Abstract: Pandemics have existed from time immemorial causing loss of human life world-wide. As of October 2022, COVID-19 alone which is still upon us caused 7 million deathsglobally and looking back in history other pandemics have also exterminated a sizeable number of human population with HIV and AIDS at its peak (2005-2012) killing 36 million people, 1968 flu pandemic killed1 million people, 1956-1958 Asian flu killed 2 million, 1918 flu pandemic killed between 20-50 million people, 1910-1911 caused loss of life to 800 000 people, 1889-1990 flu pandemic killed 1 million people, 1346-1353 killed between 25 and 50 million people. The list is hardly exhaustive of pandemics that struck each generation of human beings and the destruction they caused to human life......
Keyboards: Pandemics, indigenous knowledge system, mainstreaming
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