Global Initiative for Traditional Systems of Health explained

Global Initiative for Traditional Systems of Health
Founded Date:	1993
Key People:	Gerard Bodeker^[1]
Location:	University of Oxford
Area Served:	Worldwide
Homepage:	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

• https://www.westernsydney.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/537716/Researchers_of_Indigenous_Medicine_National_Forum_Report.pdf 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
• 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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Gerard Bodeker. 29 November 2016. 1 December 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161201143942/http://projectsoutheastasia.com/people/academics/gerard-bodeker. dead.
2. Web site: Global Initiatives For Traditional Systems of Health. 29 November 2016. 1 December 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161201143918/http://www.giftsofhealth.org/. dead.
3. Web site: Plantas medicinales, una opción para tratar la malaria. 29 November 2016.
4. Web site: Africa: Turning to traditional medicines in fight against malaria. 4 December 2016.
5. Web site: Essential Medicines and Health Products Information Portal. https://web.archive.org/web/20130506112201/http://apps.who.int/medicinedocs/en/d/Js2297e/7.6.html. dead. May 6, 2013. 29 November 2016.
6. Book: Ong. Nam. Halliwell. Barry. Herbal and Traditional Medicine: Biomolecular and Clinical Aspects. 30 August 2004. 9780824752088. 2 December 2016.
7. Web site: Research focuses on traditional antimalarials. https://web.archive.org/web/20090719032308/http://apps.who.int/medicinedocs/en/d/Js2248e/13.html. dead. July 19, 2009. 4 December 2016.
8. Web site: Indigenous Approaches to the HIV/AIDS Scourge in Uganda. 2 December 2016. 2 December 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161202170143/http://dspace.africaportal.org/jspui/bitstream/123456789/31894/1/ssrr-series-30.pdf?1. dead.
9. Book: Baronov. David. The African Transformation of Western Medicine and the Dynamics of Global .... 14 May 2010. 9781592139163. 4 December 2016.
10. Web site: Roles of Traditional Healers in the Fight Against HIV/AIDS. 4 December 2016.