Abstract: The use of natural remedies is internationally reported in the management, treatment and preventing of diseases. The aim of this study was to establish the level of utilization of natural remedies to cure various diseases in a cosmopolitan town. This was a cross-sectional study involving three hundred and eighty-two people wherein a self-administered closed-ended questionnaire. Data was analysed using STATA version 13.1 in which negative binomial regression models to explore the associations with a 95% (CI). The findings show that the most utilized natural remedies were garlic (77.1%), ginger (77.5%), honey (86.7%), onion (69.9%), cabbage (.....
Key Words: Natural Remedies, Diseases, Knowledge, Utilisation, Attitude
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