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Dr. Margaret Chan, Director-General of
the World Health Organization in acknowledgement of the huge health
problems Africa faces, recently stated that “The overall performance of the World
Health Organization will be measured by the impact of its work on
women's health and health in Africa”.
It is the opinion of Africa First
that the non-existence or lack of sanitation and regular supply of safe drinking water is
one of the many challenges facing governments, especially those in Africa
and the third world countries, in the delivery of effective healthcare to
their peoples. This situation is not only contributing to a high rate of
child and adult mortality, but is severely hampering economic and social
development. There is no way any nation in the world can have a healthy and
resourceful people without sanitation and safe drinking water. It is
imperative and it is a matter of supreme urgency, for governments to
begin investing part of their national incomes in creating and maintaining
the necessary infrastructures to provide ample sanitation and reliable
sources of safe drinking water to their peoples. Accordingly, this conference will devote a special session
to discuss and recommend ways and means to overcome this dangerous situation.
INVITATION
Africa First, LLC of Minnesota, USA, in association with and support
of the Ghana Ministry of Health, the World Health Organization,
UNAIDS Ghana Office, Ghana AIDS Commission, Esperanza
Medicines Foundation, Global Ark Forum (GAF), Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and
Technology and the Ghana
Federation of Traditional Medicine Practitioners Association, is
pleased to invite all the citizens of the world, especially, health
policy makers, indigenous peoples, health institutions, scientists,
orthodox medical practitioners, nurses, medical schools, medical
associations, natural health physicians, chiropractors,
acupuncturists, psychologists, homeopathic practitioners,
traditional health practitioners, botanists, foundations, hospitals,
pharmaceutical and bio-technological companies, civil society
organizations, faith-based organizations, legal practitioners, law
schools, environmentalists, HIV-Caregivers, students, people living
with HIV/AIDS and other chronic diseases, to the 3rd Global Summit
on HIV/AIDS, Traditional Medicine & Indigenous Knowledge at the Miklin
Hotel, Kumasi, Republic of Ghana, from Monday, August 31, 2009 to
Thursday, September 3, 2009.
In observance and
celebration of the 7th African Traditional Medicine Day, the
conference will begin on Monday, August 31, 2009, (instead of the
original date of August 25, 2009) with elaborate activities
recommended by the African Regional Office of the World Health
Organization, to advocate and promote awareness and enhance the
impact of Traditional Medicine on delivery of healthcare on the
African continent.
Participating organizations are Centre for Scientific
Research Into Plant Medicine, Burkina Faso Ministry of Health,
West African Health Organisation (WAHO), Association for the Promotion of Traditional Medicine International
(PROMETRA) Senegal,
L’Association des Thérapeutes Traditionnels du Togo,
Centre de Recherche et de Valorisation des Plantes Médicinales de
Dubréka, Republic of Guinea,
Natural Healing Centre, Amen Scientific Hospital, and a host of local and international organizations involved in the
treatment and prevention of HIV/AIDS and other chronic diseases.
The conference provides pre/post-conference group volunteering
opportunities at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital and Tepa District
Hospital, guided field trips to Africa First's Medicinal Farm and
seminar on Modernization of Traditional Medicine Practice at the
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, designed to
enhance participants' academic, professional and cultural
experiences in the delivery of healthcare in the African community settings.
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