1. PROMETRA International
Organizational HIV/AIDS Activities
Publications
AIDS in Africa: 3 Scenarios to 2025, UNAIDS
A Journey of Connectedness: Workshop on
Traditional Medicine and HIV/AIDS
Traditional Medicine: Possible Role in the Future
of Global Health, Lancet 2000
African Traditional Knowledge: A System of
Development (Working Paper submitted to the
Commission for Africa by PROMETRA
International
Conferences – Workshops
March 1999 – 1st International Conference on Traditional Medicine and HIV/AIDS – 550 participants from 5 continents
Annual scientific workshops between modern and traditional practitioners
Journey of Connectedness – ICASA Durban
Training of Traditional Healers by the FAPEG Method
PROMETRA International has trained 18,000 traditional healers in 14 countries during
Clinical Scientific Research
Clinical Observational Study: Efficacy of
African Herbal Medicine (METRAFAIDS)
in the Treatment of HIV Positive African
Populations (’99-’02) – Measurement of
viral loads, CD4, clinical symptoms in
three cohorts of adult (68) patients.
In vitro study of herbal extracts in HIV cell line with Morehouse School of Medicine (USA)
Int’l Conference Participation
Global Teams of Healers, Oral and Poster Presentations, Roundtables, Satellite Meetings, Exhibits, Advocacy Marches
Yokohama, Japan (’94)
Geneva, Switzerland (‘98)
Paris, France (‘98)
Lusaka, Zambia (‘99)
Durban, South Africa (’00)
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (’01)
Barcelona, Spain (’02)
Nairobi, Kenya (’03)
Bangkok, Thailand (’04)
Abuja, Nigeria (’05)
Toronto, Canada (’06)
Washington, DC (‘12)
Durban, South Africa (‘16)
Advocacy & Public Policy
Legalization of traditional medicine
Model Legislation
UNDP Project, “For a Judicious
Introduction of Traditional Medicine into
National Health Care Systems of the
Third World”
Partnerships: WHO/AFRO, UNDP,
UNESCO, NEPAD
Communications: Journal, Medecin
Verte, web page:
PROMETRA Africa Chapters
in PEPFAR Countries
Academic Partners
Morehouse School of Medicine (USA)
University of Venda (South Africa)
University of Limpopo (South Africa)
University of Cheikh Anta Diop (Senegal)
Nakaseke University (Uganda)
Faculty of Medicine Abidjan University (Ivory Coast)
Noguchi Research Institute – Univ. of Ghana
University of Kinshasa (DRC)
North Carolina Central University – BRITE Institute (USA)
Ivory Coast
Kenya
Mozambique
Nigeria
South Africa
Uganda
Funding Partners
Ford Foundation
(Lagos, Johannesburg, Nairobi, NY)
UNDP
W. K. Kellogg (Mozambique)
National AIDS Commission
(Ghana, Cameroon)
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation