The research mentioned is being carried out in Ghana, which is in
Africa. So why post to two groups concerned with Asia?
Chabon_a_shitstain wrote:
> 19 December 2004
> "Koakro" - future cure for AIDS?
>
> ....KNUST affirms potency of herbal mixture for management of AIDS
> Kumasi, Dec 19, GNA - Investigations and research being conducted by
a
> team of scientists of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and
> Technology (KNUST) on the potency of a herbal mixture known as
> "Koakro" shows that the product could effectively manage HIV/AIDS and
> possibly cure the menace.
>
> The research started a year ago.
>
> The six-member team made up of lecturers and technicians of the
> Bio-Chemistry Department of the KNUST found that the product is
> effective in the fight against most "microbes that infect HIV/AIDS
> patients".
>
> Mr Ebenezer Okletey Terlabi, Head of the six-member team, said this
to
> the Ghana News Agency in Kumasi at the weekend on efforts being made
> by the Bio-Chemistry Department in collaboration with herbalists to
> seek a cure for the HIV/AIDS menace.
>
> The "Koakro" herbal mixture is the product of Mr Kamara Agyepong, an
> herbalist.
>
> Mr Terlabi said Mr Agyepong's clinic is being used as a catchments
> area from where HIV/AIDS patients are brought to the chemical
analysis
> laboratory of the Bio-Chemistry Department for management and
> supervision.
>
> The research team and Mr Agyepong have 20 HIV/AIDS patients who are
> being managed with the "Koakro" mixture.
> Mr Terlabi said the team's investigations also showed that besides
> suppressing and effectively managing HIV ailments, the herbal mixture
> was also found to be able to cure candida, one of the very
troublesome
> infections that kill HIV patients.
> He said the mixture was administered on a number of AIDS patients
over
> a three-week period and it was found out that there was a significant
> improvement in the HB haemoglobin content while white blood cell
> counts and weight of the victim increased significantly.
> "With our findings, we are now convinced that the "Koakro" mixture is
> as potent as the anti-retroviral drug, only we now have to confirm
> this feat by the use of the viral load/CD count determinant machine",
> he added, Mr Terlabi said their problem now is the absence of that
> machine and therefore appealed to the government and NGOs to assist
> them acquire the equipment to accomplish their research work.
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