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Partial labelling (on paper packets or envelopes containing powdered TM product) and simple dosage prescriptions
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Kakamega, Kitale
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Oral or verbal dosage prescriptions
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All TM markets
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Packaged medicine on plastic bottles, paper envelopes or polythene bags
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Eldoret, Kitale, Kakamega, Luanda and Moi’s Bridge
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Simple display of traditional medicine on polythene bags, used fertilizer bags, baskets and mats on floor surfaces, make-shift tables or stands
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All TM markets
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Certification report on analysed medicinal plant samples
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Kakamega, Kitale, Moi’s Bridge
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Use of local languages and vernacular names of traditional medicine
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All TM markets
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County officers issuance of receipts on market fees paid by TM traders
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All TM markets
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Sale of fresh and dried plant materials in chopped, ground form or whole plant material, twigs, leaves, roots, flowers, tuber; and animal products. Sourcing of plant materials from the wild
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All TM markets
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Possession of Certification of Recognition/Practice from the Department of Culture
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Kakamega, Kitale and Moi’s Bridge
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No receipts issued on TM sales
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All TM markets
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Use of portable microphones/speakers and recorded audio to advertise medicinal products to pedestrians and commuters
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Kakamega
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No information on probable side effects
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All TM markets
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Market issues, concerns and TMPs welfare channelled through Traditional Herbalists and Practitioners Associations; Modest membership fee is charged
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Luanda, Kitale
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No scientific evidence on drug combinations and potential synergies
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All TM markets
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Sourcing of supplies from field collectors and village based herbalists
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Makutano, Kakamega, Yala and Eldoret
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Most traditional medicine practitioners’ associations are headed by male practitioners
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All TM markets
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Products diversification including trade on non-medicinal products: beads, calabashes, sweets/candy, snuff tobacco and processed imported herbal products
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Eldoret, Kakamega and Kitale
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Medical decisions are based on experience and apprenticeship
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All TM markets
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A money-driven cultural-based enterprise
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All TM markets
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Traditional medicine knowledge passed orally
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All TM markets
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Environmental consciousness and protection
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All TM markets
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Critical TM questions addressed by older practitioners
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All TM markets
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TM trade governed by county by-laws, national laws and policies
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All TM markets
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TM practices governed by strict unwritten traditional laws, norms, customs, taboos and beliefs
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All TM markets
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