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Traditional medicine matters

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Merging medicine

Bringing together modern and traditional medicine must have a local focus

New methods, old drugs

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Partners in medicine

The way forward to integrate traditional medical knowledge with modern medicine

Mixing old and new

The facts say traditional and modern medicine don't always get along. The figures say they should try harder.