya senegalensis. BAJOPAS 2008, 1:29-31.
17. Obidah W, et al. Toxic effects of aqueous stem bark extract of Cassia sieberiana on some biochemical parameters in rats. Afr J Biochem Res 2009, 3:229-231.
18. Toma IKY, Geidam MA. Phytochemical screening and toxicity studies of theaqueous extract of the pods pulp of Cassia sieberiana DC. (Cassia Kotchiyana Oliv). AJPAC 2009, 3:26-30.
19. Nworgu ZAMM, et al. Effect of the ethanolic extract of Nauclea latifolia (Family: Rubiaceae) on the isolated uterus of non-pregnant rats. Int J Green Pharm 2010, 4:48-53.
20. Dapar LPM, et al. The histopathologic effects of Securidaca longepedunculata on heart, liver, kidney and lungs of rats. Afr J Biotechnol 2007, 6:591-595.
21. De Caluwé E, et al. K Baobab (Adansonia digitata L.): a review of traditional uses, phytochemistry and pharmacology. ACS Symposium Series 2009, 51-84.
22. Le NH, et al. Bioactive polyphenols in Ximenia americana and the traditional use among Malian healers. J Ethnopharmacol 2012, 139:858-862. 10.1016/j.jep.2011.12.031, 22212502.
23. Roll Back Malaria Partnership Roadmaps MALI http://www.rbm.who.int/countryaction/mali_roadmap2012.html , Roll Back Malaria Partnership.
24. World Health Organization Guidelines for the treatment of malaria 2010, Geneva: WHO, 2, World Health Organization.
25. Pitt C, et al. Intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in children: a qualitative study of community perceptions and recommendations in Burkina Faso and Mali. PLoS One 2012, 7:e32900. 10.1371/journal.pone.0032900, 3295775, 22412946.
26. Diallo D, et al. Knowledge of traditional healers on malaria in Kendi (Bandiagara) and Finkolo (Sikasso) in Mali. Mali Med 2007, 22:1-8.
27. Djimde A, et al. Use of antimalarial drugs in Mali: policy versus reality. Am J Trop Med Hyg 1998, 59:376-379.
28. Crabb J, et al. Attitudes towards mental illness in Malawi: a cross-sectional survey. BMC Public Health 2012, 12:541. 10.1186/1471-2458-12-541, 3413535, 22823941.
29. Gureje O, et al. Community study of knowledge of and attitude to mental illness in Nigeria. Br J Psychiatry 2005, 186:436-441. 10.1192/bjp.186.5.436, 15863750.
30. Malan DF, et al. Traditional practices and medicinal plants use during pregnancy by Anyi-Ndenye women (Eastern Cote d'Ivoire). Afr J Reprod Health 2011, 15:85-93.
31. Fakeye TO, et al. Attitude and use of herbal medicines among pregnant women in Nigeria. BMC Complement Altern Med 2009, 9:53. 10.1186/1472-6882-9-53, 2808296, 20043858.
32. Yusuff KB, et al. Determinants of self medication practices among pregnant women in Ibadan, Nigeria. Int J Clin Pharm 2011, 33:868-875. 10.1007/s11096-011-9556-4, 21881933.
33. Banda Y, et al. Use of traditional medicine among pregnant women in Lusaka, Zambia. J Altern Complement Med 2007, 13:123-127. 10.1089/acm.2006.6225, 17309386.
34. Mbura JS, et al. The use of oral herbal medicine by women attending antenatal clinics in urban and rural Tanga District in Tanzania. East Afr Med J 1985, 62:540-550.