
Alternative medicine, accredited and overseen by the country’s health regulator, has continued to grow, with the number of licensed practitioners in the field surging by more than 20 per cent in the last year.
There were 53 alternative medicine practitioners in Bahrain last year, up from 44 in 2021, and 22 licensed facilities in the field, up from 21 in 2021, according to the National Health Regulatory Authority’s (NHRA) recently released Annual Report for 2022.