African Herbal Medicines: Infectious & Chronic Diseases

描述(由申请者提供)：近年来，已经有数百篇发表的文章评估了非洲草药的药用特性。在这些报告中，大多数是从从业者对植物铅的使用中确定的。生物资源开发和保护计划(BDCP)和Pro-cultura正在共同组织和促进非洲草药治疗传染病和慢性病的证据会议，这是国际会议非洲治疗智慧：从传统到当前应用和研究的一个项目分支。会议的总体目标是探讨非洲传统医药的独特性、财富和复杂性，以及它们在应对我们时代的一些关键卫生挑战方面的潜在作用。会议由Procultura主办，将于2005年2月23-26日在美国华盛顿国会山凯悦酒店举行。这次会议将汇集卫生专业人员；国际卫生、发展、人道主义和筹资机构；以及对卫生保健模式的整合感兴趣的政府和非政府卫生相关组织；研究；社区卫生管理；卫生保健方面的文化能力；卫生公平；环境保护和可持续性。非洲传染病和慢性病草药证据计划将专门针对科学家、临床研究人员、工业界和学术界，在现代疾病治疗的背景下就非洲传统医学进行科学讨论。该计划的具体目的是为跨学科讨论提供一个论坛，讨论非洲传统医学和开发传染病和慢性病治疗方法的民族医学方法，以及与这类研究有关的伦理和政策问题以及标准化问题。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): In recent years, there have been literally hundreds of published articles evaluating the medicinal properties of African herbs. In the majority of these reports, botanical leads were identified from their use by TAM practitioners. Bioresources Development and Conservation Programme (BDCP) and Pro-Cultura are co-organizing and facilitating the meeting, Evidence of African Herbal Medicines for Infectious & Chronic Diseases a program tract within the international conference, African Healing Wisdom: From Tradition to Current Applications & Research. The overall goal of the conference is to explore the uniqueness, wealth and complexity of African traditional medicines, and their potential role in addressing some of the crucial health challenges of our times. The conference is hosted by Procultura and will be held at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill, Washington DC, USA, and February 23 - 26, 2005. The conference will bring together health professionals; international health, development, humanitarian and funding agencies; as well as governmental and non-governmental health-related organizations interested in the integration of health care modalities; research; CAM; cultural competency in health care, and health equity; environmental conservation and sustainability. The program Evidence of African Herbal Medicines for Infectious & Chronic Diseases will specifically target scientist, clinical researchers, industry and academia for a scientific discussion on African traditional medicine in the context of the treatment of modern disease. The specific aim of the program is to provide a forum for an inter-disciplinary discussion on traditional African medicine and ethnomedicinal approaches to developing treatments for infectious and chronic diseases as well as the ethical and policy issues, and standardization issues involved with this type of research.