A cross-sectional study to determine the use of alternative medicines during pregnancy in the district hospitals in Manicaland, Zimbabwe.

Using chi square, it was established that there was a highly significant statistical association between family income and use of traditional medicine (p =0.007).

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There was a decreasing trend of use of traditional medicine, from high preference of use observed in rural dwellers, to declining use in high density urban areas (50%) to only 32% peri-urban settlers having used traditional medicine.

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