SPEAKERS

(2) “Scaling up of Male Circumcision for HIV Risk Reduction” by Dr. Kim Dickson, Coordinator, Male Circumcision for HIV Risk Reduction, World Health Organization Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland.

(3) "The overview of the global AIDS epidemic: The sub-Saharan situation and the role UNAIDS expects of Traditional Healers to play in the prevention and eradication of the disease" by Dr. Leopold Zekeng, UNAIDS Coordinator for Ghana.

(5) “The monitoring of anti-retroviral drug resistance in Korean HIV/AIDS patients” by Dr. Sung Soon Kim, Director, Division of AIDS, National Institute of Health, Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

(8) "Can we, should we, develop a research agenda for African traditional HIV/AIDS therapies?" by Dr. Leanna J. Standish, Ph.D., Dipl. of Acup., Senior Research Scientist, Director of the University Health Clinic Hepatitis C Program, Director, Breast Cancer Research Program, Bastyr University and a member of the American Association of Naturopathic Physicians, Washington, USA.

(9) "Searching for Anti-HIV agents among traditional medicines" by Professor Massao Hattori, Institute of Natural Medicine, University of Toyoma, Japan.

(10) "Alternative approaches in the battle against HIV/AIDS" by Professor Alex Matter, CEO/Chairman, Esperanza Medicines Foundation, Switzerland.

(11) "Is Bioprospecting Biopiracy by Another Name? An Exploration of the Issues" by Professor Graham Dutfield, formerly Herchel Smith Senior Research Fellow in Intellectual Property Law at Queen Mary, University of London, and currently Co-Director, Centre for International Governance, University of Leeds, United Kingdom.

(12) "The cultural perception and treatment of cancer" by Sejabeladi Rankoana, Lecturer, School of Social Sciences, University of Limpopo, South Africa.

(17) “Renewal and Balance - Treatment and Cure” by Dr. Rudolph C. Rÿser, Member, Teitnapum Cowlitz Tribe, Founding Chair and Executive Director, Center for World Indigenous Studies, Olympia, Washington, USA.

(18) "Identity and Constitution founded in Worldview" by Dr. Richard E. Atleo, Hereditary Chief of The Ahousaht, Author, Research Liaison of University of Manitoba and Adjunct Associate Professor of University of Victoria, Canada.

(19) "Indigenous wisdom and modern scientific evidence - The primal period and the mother-baby bond: roots of lifelong physical, psychological and spiritual wellness" by Suzanne Arms, Author, Photojournalist, Founder and Executive Director of Birthing The Future, Bayfield, Colorado, USA.

(20) “How to Turn Intellectual Property Knowledge and Experience into Economic Power and Social Progress in Health and Agriculture: The Secrets Which Developing Countries and Their Indigenous Peoples Need to Know About the IP Practices of Developed Countries” by William O. Hennessey, Esq., Professor of Law and Chair, Intellectual Property Graduate Program, Franklin Pierce Law Center, Concord, New Hampshire, USA.

(21) “Diagnosis and Treatment of Cancer Using Modern and Traditional Chinese Medicine” by Professor Wang Xiaoming, Vice President, President of Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, China.

(22) "A Healthy Environment Produces a Healthy World Community" by Dr. R. Subramanian, MVSc., PhD, LOKA DHARMA SEVA FOUNDATION TRUST, India.

(23) "The natural therapeutic power of 'Moringa Oleifera' to cure diabetes, cancer and other chronic diseases" by Dr. A. Kweku Andoh, Ethnobotanist, North Scale Education & Research Institute, Inc, College Park, GA USA.

(24) “The Efforts of Nigeria Towards Local Production of Artemisinin-based Combination Therapy (ACTs) in Combating Malaria A Step Towards Meeting the MDG Goals” by I.A Jegede and others, Department of Medicinal Plant Research and Traditional Medicine, National Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and Development (NIPRD), Abuja, Nigeria.

(25) “The benefits in combining both scientific and indigenous knowledge in cultivation, use, management and conservation of the forests for food, plant medicine, forest products and clean environment towards sustainable development” by the Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Ghana.

(26) “The Potency of Reverser – an oral Hypoglycaemic agent with the capacity of healing diabetic wounds – The Asante Mampong Experience” by Jacob Amoa and Dr. George Acquaye, M&J Health Management Consult, Ghana.

(27) “Traditional Medicine: The Wisdom of our Elders and Cultural Healing” by Elaine Tapsell, CEO, Nga Mataapuna Oranga PHO, New Zealand.

(28) “Important medicinal plants for treating endemic diseases: Limitations and prospects in Abia State of Nigeria” by Dr. Mrs. Ezinne Enwereji, College of Medicine, Abia State University, Nigeria.

(29) “Utlilization of FMG341 – a natural medicine therapy, in the treatment of HIV/AIDS” by Dr Djierro Kadidja, Pharmacist, Department of Traditional Medicine, Ministry of Health, Burkina Faso.

(30) “The effect of treating chronic, debilitating and incurable diseases/disorders with natural remedies” by Dr. Ba-Lagi Gregory Lugu Zuri, Natural Healing Centre, Accra, Ghana.

(31) “Traditional and Alternative diagnostics, prevention and treatment of non-infectious diseases” by Mkrtich Avagyan, DM. Ph.D., Deputy Director of Education of the National Institute of Health, the Ministry of Health, Republic of Armenia & Chief of the Armenian Association of Traditional and Alternative Medicine, Armenia.

(32) "Ethnomedical investigations on the treatment of sexually transmitted diseases in Guinea: realities and perspectives" by Dr. Aliou M. Baldé, Professor of Pharmacology, University of Conakry, Guinea and Director of the Centre de Recherche et de Valorisation des Plantes Médicinales de Dubréka, Republic of Guinea.

(33) "The challenges of Indigenous Healing in Angola: Reaching Poor Patients with Chronic Diseases missed by Modern Medicine” by Frederico Mvemba Mayembe, Member, Angolan Traditional Medicine Association, Angola.

(34) “Traditional Medicine in Ghana versus Conventional Medicine in the fight against Chronic Diseases: The struggle and controversy” by Godfred Yaw Boateng, General Secretary, Ghana Federation of Traditional Medicine Associations, Ghana.

(35) "Fostering Collaboration Between Traditional Healers, Patent Medicine Sellers and Primary Health Care Workers, in the treatment of Childhood Malaria" by Dr. Dora O. Akinboye et. al, University of Ibadan, Nigeria.

(37) "Sui Generis Legislation and Valuing Biological Resources in Ethno-Healing Practices among tribes of Chhattisgarh: An appraisal " by Dr. Rabindra Nath Pati, Senior Anthropologist, Indigenous Knowledge Foundation of India.

(38) "The Importance of Indigenous Science and Technology to Developing Countries" by Professor Lutfor Rahman, Founder & Vice Chancellor, Pundra University of Science & Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

(39) "The use of Herbal Medicine in Stomatology" by Dr. Perizat D. Abaskanova, Chair, Therapeutic Stomatology Department and Dr. Parishta T. Jolueva, Lecturer, Orthopedic Dentistry Department, Kyrgyz State Medical Academy, Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic.

(41) “Managing malabsorption syndrome in HIV/AIDS patients” by Eric Bataung Maliehe, Traditional Healer/Herbalist/Ethno-Botanist and founder of Ethno Herbal Products, Lesotho.

(42) "Biopiracy in the Fourth World: Traditional Knowledge Protection and Development by means of Intellectual Property Rights" by Mirjam Hirch, MA, Fellow in Traditional Healing Arts Policy, Center for World Indigenous Studies, Olympia, Washington, USA.

(43) “A Cancer Study Using Garlic, Allium sativum, Cultured Cells and Laboratory Mice as a Model System” by Dr. Emmanuel E. Brako and Jacky Lafky, Winona State University, Winona, Minnesota, USA.

(44) “AIDS in dwindling tribe of Chhattisgarh, India – A Case Study of Hill Korwa Primitive Tribe” by Dr. Mitashree Mitra, Professor and Head, School of Studies in Anthropology, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur, India.

(45) “A positive serum HIV-1 biotherapeutic technique proposition” by Carlos Lyrio, Homeopath Doctor, Director of Roberto Costa Institute/SUS – Petrópolis, Rio de Janiero; Brazil.