African Herbal Medicines: Infectious & Chronic Diseases

描述（由申请人提供）：近年来，已经发表了数百篇评价非洲草药药用特性的文章。在大多数这些报告中，植物学线索被TAM从业者从他们的使用中识别出来。生物资源开发和保护计划（BDCP）和pro - culture正在共同组织和促进会议，非洲草药治疗传染病和慢性疾病的证据，非洲治疗智慧：从传统到当前的应用和研究。会议的总体目标是探讨非洲传统医药的独特性、丰富性和复杂性，以及它们在解决我们时代一些重大卫生挑战方面的潜在作用。会议由Procultura主办，将于2005年2月23日至26日在美国华盛顿特区国会山的凯悦酒店举行。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；以及对保健方式一体化感兴趣的政府和非政府卫生组织；研究;凸轮;卫生保健文化能力与卫生公平；环境保护和可持续发展。“非洲草药治疗传染病和慢性病的证据”项目将专门针对科学家、临床研究人员、工业界和学术界，在现代疾病治疗的背景下对非洲传统医学进行科学讨论。该方案的具体目标是提供一个论坛，供跨学科讨论传统非洲医学和民族医学方法，以制定传染病和慢性病的治疗方法，以及这类研究涉及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.