Katima Mulilo has the highest burden of HIV/AIDS in Namibia. Due to several constraints of the antiretroviral therapy programme, HIV-infected persons still use ethnomedicines to manage AIDS-related opportunistic infections.

BioMed Central Page 1 of 12 (page number not for citation purposes) Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine Research Open Access Ethnopharmacological survey of Samburu district, Kenya Mark O Nanyingi*1, James M Mbaria1, Adamson L Lanyasunya2, Cyrus G Wagate1, Kipsengeret B Koros1,3, Humphrey F Kaburia1, Rahab W Munenge1 and William O Ogara1 Address: 1Department of Public health Pharmacology a

BioMed Central Page 1 of 12 (page number not for citation purposes) Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine Research Open Access Ethnopharmacological survey of Samburu district, Kenya Mark O Nanyingi*1, James M Mbaria1, Adamson L Lanyasunya2, Cyrus G Wagate1, Kipsengeret B Koros1,3, Humphrey F Kaburia1, Rahab W Munenge1 and William O Ogara1 Address: 1Department of Public health Pharmacology a

The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that as many as 80% of the world's more than six billion people rely primarily on animal and plant-based medicines. The healing of human ailments by using therapeutics based on medicines obtained from animals or ultimately derived from them is known as zootherapy.

Background: An ethnobotanical survey was carried out to collect information on the use of medicinal plants in Southern Western Ghats of India (Madurai district, Tamil Nadu). Information presented in this paper was gathered from the paliyar tribes using an integrated approach of botanical collections, group discussions and interviews with questionnaires in the years 1998 – 1999.