PPT-Medicines from Plants Why are plants so important?

Materials extracted from plants are used in about 50 of the medicines used in the western world Products from plants are often cheaper and safer than man made synthetic ones To identify which plants are useful scientists study traditional folklore and observe their practices Many of the chemicals withdrawn from plants have been used by natives for many years. Concept and Process. IPC Meeting. June 6, 2014 – WHO Geneva. Nicola Magrini – WHO, EMP. Essential Medicines. Guiding principle:. . A limited range of carefully selected essential medicines leads to better health care, better medicines management, and lower costs. Azusa Sato. London School of Economics, UK. Introduction. Traditional medicines (TM)/healers: WHO. ‘the knowledge, skills and practices based on the theories, beliefs and experiences indigenous to different cultures, used in the maintenance of health and in the prevention, diagnosis, improvement or treatment of physical and mental illness’. Healing Our Relationships to the Land Through Intergenerational Mentorship. I am standing. In a sacred way. At the earth’s center. Beheld by the people,. Seeing the tribe. Gathered around me. - John Fire . Global context of drug regulation. Dr Lembit Rägo. Coordinator. Quality Assurance and Safety: Medicines. Essential Medicines and Health Products. World Health Organization. E-mail: . ragol@who.int. for asthma. WHO . Technical. Briefing . Seminar. on Essential . Medicines. & Health . Products. , Nov. 2013. Christophe Perrin, . Pharmacist. , MPH – IUATLD (The Union). Asthma. . - Global . retail . market between 1999 and 2009: a comparison between Brazil and Mexico . Authors:. Rene Soria-Saucedo. 1. , Veronika J. Wirtz. 1. , Warren A. Kaplan. 2. Institutions: . 1. Center for Health Systems Research, National Institute of Public Health, Mexico; . Cochin University of Science & Technology . Sakthivel. . Selvaraj. Public Health Foundation of India . New . Delhi . (shakti@phfi.org). Access to Medicines in India . Key Barriers to . Access to Medicines . Stops AIDS National Gathering . 1st November 2014. Aliénor Devali. ère. Health. Action International (HAI) Europe. This document arises from HAI Europe’s Operating Grant 2014, which has received funding from the . . Leyla Hannbeck . MRPharmS, MBA, MSc, MA. NPA Chief Pharmacist and Director of Pharmacy. Falsified medicines: the facts. Falsified medicines may:. Be fraudulently mislabelled. Contain low quality ingredients. Herbal preparations . could . be regarded as the original biologic approach to medicine.. Herbal medicines can be applied to the treatment of a variety of ailments, . including both . acute and chronic . for asthma. WHO . Technical. Briefing . Seminar. on Essential . Medicines. & Health . Products. , Nov. 2013. Christophe Perrin, . Pharmacist. , MPH – IUATLD (The Union). Asthma. . - Global . Defining conditions to cover. Defining and updating medicines for these conditions. Quantifying needs. Forecasting, actuarial analysis. Negotiating, purchasing, and contracting medicine-related . services . By. Isma’eel Umar Yunus. BPharm., RPh.. African . League Of Young Masters (ALYM. ) Weekly meeting.. 16th March, 2013.. . Outline. T. he meaning of Biodiversity.. The scope of Biodiversity.. The benefits of Biodiversity.. Basic enquiry answering. September . 2016. Session aims. Increase awareness of the Medicines Information (MI) services. UK. Wales. Increase awareness of the questions to ask an enquirer. Have practical experience using some resources which will be...