Uganda, March 2 -- Conservationists have asked the government to include teaching of indigenous herbal medicine on the school curriculum due to the demand, limited knowledge and accessibility for the medicine.

Under their umbrella body, the African Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability (AIBIS), the conservationists suggested that the teaching of different varieties of African herbal medicines should be included at all levels of formal education in the country.

Mr Allan Kalangi, the executive director of AIBIS said that traditionally, knowledge about indigenous medicines was passed on from one generation to another without any form of documentation but people with the knowledge are dying out without chance to impart it to the you...