Competency-Based Education in African Traditional & Natural Medicine
Accessible, practical, and competency-based training for beginners, traditional medicine practitioners, herbal medicine formulators, producers, and healthcare enthusiasts.
A Modern, Rigorous Approach to Ancient Wisdom
We bridge the gap between traditional oral herbal knowledge and modern scientific standardisation.
Practical Competence
We emphasize hands-on laboratory compounding, plant identification, extraction techniques, and shelf-life formulation over passive classroom theory.
Safety & GMP Hygiene
Every student is thoroughly grounded in Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP), microbial contamination prevention, sanitisation, and patient safety protocols.
Regulatory Preparedness
Our curriculum equips producers and formulators with the exact dossier requirements, laboratory testing, and labeling rules enforced by NAFDAC and SON.
The Nine Comprehensive Training Programmes
Course duration, entry requirements, assessment methods, and certificates are tailored for each programme.
Fundamentals of African Traditional and Natural Medicine
Foundational principles, philosophy, historical origins, holistic health models, mind-body balance, and the comparative role of African traditional healthcare in national health systems.
Medicinal Plants and Indigenous Knowledge
Botanical taxonomy, morphological identification, active phytochemicals, indigenous plant uses, regional habitats, seasonal harvesting, and traditional remedy documentation.
Traditional Medicine Practice and Professional Ethics
Ethical practitioner conduct, patient consultation, record-keeping, scope of traditional practice, referral protocols to orthodox healthcare, and legal accountability under Nigerian law.
Herbal Medicine Formulation and Production
Hands-on preparation of infusions, decoctions, hydro-ethanolic tinctures, powders, capsules, herbal syrups, ointments, and medicinal soaps, with extraction yield and stability testing.
Herbal Product Quality, Hygiene, and Safety
Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), facility layout, microbiological control, prevention of aflatoxins and heavy metals, cleaning validation, packaging integrity, and expiry dating.
Traditional Birth Attendant (TBA) Education
Safe maternal health principles, antenatal hygiene, recognition of obstetric danger signs, safe delivery practices, and mandatory hospital emergency referral protocols (where permitted and approved).
Traditional Medicine Business Development
Commercialisation of herbal remedies, compliant brand identity, product packaging, pricing models, accounting and inventory management, retail distribution, and export market access.
Product Registration and Regulatory Awareness
Navigating NAFDAC herbal product listing dossiers, laboratory testing documentation, non-misleading labeling regulations, advertising permits, and Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) benchmarks.
Preservation and Sustainable Use of Medicinal Plants
Medicinal plant conservation biology, preventing over-harvesting, wild botanical conservation, establishing community botanical gardens, organic cultivation, and agro-forestry integration.
Programme Delivery & Certification Levels
Structured pathways allowing students to progress from beginner foundations to certified professional formulators.
Foundation Certificate
For beginners, community health workers, and traditional healthcare enthusiasts.
Practitioner Diploma
For active healers and clinical practitioners requiring formal standardisation.
Formulator Masterclass
Intensive laboratory compounding, GMP facility readiness, and NAFDAC dossier preparation.
Continuing CPD
Annual refresher seminars, regulatory updates, and safety re-certifications.
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