"African Healing Wisdom" Conference
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6-9 July, 2005
Washington DC, USA
Through a partnership of academic, government and private agen-
cies, we are pleased to sponsor "African Healing Wisdom: From
Tradition to Current Applications and Research" on July 6-9,
2005 in Washington, DC. Conference details can be found at
http://www.africanmedicine.info
This international conference will 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.
As the world faces an unprecedented crisis of new and re-
emerging diseases, which threatens to cripple entire communi-
ties, it is reasonable that the biomedical community access as
many resources and partners as possible to tackle these chal-
lenges. One of the resources that may be overlooked or at least
underestimated is the contribution that traditional medicine and
healers may offer at many levels of health care delivery.
Through a comprehensive presentation of national and interna-
tional case-studies and examples, this conference will focus on
two key questions to evaluate African traditional healing prac-
tices in the context of delivering affordable, sustainable and
culturally-sensitive care:
1. What can African traditional medicines contribute to the pre-
vention and control of infectious and chronic diseases, and how
can such contributions be validated and enhanced?
2. What roles can traditional African health knowledge play in
addressing issues of health disparities and equity, both at home
and abroad, and how can these roles be enhanced?
Daniel Reichard
mailto:cehder@gwumc.edu
http://www.africanmedicine.info