MADAGASCAR COVID-19 HERB IS A MALARIA DRUG - MINISTER OF HEALTH
Osagie Ehanire, Nigeria’s Minister of Health, says the Madagascar COVID-19 organics is meant to treat malaria.
Ehanire said artemisia, a plant with proven efficacy in malaria treatment, was received in Nigeria in May.
The Health Minister revealed Nigeria has a plantation of the “Madagascar herb”.
Addressing journalists at the Presidential task Force on COVID-19 briefing on Thursday, July 2nd, 2020, Ehanire said the Government had imported the plant (artemisia) while trying to develop the production of artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) for anti-malaria some years ago.
He added that the Madagascar herb is a component for the making of malaria drugs.
However, he said the process has not made much progress, adding that further research would be carried out on the plant to check its effectiveness in treating COVID-19.
“Preliminary results of the analysis of the so-called Madagascar herbs or organics done by the National Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and Development (NIPRD) shows that it is the same as the plant called Artemisia anua, which is grown in the NIPRD farm in Abuja,”.
“The so-called Madagascar herb is one component of the malaria treatment medicine,’’ the Minister said.
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