Medicinal plants

Jul 01, 2002

Budongo Forests Community Development, BUCODO, a local NGO in Masindi launched a sh150m project to manufacture pain relievers and other drugs from local medicinal plants.

Budongo Forests Community Development, BUCODO, a local NGO in Masindi launched a sh150m project to manufacture pain relievers and other drugs from local medicinal plants. The drugs will be manufactured in collaboration with the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology in Kenya.Construction work has started in Nyabyeya, 32km from Masindi. The project will mobilise farmers to cultivate plants for raw materials around Budongo Forest and procure distillation equipment.Ends

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