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The personal narrative explores the cultural and medicinal significance of Zebapique, a notoriously bitter plant used in Trinidad and Tobago. The author recounts childhood memories of a father dispensing Zebapique soaked in Puncheon rum as a “cure-all” for various illnesses. Beyond folklore, the text incorporates ethnobotanical research highlighting the presence …

Thirteen cases of Malaria have been reported during the first months of 2018 in Trinidad and Tobago. The country was declared free of Malaria in 1965. Symptoms of Malaria are an intermittent fever caused by a protozoan parasite which invades the red blood cells and is transmitted through the bite of an infected Anopheles mosquito. Once the parasites …