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Prevalence and knowledge influencing the use of traditional medicine among pregnant women in mpongwe and kafue districts/ Mwansa Victor.
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BookPublisher: The university of Zambia, school pf medicine 2016Description: x,63p.: ill.Subject(s): Pregnancy complications-therapy | Traditional medicineDissertation note: Dissertation subimitted as a partial fulfilment of the requirement for the award of bachelor degree in pharmacy at the university of Zambia. Summary: The use of traditional medicine among antenatal women was found to be a worldwide practice. despite the fact that knowledge of potential side effects of many traditional medicines in pregnancy is limited, a lot of antenatal mothers have continued using the traditional medicines whose safety, dosage and efficacy has not established and this poses serious risk to both mother and the baby and therefore the study determines the prevalence and factors associated with the use of traditional medicine among pregnant women.
Dissertation subimitted as a partial fulfilment of the requirement for the award of bachelor degree in pharmacy at the university of Zambia.
The use of traditional medicine among antenatal women was found to be a worldwide practice. despite the fact that knowledge of potential side effects of many traditional medicines in pregnancy is limited, a lot of antenatal mothers have continued using the traditional medicines whose safety, dosage and efficacy has not established and this poses serious risk to both mother and the baby and therefore the study determines the prevalence and factors associated with the use of traditional medicine among pregnant women.
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