Street Renee Anne
Environment and Health Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Durban, South Africa; Discipline of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Nursing and Public Health, Durban, South Africa.
S Afr Med J. 2016 Mar 17;106(4):22-3. doi: 10.7196/SAMJ.2016.v106i4.10623.
South Africa (SA) has legislation that regulates almost all of its healthcare systems. The Traditional Health Practitoners Act finally provides legitimisation of an overwhelmingly popular indigenous healthcare system. However, as a consequence of the legal acknowledgement of traditional health practitioners, traditional medicine products must now also be brought under regulatory measures. If traditional medicines are to be prescribed, marketed and sold as part of a healthcare system recognised under SA law, they must meet the same stringent standards.
南非拥有规范其几乎所有医疗保健系统的立法。《传统医疗从业者法案》最终使一种广受欢迎的本土医疗保健系统合法化。然而，由于传统医疗从业者获得了法律认可，传统医药产品现在也必须纳入监管措施之下。如果传统药物要作为南非法律认可的医疗保健系统的一部分进行开处方、销售和售卖，它们必须符合同样严格的标准。
