The Centre for Scientific Research into Plant Medicine is an institution for research into herbal medicine in

Mampong Akuapem Akuapim-Mampong is a town in the Akuapim North district of the Eastern Region of Ghana. It shares boundaries with Mamfe .It is famous for being the first place cocoa was planted in Ghana by Tetteh Quarshie History A 1772 Dutch report includ ...

, in the Eastern Region of southern

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. It was set up by the

government of Ghana The Government of Ghana was created as a parliamentary democracy, followed by alternating military and civilian governments in Ghana. In January 1993, military government gave way to the Fourth Republic after presidential and parliamentary electi ...

in 1976. It produces its own herbal medicines and runs an

out-patient clinic A clinic (or outpatient clinic or ambulatory care clinic) is a health facility that is primarily focused on the care of outpatients. Clinics can be privately operated or publicly managed and funded. They typically cover the primary care needs ...

which treats more than 16,000 patients a month.

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{{Authority control Herbalism organizations Medical and health organisations based in Ghana Organizations established in 1975