Over 85% of herbal practitioners unlicensed in Ghana – TMPC reveals

Nationwide enforcement operations have resulted in the inspection of over 500 premises, leading to immediate closures where public safety was compromised.

Dr Yakubu Tobor Yusuf is TMPC Registrar Fewer than 15,000 of the estimated 100,000 traditional medicine practitioners across the country are officially registered, the Traditional Medicine Practice Council (TMPC) has revealed.

Practitioners operating outside the regulatory framework face summary conviction, fines up to 500 penalty units (GH¢6,000), a two-year custodial sentence, or both.