PPT-Prospects of the Role of Herbal Medicine in Achieving the Millennium Development Goals

Adjei B Agyemang S and Mensah CM KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY KUMASI 2012 GHANA GEOGRAPHICALGHANA GEOGRAPHICAL TEACHERS ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE KNUST KUMASI 14 AUGUST 2012. The proposal contains 17 goals with 169 targets cov ering a broad range of sustainable development issu es including ending poverty and hunger improving health and edu cation making cities more sustainable combating c limate change and protecting oc Created by Brigitte Zettl. For Crown Valley Organics. Herbs in History. Medicinal plants have aided our survival for all of human history. Allopathic medicine has only existed for the last 2 centuries. Herbal medicine is the use of plants for. medicinal purposes. Modern medicine. r. ecognizes herbalism as a form of . a. lternative medicine. Modern medicine. d. oes make use of many plant derived . . At the . United Nations . Millennium Summit in 2000, world leaders met to develop a plan to . improve the . quality of life in developing countries. . All countries signed the Millennium Declaration, the first internationally agreed upon framework for fighting global poverty, hunger, disease, and inequality. . the Millennium Development Goals. www.unwater.org Photo Credits: This Side, left to right, 1. Swaiatek Wojtkowiak, 2. J.P. Anderson, 3 & 4 Sandip Debnath. Overleaf, top section left to right: 1,5, 8 02-Jun-2011. What is traditional medicine?. WHO defines traditional medicine. as including diverse health practices, approaches, knowledge and beliefs incorporating plant, animal, and/or mineral based medicines, spiritual therapies, manual techniques and exercises which can be used to maintain well-being, as well as to treat, diagnose or prevent illness.. Report of the Task Force on Health Systems Research March 2005 CONTENTS PAGE Executive summary 3 Introduction 4 The process of developing a research agenda 6 The central importance of equity A General Guide. What is herbalism?. Herbalism . is the study and practice of using plant material for food, medicine, and health promotion. It is used to promote preventative care and guided, and simple treatment for the general population. (. 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 . . . Oltean. . et al . (2014). This document is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution . NonCommercialNoDerivatives. 4.0 International License: . http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/. Journal of Pharmaceutical Toxicology Journal of Pharmaceu�cal ToxicologyVolume 3 | Issue 4 Interna�onal Conference on Natural Products and Tradi�onal Medicine Cita&#x abkadiri2001@yahoo.com aaded63@yahoo.com bayodele2000@yahoo.com Issued April 1, 2010 Abstract Herbalism contributes significantly to the primary health care delivery system in the southwest Nigeria t National Institute of Medical Herbalists Conference 2017. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNMuFASdz_4. . Workshop Plan. Positioning evidence in herbal practice. What is practice based evidence?. Reflective Practice and Brookfield’s Lenses model. Session 12 . CRITICAL ISSUES FOR THE 21. ST. CENTURY: THE UNITED NATIONS MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS. Lecturer: Dr. . Maame. . Adwoa. A. . Gyekye-Jandoh. . Contact Information: mgyekyej@yahoo.com.