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    Cross section study on knoweledge about Malawi’s poisonous plants among traditional medicine practitioners and users
    (Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, 2020-06-10) Kandodo, Chifundo; Tembo, Yohane; Dambuleni, Jeremiah
    It is undeniable that plants have an important role in the development of modern medicine. But use of traditional medicine from plants is associated with devastating side effects. Specific plants or combination of plants used as medicine are associated with these effects hence this study will assess if traditional practitioners and users have knowledge about these plants. The main objective is to explore knowledge among traditional practitioners and users on poisonous plants that are used as traditional medicine. This study is a cross sectional qualitative study exploring the knowledge about poisonous plants in Blantyre urban and rural. This study will therefore involve qualitative study method. The participants will be traditional practitioners and users of traditional medicine both above 18 years old. These participants will be those living or doing their business in Blantyre. The sampling method will be purposive and convenient sampling method for the traditional practitioners, but for the users will use convenient method. It is expected that by the end of this research, we will identify the poisonous plants which people know and use. The results of this study will be presented at College of Medicine (CoM) research dissemination presentations which are held for students to present their research findings.