Global Initiative for Traditional Systems of Health

Global Initiative for Traditional Systems of Health

Founded	1993
Location	University of Oxford
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Gerard Bodeker[1]
Website	Official Site

The Global Initiative for Traditional Systems of Health (GIFTS) is a program launched in 1993 at the headquarters of the Pan American Health Organization in Washington, D.C. GIFTS states its purpose of "bringing into policy focus the importance of traditional (indigenous) medicine in the daily lives and health care of the majority of the population of most emerging economies."[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]

External links

• [1] Researchers of Indigenous Medicine
• Treating HIV in South Africa -- A Tale of Two Systems
• Institutional heterogeneity in globalization: Co-development of western-allopathic medicine and traditional-alternative medicine Archived 2013-02-03 at the Wayback Machine
• On the First International Meeting of the Research Initiative on Traditional Antimalarial Methods (RITAM)
• Traditional Medicine Growing Needs and Potential - WHO Policy Perspectives on Medicines, No. 002, May 2002
• Traditional Chinese Medicine: a global trend, viable alternative to Western medicine
• Medicinal plants for forest conservation and health care
• Collaboration with Traditional Healers in theProvision of Skin Care for All in Africa
• Turning to traditional medicines in fight against malaria

References

1. "Gerard Bodeker". Archived from the original on 1 December 2016. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
2. "Global Initiatives For Traditional Systems of Health". Archived from the original on 1 December 2016. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
3. "Plantas medicinales, una opción para tratar la malaria". Retrieved 29 November 2016.
4. "Africa: Turning to traditional medicines in fight against malaria". Retrieved 4 December 2016.
5. "Essential Medicines and Health Products Information Portal". Archived from the original on May 6, 2013. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
6. Ong, Nam; Halliwell, Barry (30 August 2004). Herbal and Traditional Medicine: Biomolecular and Clinical Aspects. ISBN 9780824752088. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
7. "Research focuses on traditional antimalarials". Archived from the original on July 19, 2009. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
8. "Indigenous Approaches to the HIV/AIDS Scourge in Uganda" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 December 2016. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
9. Baronov, David (14 May 2010). The African Transformation of Western Medicine and the Dynamics of Global ... ISBN 9781592139163. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
10. "Roles of Traditional Healers in the Fight Against HIV/AIDS" (PDF). Retrieved 4 December 2016.