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"A
Decade of African
Traditional Medicine: Progress so far"
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AGENDAThe outline of the agenda for the conference which will be preceded by activities climaxing the year 2010 Emancipation Day Celebration on Sunday, August 1, 2010 hosted jointly with the Ministry of Tourism and the Ghana Museums and Monuments Board, and the themes by which the proceedings will be driven are as follows: JULY 31, 2010 - ARRIVAL AND HOUSING OF DELEGATES All registered delegates who have requested for reservations for accommodation must arrive at Coconut Grove Hotel and Elmina Beach Resort latest by 6:00 pm on Saturday, July 31, 2010 to be housed. Late night participation in Emancipation Day activities in Cape Coast: Candlelight procession, testimonies-spoken word, cultural performances, roll call of Ancestors, reading of Proclamation and Youth Day. AUGUST 1, 2010 – CLIMAX OF EMANCIPATION DAY ACTIVITIES A gathering of chiefs and citizens from the Diaspora for a Durbar and wreath laying ceremony at Assin Manso on Sunday, August 1, 2010. Historic, scientific and cultural field trips to Cape Coast and Elmina Slave Castles. Evening of Banquet and Pan-African Awards in Cape Coast. INSTALLATION OF EXHIBITION BOOTHS The Conference provides an excellent opportunity for hospitals, pharmaceutical companies, practitioners, producers and vendors of medical literature, journals, medicinal products and equipment to exhibit their products. All registered exhibitors must have their exhibition booths installed and at the assigned place at the Auditorium of the School of Medical Science, University of Cape Coast, beginning from 2:00 o’clock in the afternoon on Sunday, August 1, 2010 in keeping with the agreement with the conference facilitators. All exhibition booths must be dismantled and exhibitor’s properties removed from the compound of the University no later than 7:00 o’clock in the evening of Thursday, August 5, 2010. AUGUST 2, 2010 – 1ST PLENARY SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SESSIONS Evaluating the huge political, economical, social, cultural and developmental cost of slavery and colonialism to the people of Africa and the Diaspora, especially with respect to addressing old and new diseases, the practice of medicine and provision of adequate healthcare. AUGUST 3, 2010 – 2ND PLENARY SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SESSIONS In this modern age driven by science and technology, by which effective strategies can the third world, still recovering from the traumas of slavery and colonialism, overcome the challenges of developing the practice of traditional medicine and indigenous knowledge to standards universally acceptable? AUGUST 4, 2010 – 3RD PLENARY SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SESSIONS Searching and identifying both documented and undocumented traditional/alternative medicines and healing practices, efficacious, safe and affordable, for the prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, cancer, sickle cell, diabetes, heart disease, hypertension, stroke and mental disorders, etc. AUGUST 5, 2010 – 4TH PLENARY SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SESSIONS Reviewing, developing and recommending to national governments draft international, regional and municipal intellectual property and patent laws on traditional medicine and indigenous knowledge to ensure protection for the rights of underserved people to discoveries in medicinal therapies and scientific and technical innovations towards economic and social advancement.
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