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This review focuses on the role that African Traditional Medicine can play in addressing the health problems of refugees in the central sub-region with focus on Cameroon. This paper is based on a review of literature on the influx of refugees and their well-being. Over 400 000 refugees live in Cameroon particularly in the Far North (Nigerians) and in the Eastern (Central Africans Refugees) Regions of Cameroon. About 80 per cent of the refugees arriving in Cameroon suffer from serious ailments such as malaria, diarrhea, anemia and respiratory tract infections, while more than 20 per cent of children are severely malnourished. To curb these diseases UNHCR and NGOs provide medications to refugees which often arrive late; some of which at times expire in stock or some different distribution centres run out of stock. An aid could come from Traditional Medicine Practitioners who have been very effective in management of disease conditions in refugee camps in some countries in the world. The Cameroon Traditional Medicine if well-developed will do same to act as first-aid before the arrival of conventional medicine or complement western medicine to manage patients who do not accept western medicine because of cultural believes. Cette revue met l’accent sur le role que peut jouer la Medecine  Traditionnelle africaine sur l’amelioration de la sante des refugiees dans la sous-region, en se focalisant sur le Cameroun. Cet article est base sur une revue de la litterature de l’afflux des refugies et leur bien-etre. Plus de 400 000 refugiees vivent au Cameroun, en  particulier dans l’Extreme-Nord (Nigerians) et dans les regions de l’Est (Refugies centrafricains). Environ 80 % des refugies qui arrivent au Cameroun souffrent de maladies graves telles que le paludisme, la diarrhee, l’anemie et les infections des voies respiratoires, tandis que 20 % des enfants souffrent de malnutrition grave. Pour lutter contre ces maladies, le HCR et les ONG fournissent aux refugies des medicaments qui  malheureusement arrivent parfois en retard, certains d’entre eux expirent en stock et certains centres de distribution sont a court de stocks. Les praticiens de la Medecine Traditionnelle qui ont l’experience de la gestion des maladies dans les camps des refugies de par le monde pourraient apporter une aide precieuse. La Medecine Traditionnelle camerounaise, si elle est bien developpee fera pareil pour les soins de premiers secours avant l’arrivee de la Medecine Conventionnelle ou completera la medecine occidentale pour traiter les patients refusent cette derniere pour des raisons culturelles.

Refugee health problems in the central African subregion: The role of traditional medicine