About Us

To continuously improve the delivery, accessibility, and quality of Traditional Health services to all persons resident in Ghana to attain international standards.

1. To serve as a body which brings all Traditional Medicine Practitioners Associations in Ghana under one umbrella.
2. Serve as mouthpiece of all Traditional Medicine Practitioners Associations in Ghana.
3. To protect the interest and welfare of members
4. To improve the mode of practice of Traditional Medicine by the adoption of appropriate codes of conduct and practice and help in the promulgation of regulations.
5. To liaise, collaborate, co-operate and establish good terms with the scientific community, Ministry of Health and other related institutions.
6. To conduct research, document Traditional Medicine knowledge and practices and to promote good relationship among Traditional Medicine Practitioners.
7. To encourage and promote the commercialization of safe, effective and proven herbal preparations.
8. To set up a system for monitoring and evaluating Traditional Medicine Practice in the country.
9. To mobilise financial and material resources for the development of Traditional Medicine Practice in Ghana.
10. To establish or help establish a sustainable programme for a pre-service and in-service training of Traditional Medicine Practitioners.
11. To initiate a sustainable environmental protection programme to prevent the depletion of medicinal plants and other natural resources
12. To promote the establishment of large-scale arboreta and herbaria.
13. To collaborate with the government, non-governmental agencies and private institutions in the development of health services in Ghana.

GHAFTRAM seeks partnerships with relevant stakeholders and international organisations in the following areas;

1. Research Partnerships
2. Technology/Manufacturing Equipment
3. Packaging/Branding to meet international standards
4. Opportunity for exchange programmes

The new national executives are of the firm conviction that traditional medicines, (Plant medicines) hold the prospects for economic prosperity.

The integration of TM or Herbal Medicine into the mainstream Health care system in Ghana has been successful. Currently about 55 government hospitals across the country provide services to their patients. GHAFTRAM through the support of other stakeholders have listed about 106 Herbal Medicinal Products as part of integration of TM into mainstream health care in Ghana. The legal frame work to regulate the practice and the products is almost completed and the Ministry of Health has produced a book on the Recommended Herbal Medicines List.

During the COVID 19 Pandemic, the Federation submitted 33 Herbal Medicinal Products to the Ministry of Health to analysis for COVID 19, report received from CPMR indicates that 19 of the products could be used to help fight the Symptoms of the COVID 19. A Committee was constitute at the Ministry of health in which GHAFTRAM was a member to establish comprehensive evaluation of the products.

The Secretariat has fervently worked to ensure the Federation has representatives in all it’s constitutionally mandated boards.

The Federation offers in service Training to her members across Ghana in which protocols on how to formulate and prepare TM are demonstrated. Members are allowed to ask any question in relation to their field of practice.

Ghaftram in collaboration with Traditional Medicine Practice Council offers training on Continuous Professional Development (CPD) to the members.

Ghaftram in collaboration with Food and Drugs Authority offers training on Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) to her members.

Mental Health Society of Ghana (MEHSOG) in collaboration with GHAFTRAM under OSIWA fund offered training program to about 200 members of the federation who offer services to mental Health Patient.

GHAFTRAM has acquired 7.8 acres of Land at Gyaadzi near Winneba in the Central Region for a proposed office complex and a training school.