Traditional medicine and WHO
By: Caroline Paré Follow
Traditional medicine is based on theories, beliefs and experiences specific to a culture. Present on most of the planet, it is an often underestimated part of health care. WHO is committed to supporting States in their management of traditional medicine, by regulating these practices.
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What strategy should be adopted regarding traditional medicine? How best to take it into consideration? What role can it play within each health system?
- Dr Charles Andrianjara , Director General of the Applied Research Institute of Madagascar of the Albert and Suzanne Rakoto Ratsimamanga Foundation. Designer of Covid-Organics.
- Pr Rokia Sanogo , head of the traditional medicine department of the National Institute for Public Health Research in Bamako , Mali.
- Pr Jean-Baptiste Nikiéma , team leader on drugs, technologies, infrastructure and health equipment at the WHO Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo
- Jacques Fleurentin , Doctor of Pharmacy, ethno-pharmacologist, President of the French Society of Ethnopharmacology
At the end of the program, we find the nutrition chronicle of Stéphane Besançon , nutritionist and director of the NGO Santé Diabète , in Bamako in Mali.
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