ited ▁and ▁used ▁by ▁traditional ▁do ctors . ▁Before ▁the ▁opening ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁health ▁centre ▁in ▁M mu ock ▁L ete h , ▁traditional ▁medicine ▁was ▁central ▁in ▁the ▁fight ▁against ▁disease ▁and ▁purs uit ▁of ▁health . ▁The ▁population ▁has ▁often ▁res orted ▁to ▁this ▁type ▁of ▁medicine , ▁especially ▁in ▁rural ▁areas ▁and ▁among ▁the ▁poor ▁population ▁because ▁of ▁the ▁high ▁costs ▁of ▁medical ▁care ▁and ▁modern ▁dru gs ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁a ▁deeply ▁held ▁believe ▁in ▁its ▁effic acy . ▁ ▁In ▁recent ▁years , ▁many ▁sch ol ars ▁in ▁the ▁village ▁have ▁critic ised ▁traditional ▁medicine ▁pract ises ▁arg uing ▁that ▁it ▁involves ▁the ▁use ▁of ▁plants ▁including ▁those ▁whose ▁efficiency , ▁do se ▁and ▁har ml ess ness ▁to ▁humans ▁have ▁has ▁not ▁been ▁determined . ▁They ▁have ▁equally ▁heavily ▁critic ised ▁traditional ▁medicine ▁pract ition ers ▁for ▁their ▁t endency ▁to ▁promote ▁or ▁eng age ▁in ▁super st it ious ▁activities ▁and ▁w itch craft , ▁including ▁the ▁dangerous ▁pre val ent ▁practice ▁of ▁doing ▁aut ops ies ▁on ▁corps es ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁determine ▁the ▁cause ▁of ▁death , ▁which ▁usually ▁is ▁concluded ▁as ▁w itch craft . ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁Category : Pop ulated ▁places ▁in ▁Cam ero on <0x0A> </s> ▁The ▁Ministry ▁of ▁Labour ▁and ▁Social ▁Security ▁( ML SS ) ▁is ▁a ▁Cab inet - level ▁government ▁min istry ▁of ▁Z amb ia . ▁It ▁is ▁mand ated ▁to ▁lead ▁in ▁the ▁form ulation ▁and ▁implementation ▁of ▁national ▁employ ment , ▁labour