Herbal Anti-malarials in Africa

1. Session 1
    ICRAF's approach to herbal anti-malarials
    Speech by Dr Dennis Garrity, Director General for World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF)
    Speech by Dr Judith Bwonya, Deputy Director for Medical Services, Kenya
    "The Malaria epidemic is like loading up seven Boeing 747 airplanes each day then deliberately crashing them into Mt Kilamanjaro"
   

1. Session 2
    African medicinal plants against malaria
    Antimalarial Medicines: Current Status in Africa
    Creation and applicability of AAMPS [Association for African Medicinal Plant Standards]
    Cultivation of Artemisia annua - Links to the Market
    "Problems of Commercialization of Herbals in Africa"
    Research on Traditional Medicines used for the Treatment of Malaria in WHO African Region
   

1. Session 3
    Artemisia annua
    Artemisia & Malaria
    Ionic Liquids for Natural Product Extraction
    The ARTEPAL Project: To Improve the Availability of ACT
   

1. Session 4
    Effectiveness and risk with LapDap
    New European Legislation for Herbal Medicinal Products (HMPs) - New Opportunities for African Pharmaceutical Industries?
   

1. Session 5
    Artemisia annua Project
    Anti-malarial Plants: Products of Mali
    Doctors For Life International: An NGO's perspective on Malaria in Southern Africa
    PHYTO-LARIA® A Promising Herbal Antimalarial From Ghana
    Products From East Africa
    Progress of Artemisinin Production in East Africa
   

1. Session 6
    Malaria Situation and the Use of Herbal Antimalaria Drugs in the Democratic Republic of Congo
    Market/Product and Regulatory Issues in Uganda
    National Agency for Food and Drugs - Nigeria
    The Highlights of Drug Regulation in Kenya
    The Potential of Plants as a Source of Anti-malarial Agents
   

1. Session 7
    Exploiting multi-phytochemical Traits of Artemisia annua (and other herbs): Experience with Whole-leaf Tablets
    Support to WHO ACTs Project
    The anamed Approach to Malaria Treatment
    Trading in Antimalarials - Ghanaian Perspective
    Traditional Healers' Approach to Malaria Treatment
   

1. Session 8
    Providing Private Equity Solutions
    WHO Collaborating Centre for International Drug Monitoring

• Session 9 (Working groups)
  Group recommendations 1a
  Group recommendations 1b
  Group recommendations 2a
  Group recommendations 2b
  Group recommendations 3
  

The Gigiri resolution on Malaria treatment
Rapporteur notes
 Participants
 Group Photo

Additional Materials

1. Research Initiative on Traditional Antimalarial Methods (RITAM)
    Information on RITAM
    Membership Form
    Traditional Herbal Medicines for Malaria
    Traditional Medicinal Plants and Malaria - Book Flier
   

1. Others
    anamed Malaria Treatment Propositions
    anamed Seminars in Natural Medicine
   Adam Walker presentations
    Artemisia annua; the plant, production and processing and medicinal applications
    Conservation of Rare Medicinal Trees: Experiences from Rukararwe of in South Western Uganda
    Identifying Issues Affecting the Conservation, Cultivation and Production of Potent Medicinal Plants Species Relevant to Malaria Treatment
    Invitation to join the Association for African Medicinal Plant Standards (AAMPS)
    Plantaphile LitRes Antiplasmodia
    Plantaphile LitRes Artemisia
    Terms of Reference for Working Groups