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DOUBLE CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL TEXT OF THE DECLARATION MADE AT THE
MARCH 14-18, 2006 GLOBAL SUMMIT.
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2ND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE & EXHIBITION ON TRADITIONAL MEDICINE
INTEGRATING
TRADITIONAL MEDICINE INTO HEALTH CARE DELIVERY SYSTEM
ACCRA, GHANA - JULY 20-21, 2001
The Government of Republic of Ghana being satisfied with the 1st International Conference & Exhibition on Traditional Medicine held in Accra, Ghana on July 19-20, 2000, under the theme: Indispensability of Traditional Medicine In The Modern Societies of The World, endorsed the hosting of the 2nd International Conference & Exhibition on Traditional Medicine. This latter conference was held on July 20-21, 2001 also in Accra.
Under the theme: Integrating Traditional Medicine Into Health Care Systems, the July 2001 conference achieved the following:
1. Determined standards of traditional practices for
integration into mainstream medical practices.
2. Sought new educational methods to consolidate efforts being made in the United States by institutions like Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons and Harvard Medical School and others in Europe in the integration of traditional or complementary approaches into standard curriculums for medical education.
3. Discussed the role of traditional medicine practitioners in dealing with emerging diseases in the developing world (e.g. HIV/AIDS, hypertension and diabetics).
4. Encouraged Governments (both in developing and developed countries) to support traditional medicine as an integral part of national health development.
The conference was attended by representatives of the Governments of Senegal and South Africa, as well as the WHO, the World Bank, UNAIDS and seasoned resource persons from around the globe.
Presenters and topics at the conference were:
Dr. Kamau Kokayi, AAME, New York, USA: Cross-cultural Integrative Medicine: Paradigm for World Medicine in Practice.
Dr. K. Senah, Sociology Dept, University of Ghana: Definition of Concepts in developing relationships between Traditional and Orthodox Medicines: Integration of Traditional Medicine Into Conventional Medicine.
Dr. Ellen Tattelman, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, USA: Medical Education: Integration of Traditional Medicine Into conventional Medicine.
Dr. J. K. Kwakye-Maafo (Immediate Past President, Ghana Medical Association): Ghanaian Perspective of Achieving Quality Health Care: The role of Traditional Medicine. Subtheme: Integrating Traditional Medicine into Orthodox Medicine: Is Ghana ready?
Dr. Ransford Appiah Kubi, National President, Ghana Federation of Traditional Medicines Practitioners Associations (GHAFTRAM): Improving the Standards of Traditional Health Care: the Challenges, Opportunities and the way forward for Traditional Health Associations.
Folami Harris (Director, Margaret Sangar Center International, South Africa) and Xola Nuse (Director, South Africa Traditional Healers Foundation) jointly presented: Ancestral Wisdom and Western Logic: Finding common ground.
Michael McIntyre, European Herbal Practitioners Association: Herbal Medicine Comes of Age in the European Union.
Ms. Cynthia O. Eledu, Country Programme Adviser, Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), Ghana: An Overview of HIV/AIDS situation and the United Nation’s role in promoting collaboration between biomedical and traditional medicine practitioners.
Dr. Vera Lucia Moura, Dr. Sara L. Warber & Dr. Sherman James, University of Michigan: Complementary and Alternative Medicine Providers’ Message to Conventional Medicine: A Qualitative Study.
Dr. Alex Nyarko, Senior Research Fellow, Noguchi Memorial Institute: Efficacy and Safety Evaluation of Plant Medicines.
Dr. Marc S. Micozzi, Executive Director, the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, USA: Taxonomy of Complementary/Alternative Medicine (paper delivered in his absence).
Ben Botwe Ag. Deputy Chief Executive, Ghana Food and Drugs Board: Quality qualification to ensure the integration of Traditional Medicine into the Health Care System.
Dr. Charles Finch III, Director of International Health, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia USA: The Imhotep Factor: The African Presence In The History of Medicine.
Phoenix Savages, Medical, Anthropologist, Research Associate, Natural Products Centre, University of Mississippi, USA: African Spirituality and Medical Usage Among African Americans.
Dr.D. Kumordzie, Leader, Huyehweh Foundation: Does Spiritual Healing Really work? Mythology of African Traditional Medicine.
Osofo Kofi Ameve, Leader, Afrikania Mission: Integrating Spiritual healing into Mainstream health Delivery System: Challenges and Tasks.
Dr. Momar Anta M’Backe, Ministry of Health, Senegal: Traditional Medicine and Primary Health Care.
Dr. Fatima Oumar and Dr. Abdel Kader Bacha both of ENDA Traditional Medicine, Senegal: Valorization of Traditional Medicinal Plant.
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