Mampong Herbal Research Centre calls for support
A FOUR-MEMBER committee has been set up to identify the specific needs of the Centre for Scientific Research into Plant Medicine (CSRPM) at Akuapem Mampong.
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Findings of the committee, which is being chaired by the Deputy Eastern Regional Minister, Ms Mavis Ama Frempong with some of the researchers of the centre as members, will be forwarded to the Eastern Regional Co-ordinating Council (RCC) for implementation.
The out-going Eastern Regional Minister, Mr Julius Debrah, set up the committee during a visit to the centre during which the Director of the Centre, Professor Dominic Edoh, solicited support of the RCC to expand the operations of the centre.
CSRPM
The CSRPM, which was set up in 1975 by the government in recognition of the pioneering work of the late Ghanaian allopathic medical practitioner, Dr Oku Ampofo, researches into plant medicine and its application.
It now manufactures herba