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INTRODUCTION

THE GHANA FEDERATION OF TRADITIONAL MEDICINE PRACTITIONERS’ ASSOCIATIONS, (GHAFTRAM). The first Traditional Medicine Practitioners Association, the Ghana Psychic and Traditional Healing Association, now known as the Ghana Psychic and Traditional Healers Association was established in 1960 under the auspices of Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah and reconstituted in 1975 bringing all Practitioners under one umbrella Association.

In 1991, the government of the Provisional National Defence Council (PNDC) under the auspices of the Council for Indigenous Business Association (CIBA) set up the National Council of Herbal Medicine, now known as the Ghana National Association of Traditional Healers (GNATH). All these interventions had various limitations which impeded the development of the sector. As a result, in September 1999, the new constitution which brought into being the Ghana Federation of Traditional Medicine Practitioners Associations, GHAFTRAM, an umbrella body for all Traditional Medicine Practitioners Associations and Societies or Groups was born.

The purpose of the formation of the Federation was to;

  • Put all the splinter groups of Traditional medicine practitioners under one umbrella Association and yet allow the separate groups to have their own peculiar identities.
  • Ensure and maintain sanity in traditional medicine practice in Ghana thus the formation of GHAFTRAM National Co-ordination, Monitoring and Evaluation committee.
GHAFTRAM or the Federation after working effectively in conjunction with the Ministry of Health, Ghana had its formal recognition on July 7, 2008 and has been participating in almost all activities under the Ministry. Ever since, the Federation, under various leaderships, have championed the course of Traditional Medicine in Ghana.

AIM

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

OBJECTIVES

  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.

AREAS OF COLLABORATIONS

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
In November 2022, a new crop of National Executives were elected at the annual congress to steer the affairs of the Federation for the next four years and will do everything in its power’s to promote, develop and seek the adherence of relevant regulations governing the practice.

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

Achievements

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.

COVID 19

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.

GOVERNING BOARD

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

TRAINING PROGRAMS

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.

TMPC TRAINING

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

FDA TRAINING

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

MEHSOG

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 LAND

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.

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