Traditional and modern medicine have much to offer each other despite their differences. Priya Shetty assesses an uneasy relationship.

The barriers to mainstream medical approval are great but some traditional treatments are finding new routes to acceptance, finds Yojana Sharma.

Traditional healers are joining forces with plant chemists in Kenya to develop antimalarials isolated from plants, reports Tatum Anderson.

Traditional Chinese medicine is under threat, but can systems biology come to the rescue? Jane Qiu weighs up the two philosophies.

Natasha Bolognesi reports on one woman's efforts to bridge the divide between Western science and traditional medicine in South Africa.

Ehsan Masood reports on how Maseno University in Kenya is helping traditional healers to modernise the way they diagnose and treat illness.

Jia Hepeng describes how Chinese researchers are changing the way they use herbal remedies to compete on the international pharmaceutical market.

Paroma Basu reports on the efforts of developing countries to transform local medicinal knowledge into modern biotech medicines.

Mihaela Serbulea reports on how traditional medicine is being integrated into public health systems in Côte d'Ivoire and Senegal.

Federica Bianchi reports from Uganda on the moves to integrate traditional medicine into the country's health system.