Background: Although, medicinal plants have been important for women’s health historically, the knowledge about such use during pregnancy in developing countries is limited. This is the first quantitative, ethnobotanical study on Malian women’s use of and attitudes towards the use of medicinal plants during pregnancy.
Le changement climatique a été vulgarisé, au Cameroun, par les médias, à la suite du Sommet de la Terre tenu à Rio de Janeiro du 3 au 14 juin 1992. Dans le champ de la santé l’une des interrogations suscitées est celle relative à l’émergence de nouvelles pathologies ou encore l’impact de ce phénomène sur les maladies vectorielles telles que le paludisme.
The increasing prevalence and distribution of malaria has been attributed to a number of factors, one of them being the emergence and spread of drug resistant parasites. Efforts are now being directed towards the discovery and development of new chemically diverse antimalarial agents.