An alert on the incautious use of herbal medicines by sub-Saharan African populations to fight against the COVID-19

• DOI: 10.11604/pamj.supp.2020.35.2.23161
• Publication Date: 2020-07-09T12:48:37Z
• Authors: Jan René Nkeck; Edmond Elisée Tsa...; Aude Laetitia Ndo...; Francky Teddy End...
• Keywords: 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak; Pandemic

Populations worldwide are currently facing one of the biggest pandemics in history, coronavirus disease 2019. Africa, and especially sub-Saharan Africa is actually witnessing an epidemiological progression COVID-19 within its populations. Various therapeutics being studied around world, but at this time none has been uniformly approved. For preventive and/or therapeutic purpose against COVID-19, some populations notably frequently firstly resort to traditional herbal medicines, chiefly those known for their respiratory anti-viral virtues. However, incautious use medicines may have reported detrimental health consequences.