Since 1997, Tibb has established grounds in South Africa through the work of the Ibn Sina Institute of Tibb. The Ibn Sina Institute of Tibb is a non-profit organization started by the Bhikha Family Trust with the vision of assisting in the provision of effective, affordable healthcare to all members of our national family. Any profits accrued by the Institute are used for social upliftment projects and increasing awareness of the Tibb philosophy through education and training.
Tibb was approved as the eleventh modality of the Allied Health Professions Council of South Africa (AHPCSA) in August 2001. On the 14th September 2007, the formal register for Tibb was officiated, thereby enabling Tibb doctors to register with the Allied Health Professions Council of South Africa. To date, over 150 doctors have graduated from the University of the Western Cape’s School of Natural Medicine with post graduate diplomas in Tibb as well as undergraduate degrees in Unani-Tibb Medicine.
With a committed focus on research, The Institute has facilitated numerous projects on the effectiveness of Unani-Tibb treatment for a variety of illness conditions. The Institute is also wholly committed to social welfare through the provision of primary healthcare in underprivileged areas. With this in mind, clinics have been set up in areas throughout the country and several partnerships with NGO’s and other healthcare organisations initiated. Zain Bhikha Studios, a division of the Institute, further focuses on community projects relating to social and cultural upliftment.
Academically, the Ibn Sina Institute of Tibb is supported by Hamdard University in Pakistan, Jamia Hamdard and Aligarh University in India. These esteemed Institutions have long been the centre of Unani-Tibb medical education on the Indian sub-continent.
