▁face ▁similar ▁difficulties ▁including ▁under ▁staff ing , ▁under ▁trained ▁staff , ▁lack ▁of ▁equipment ▁and ▁a ▁difficult ▁terrain ▁which ▁h ind ers ▁community ▁out re ach ▁efforts . ▁Unfortunately ▁also , ▁the ▁W ab ane ▁Health ▁District ▁is ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁few ▁which ▁does ▁not ▁have ▁a ▁District ▁Hospital ▁out ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 3 5 ▁Health ▁District s ▁in ▁Cam ero on . ▁This ▁makes ▁patient ▁refer r als ▁and ▁counter ▁refer r als ▁very ▁difficult ▁and ▁occasionally , ▁some ▁crit ically ▁ill ▁patients ▁have ▁died ▁on ▁their ▁way ▁to ▁better ▁equ ipped ▁cent ers ▁in ▁l ou ng ▁or ▁D sch ang ▁in ▁the ▁Western ▁Region . ▁ ▁Altern ative ▁medicine ▁ ▁Contempor ary ▁and ▁traditional ▁medicine ▁have ▁always ▁co ex isted ▁in ▁Cam ero on ▁sometimes ▁with ▁occas ional ▁rival ry . ▁However , ▁collaboration ▁between ▁both ▁has ▁been ▁greatly ▁en hanced ▁since ▁the ▁min istry ▁of ▁public ▁health ▁officially ▁recogn ised ▁and ▁integrated ▁traditional ▁medicine ▁in ▁the ▁national ▁health ▁structure . ▁In ▁fact , ▁the ▁Chief ▁Medical ▁Offic ers ▁( C MO s ) ▁are ▁officially ▁responsible ▁for ▁super vis ing ▁the ▁activities ▁of ▁traditional ▁do ctors ▁in ▁their ▁district . ▁ ▁Trad itional ▁medicine ▁is ▁quite ▁well ▁developed ▁in ▁M mu ock ▁L ete h , ▁particularly ▁the ▁use ▁of ▁medic inal ▁plants . ▁In ▁fact , ▁the ▁local ity ▁has ▁a ▁wide ▁variety ▁of ▁medic inal ▁plants , ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁uniqu eness ▁of ▁its ▁climate ▁and ▁many ▁plant ▁vari eties ▁that ▁are ▁relatively ▁well ▁explo