From Tradition to Current Application and Research
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July 6-9, 2005
Hyatt Regency Capitol Hill, Washington, DC
As the world faces an unprecedented crisis of new and re-
emerging diseases which threaten to cripple entire communities,
it is reasonable that the biomedical community access as many
resources and partners as possible to tackle these challenges.
One of the resources that may be overlooked or at least underes-
timated is the contribution that traditional medicine and heal-
ers 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:
What can African traditional medicines contribute to the preven-
tion and control of infectious and chronic diseases and how can
such contributions be validated and enhanced? 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?
The conference audience will be comprised of physicians, physi-
cian assistants, nurse practitioners, nurses, other allied
health professionals, as well as governmental and non-
governmental health-related organizations interested in integra-
tion of health care modalities, CAM, cultural competency in
health care, health equity, and conservation.
A CME conference sponsored by Pro-Cultura, Inc. and the George
Washington University Medical Center, and partially supported by
NCCAM-NIH. For more information go to
http://www.africanmedicine.info
Hope you all attend!
Edward C Green
mailto:egreendc@aol.com