The imperatives for traditional medicine
Integrating modern and traditional medicine requires breaking down the legal and regulatory barriers that disadvantage the poor.
Putting science
at the heart of development
Bringing together traditional and modern medicine faces numerous challenges that stem from differences in how each is practiced, evaluated and managed. This Spotlight takes a look at what researchers are doing to bridge the gap.
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Features
Integrating modern and traditional medicine: Facts and figures
Traditional and modern medicine have much to offer each other despite their differences. Priya Shetty assesses an uneasy relationship.
30 June 2010 | EN | ES | FR | 中文
Taking traditional medicines mainstream
The barriers to mainstream medical approval are great but some traditional treatments are finding new routes to acceptance, finds Yojana Sharma.
30 June 2010 | EN | ES | FR | 中文
Opinions
Gaps in India’s implementation of biodiversity law
Ten years after introducing a Biodiversity Act, India is yet to put it to serious use, say Shalini Bhutani and Kanchi Kohli.
7 October 2012 | EN
Source: Economic and Political Weekly
Ending medical dominance over the developing world
Traditional medical cultures need a true partnership with modern medicine, say Bhushan Patwardhan, Gerard Bodeker and Darshan Shankar.
30 June 2010 | EN | ES | FR | 中文
Discovering Africa's drug potential
How can modern drug discovery methods enhance the value of African traditional medicines, asks South African drug expert Kelly Chibale.
30 June 2010 | EN | ES | FR | 中文
Modernising traditional medicine must work for locals
Local health needs should be paramount in efforts to merge traditional and modern medicine, says Oswaldo Salaverry.
30 June 2010 | EN | ES | FR | 中文
News
Peru: Complementary medicine 'cost effective'
22 October 2009
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ES
Concerns over herbal swine flu remedy
13 October 2009
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EN
Africa urged to institutionalise traditional medicine
31 October 2006
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EN
Brazil gets new drug based on local knowledge
10 May 2005
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EN
Source: Revista da Fapesp
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