Médecine traditionnelle
La médecine traditionnelle, complémentaire et parallèle (« médecine traditionnelle ») peut contribuer à la recherche pharmaceutique « moderne » mais est également une source de traitement efficace en soi. La commission aura à étudier la façon dont on pourrait mieux exploiter les possibilités offertes par la médecine traditionnelle pour fournir des traitements d’un coût abordable.
Documents
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Traditional medicine | EB111.R12 Resolution of the Executive Board of the WHO | 24 January 2003
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WHO Traditional medicine strategy 2002-2005 | WHO/EDM/TRM/2002.1 | World Health Organization (2002)
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HIV: Effectiveness of complementary and alternative medicine | R. Power et al. | Primary care 2002, 29:361-78
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Traditional medicine - growing needs and potential | WHO Policy Perspectives on Medicines. No 2 | World Health Organization, May 2002
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Legal Status of Traditional Medicine and Complementary/ Alternative Medicine: A worldwide review | World Health Organization (2001)
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General guidelines for methodologies on research and evaluation of traditional medicine | World Health Organization (2000)
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Collaboration with Traditional Healers in AIDS Prevention and Care in Sub-Saharan Africa: A literature review | UNAIDS, Geneva (2000)
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Regulatory Situation of Herbal Medicines: a worldwide overview | World Health Organization (1998)
Articles
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China to boost traditional medicine hospitals | By Jia Hepeng | 2 July 2004, SciDev.Net web site
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Kenya to develop traditional medicine action plan | By Kimani Chege | 29 June 2004, SciDev.Net web site
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China approves traditional medicine for AIDS patients | By Jia Hepeng | 20 April 2004, SciDev.Net web site
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Lessons on integration from the developing world's experience | By G. Bodeker | British Medical Journal 322:164-7 | 20 January 2001
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A regional task force on traditional medicine and AIDS| By G. Bodeker et al. | Lancet 355(9211):1294 | 8 April 2000