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STORY: Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioners hold medical camp in Kenya
SHOOTING TIME: April 25, 2024
DATELINE: April 26, 2024
LENGTH: 0:01:52
LOCATION: Nairobi
CATEGORY: HEALTH/SOCIETY

SHOTLIST:
1. various of the medical camp
2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): JUDY WANJIRU, Construction industry practitioner
3. various of the medical camp
4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): XU HOUPING, Vice president of the Affiliated Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Southwest Medical University
5. various of training at the medical camp

STORYLINE:

Kenya on Thursday hosted prominent traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) practitioners from southwest China's Sichuan Province, who offered a range of medical services to Chinese nationals living in the East African country.

The six Chinese doctors specialize in diverse fields, including dermatology, orthopedics, endocrinology, cervical spondylopathy, and age-related ailments.

Hosted by the Kenya Sichuan-Chongqing General Chamber of Commerce and the China General Chamber of Commerce in East Africa, the event offered acupuncture and cupping therapy during the free clinic in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital.

The Chinese nationals living in Kenya and some local citizens attended the medical camp, demonstrating the growing recognition of TCM in mainstream health care.

Judy Wanjiru, a construction industry practitioner who studied environmental engineering in China, said she is familiar with TCM, which she believes is both safe and effective in treating ailments.

SOUNDBITE 1 (English): JUDY WANJIRU, Construction industry practitioner
"Traditional Chinese Medicine is something that is very important, and I believe it is something that can be incorporated together with Western medicine."

She asked local citizens to embrace TCM because it has the potential to help the country reduce its high burden of infectious and non-communicable diseases.

As part of their overseas trip, the TCM practitioners offered diagnosis and treatment services and explained their benefits to some local citizens.

SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): XU HOUPING, Vice president of the Affiliated Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Southwest Medical University
"The overseas trip of renowned Chinese medicine doctors from Sichuan Province offers TCM diagnosis and treatment to overseas Chinese communities. We also hope to promote TCM culture to Africa, so that more people around the world can understand, recognize and accept TCM."

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Nairobi.
(XHTV)

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