My grandfather, like other Africans of his time, used tradi… - Grace Nambatya Kyeyune

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My grandfather, like other Africans of his time, used traditional medicine to treat several ailments. As children, we would be given baths in an extract made from the leaves of the omwoloola tree (Entada abyssinica) to treat skin infections, among other conditions.

Grace Nambatya Kyeyune

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Grace Nambatya Kyeyune (née Grace Nambatya) (born April 1962), is a Ugandan medicinal chemist, researcher and academic, who serves as the Director of Research at the National Chemotherapeutic Research Institute (NCRI), based in Kampala.

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