The main objective of this blog is to emphasize the importance of herbal medicine as a possible alternative and effective treatment of coronavirus disease 2019. Specific objectives include, to highlight:
- Herbal medicine as important component of primary health care
- The importance and relevance of herbal medicine as a prospective low-cost treatment of COVID-19
- The place of the environmental conservation and management for continued provision and uptake of herbal medicines, and;
- The need for policy and multidisciplinary research to develop herbal medicine sector at the national level