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AGENDAThe agenda for the 4-days scientific and technical general sessions, beginning from July 12, 2006 and terminating on July 15, 2006, and the sub-themes by which the proceedings of the conference will be driven are as follows: Day One – Wednesday, July 12, 2006Welcome Presentation The Languages of Health – Panel Discussion (forming the vocabulary for intra-health communications) Whole Health Systems and Conventional Medicine – Bridging the Gap Defining Chronic Disease from the Traditional Medicine Point of View Defining Chronic Disease from the Conventional medicine Point of View Defining Chronic Disease from the Complementary Health View Defining Chronic Disease from the Alternative Medicine Point of View Health and Healing Systems (how is health or healing delivered?) Day Two – Thursday, July 13, 2006Treatment and Prevention of Chronic Diseases The role of Spiritual Health in Chronic Disease treatment Historical Trauma, Inter-Generational trauma and Chronic Disease Stress and Chronic Diseases Day Three – Friday, July 14, 2006Plant and Animal Medicines in the prevention of chronic disease Plant and Animal Medicines in the treatment of chronic disease Identification and Testing of Natural Products with potentially cost effective and safe remedies for Cancer, Dementia/Alzheimer’s Disease, Cardiovascular Disorders and Diabetes. Day Four – Saturday, July 15, 2006 Healing Roundtable – defining a whole health approach to chronic disease that involves conventional, complementary, alternative and traditional healing systems. Conference communiqué on approaches Creating research models, which will assist policy makers and healthcare professionals to understand indigenous beliefs and cultures in order to effectively interact, diagnose and treat native peoples afflicted with chronic diseases. Developing in-service training in diagnosis, treatment and referral, as well as certification and technologically facilitated support systems to better empower traditional healers as recognized partners in the struggle against disease, through utilization of hybrid best practices. Creating partnerships between indigenous healers, public health institutions, conventional medical practitioners and the community leaderships towards education and empowerment of the general communities, especially in Canada, United States, Caribbean, Africa, Latin America, Asia and the Pacific regions, about early signs and detection of chronic diseases in order to encourage early medical interventions.
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