Fondation Maison des Sciences de l'Homme published in February 2014 a study titled "
La Medecine Chinoise au Mali. Les Economies d'Un Patrimoine Culturel" by Francoise Bourdarias, Jean-Pierre Dozon, and Frederic Obringer. It offers a history of the evolution of traditional Chinese medicine in China, a review of the dynamics of local traditional medicine in sub-Saharan Africa and a study of Chinese traditional medicine in Mali.