A scoping review of the use of traditional medicine for the management of ailments in West Africa

• Selassi A. D’Almeida,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Universal Health Coverage Life Course Cluster, World Health Organisation, Freetown, Sierra Leone

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• Sahr E. Gbomor,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Pharmacy Board of Sierra Leone, Freetown, Sierra Leone

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• Brima Osaio-Kamara,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Directorate of Primary Health Care, Ministry of Health, Freetown, Sierra Leone

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• Mobolaji Timothy Olagunju,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu Province, China

  https://orcid.org/0009-0001-5064-9444

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• Olunike Rebecca Abodunrin,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu Province, China

  https://orcid.org/0009-0000-5258-1220

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• Morẹ́nikẹ́ Oluwátóyìn Foláyan

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: toyinukpong@yahoo.co.uk

  Affiliations Department of Child Dental Health, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria, Oral Health Initiative, Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9008-7730

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