The Department of Pharmacology at the University of the Free State will exhibit its traditional medicine product Phela for immune reconstitution, repurposed for Covid-19 and long Covid.A South African professor will exhibit Phela, a traditional medicine mixture repurposed for Covid-19, at the World Health Organisation Traditional Medicine Global Summit.
World Health Organisation director, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said traditional medicine could play an important role in achieving the goal of universal health coverage. The two-day summit, which started on Thursday, explores the role of traditional, complementary and alternative medicine in addressing pressing health challenges and driving progress in global health and sustainable development.
Matsabisa's team tested the pre-clinical safety and efficacy of Phela and found that it had potent effects against SARs-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19.He said the team would also exhibit indigenous health tea products.