THPs generally had mixed feelings about being registered; most saw very little, if any, potential benefits in being registered, except for recognition and legitimacy. THPs who found registration beneficial, remained sceptical about how it would impact their intellectual property and belief systems. Further exploration of the role of THP associations, their history and evolution and the influence they could have in driving THP regulation implementation process is warranted, especially since THPs found registering with such associations to be beneficial.The Alma Ata Declaration (1978) made by the International Conference on Primary Health Care was an important positive shift for traditional healthcare as it was acknowledge as the first to recognise the role of traditional medicine (TM) and its practitioners in primary healthcare. 1 This has contributed to a growing international popularity of TM creating benefits and opportunities for the TM users and the indigenous knowledge. [2][3][4][5] Consequently, biomedical health practitioners (BHPs) are increasingly reaching out for assistance from traditional health practitioners (THPs), espe-