Traditional medical cultures need a true partnership with modern medicine, say Bhushan Patwardhan, Gerard Bodeker and Darshan Shankar.

How can modern drug discovery methods enhance the value of African traditional medicines, asks South African drug expert Kelly Chibale.

Local health needs should be paramount in efforts to merge traditional and modern medicine, says Oswaldo Salaverry.

It's time to consign to history the idea that traditional medical systems have nothing to offer modern medical science, says Antony Taubman of the World Trade Organization.

Databases of traditional medicines can help protect against biopiracy while opening the doors for new drug discovery, says Priya Shetty.

Traditional healers can help deliver key health services in Ghana, argues Kofi Akosah-Sarpong.

Rajesh Kochhar says profits from patents on innovations derived from traditional knowledge should be shared with the world's poor.