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| Title |
The current status of knowledge of herbal medicine and medicinal plants in Fiche, Ethiopia
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, May 2014
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| DOI | 10.1186/1746-4269-10-38 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Elizabeth d’Avigdor, Hans Wohlmuth, Zemede Asfaw, Tesfaye Awas |
| Abstract |
A majority of Ethiopians rely on traditional medicine as their primary form of health care, yet they are in danger of losing both their knowledge and the plants they have used as medicines for millennia. This study, conducted in the rural town of Fiche in Ethiopia, was undertaken with the support of Southern Cross University (SCU) Australia, Addis Ababa University (AAU) Ethiopia, and the Ethiopian Institute of Biodiversity (EIB), Ethiopia. The aim of this study, which included an ethnobotanical survey, was to explore the maintenance of tradition in the passing on of knowledge, the current level of knowledge about medicinal herbs and whether there is awareness and concern about the potential loss of both herbal knowledge and access to traditional medicinal plants. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 1 | 50% |
| Germany | 1 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 221 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 1 | <1% |
| Ethiopia | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 219 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 34 | 15% |
| Researcher | 20 | 9% |
| Lecturer | 18 | 8% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 18 | 8% |
| Student > Bachelor | 12 | 5% |
| Other | 40 | 18% |
| Unknown | 79 | 36% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 27 | 12% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 26 | 12% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 24 | 11% |
| Chemistry | 10 | 5% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 7 | 3% |
| Other | 42 | 19% |
| Unknown | 85 | 38% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 25 February 2015.
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