Relying on nature’s pharmacy: a case study of households’ dependency on medicinal plants in Burkina Faso’s central plateau
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This paper aims at quantifying household-level use of medicinal plants and
to investigate the determinants associated with the choice of traditional
treatment in the central plateau of Burkina Faso. Comprehensive analysis of
treatment choice was done through a bivariate analysis aiming at
characterising users of medicinal plants. Preliminary results indicate that
the use of medicinal plants depends on the nature of the encountered illness
rather than on the economic disposition of households. Education and age
also plays a significant role in the treatment seeking behaviour. Moreover,
medicinal plants are more relied upon in the absence of modern health
facilities.