July 6 - 9, 2005
Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill
Washington D.C. - U.S.A.
Jointly Sponsored by:
Pro-Cultura, Inc.
And
The George Washington University Medical Center
GW Center for Integrative Medicine
GW Center for African Health and Security
1 - ABOUT THE CONFERENCE
2 - ADVISORY COMMITTEE
3 - PROGRAM
4 - FUNDING AND COLLABORATING INSTITUTIONS
With the longest history of healing in the world, African traditional health knowledge has spread through time, space and cultures maintaining a unique and distinctive character. For centuries, and even today, these traditional systems of health continue to provide effective care to the vast majority of people of Africa, as well as to peoples throughout the Americas and the Caribbean Region.
Through a comprehensive presentation of national and international case-studies and examples, the CME conference will focus on two key questions to evaluate African traditional healing practices in the context of delivering affordable, sustainable and culturally-sensitive care:
1. What can African traditional medicines contribute to the prevention and control of infectious and chronic diseases and how can such contributions be validated and enhanced?
2. What roles can traditional African health knowledge play in addressing issues of health disparities and equity, both at home and abroad, and how can these roles be enhanced?
Conference Objectives:
- To raise awareness of African traditional medicine systems and the world views in which they are grounded.
- To evaluate the success of existing programs in integrating African traditional medicine into western health care delivery systems, particularly for HIV/AIDS, malaria, TB and other infectious and chronic diseases.
- To promote collaboration between biomedical and African traditional care providers in research, prevention, care and support for various diseases of national and global importance.
- To review current research on African medicinal plants, remedies and other alternative/ complementary therapies.
- To discuss the connection between African health traditions and African-American alternative medical practices.
- John C. Pan, MD, Conference Program Chair, Director, Center for Integrative Medicine, The George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, DC
- Eric J. Bailey, PhD, MPH, National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
- Linda Barnes, PhD, Director, Boston Healing Landscape Project, Department of Pediatrics, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA
- Bettye Davis-Lewis, EdR, RN, FAAN, President, National Black Nurses Association, Washington, DC
- Charles S. Finch III, MD, Director of International Health, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
- Betty Furr, PhDc, RN, CRRN, Director, Rehabilitation Center, Mount Sinai Hospital, The Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York.
- Erick Gbodossou, MD, President, PROMETRA International, Dakar, Senegal
- Maurice M. Iwu, PhD, President, Bioresources Development and Conservation Programme, Silver Spring, MD
- Morgan N. Jackson, MD, MPH, Director, Office of Special Populations National Center for Complementary and Alternative
Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
- John Lambert, PhD, Medicinal Plant Specialist, World Bank, Washington, DC
- Edward Lifschitz, Curator of Education, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
- Marianne C. Lyons, RN, MS, Director of Continuing Education, Georgetown University School of Nursing and Health Studies, Washington, DC
- Daniel E. Reichard, Director, Continuing Education in the Health Professions, The George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, DC
- Joana Rosario, MD, MPH, Deputy Associate Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
- Anna K. Souza, PhDc, Conference Director and Director, Pro-Cultura, Inc. Pleasantville, NY
- Reinhard Woytek, Indigenous Knowledge Program, World Bank -Africa Region, Washington, DC
- John F. Williams, Jr., MD, EdD, Provost and Vice President for Health Affairs, The George Washington University, Washington, DC
WEDNESDAY, JULY 6TH, 2005
Ceremonial Opening and Messages from Traditional Healers - 7 PM
THURSDAY, JULY 7TH, 2005
INAUGURAL PLENARY SESSION - What are the Contributions and Roles for African Traditional Medicines in the 21st Century?
Moderator: Khama Rogo, PhD, MD, Lead Health Sector Specialist, Africa Region, World Bank, Washington, DC, USA
- John C. Pan, MD (Conference Program Chair) Director, Center for Integrated Medicine, the George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA --Welcome
- Congresswoman Donna M. Christensen, MD (D- Virgin Islands) -- Opening Words
- Keynote Presentation: Charles S. Finch III, MD, Director of International Health, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA -- The Imhotep Factor: The African Presence in the History of Medicine.
- Dr. Sekagya Yahaya, President, PROMETRA-Uganda, Kampala, Uganda -- A Medical Doctor Living and Working in Both Worlds: My Personal Experience of Becoming a Traditional Healer.
- Hareya Fassil, PhD, MPH, Research Associate, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA -- “What Goes Without Saying”: Local Health Knowledge and Home-Based Medicinal Plant Use in Rural Ethiopia and Malawi
- Dr. Bourama Soumaoro, Traditional Doctor, Bamako, Mali -- Traditional Medicine in Mali: an Alternative Approach in the Effort to Reduce Poverty and Protect the Environment.
- Amy H. Gardner, MD, MPH, ABD, Visiting Assistant Professor, the George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA --“The Five Fingers of the Hand Are Not the Same”: Lessons from Yoruba Healing Wisdom on Diversity and Spirituality in Healthcare
- Ambassador David Shinn, PhD, Adjunct Professor, the George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA -- Traditional Forms of Healing Conflict in Africa
AFTERNOON BREAK-OUT SESSIONS
#101 - African Herbal Medicines for Infectious and Chronic Diseases (Part 1)
Moderator: Angela Duncan Diop, ND, Bioresources Development and Conservation Programme, Washington, DC, USA
- Maurice M. Iwu, PhD, Bioresources Development and Conservation Programme, Abuja, Nigeria -- Overview and History
- Ngozi Aligwekwe, Ms/Pharmacist, Bioresources Development and Conservation Programme, Abuja, Nigeria -- Advances and Advantages of Traditional Medicines: The Way Forward
- Kensese S. Mossanda, PhD, Medical University of Southern Africa, Medunsa, South Africa -- Discovering the Hidden Integrated Biological Systems of African Traditional Medicine
- Erick G. Gbodossou, MD, President, Association for the Promotion of Traditional Medicine International (PROMETRA), Senegal -- A Case Study of Integrative Medicine, TAM and Orthodox Medicine in the Treatment of HIV/AIDS
- Victoria Eyo, MD, Head, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Research and Development, Federal Ministry of Health, Nigeria -- African Medicinal Plants in the Treatment of HIV/AIDS- Recent Advances
- Innocent Ononiwu, PhD, Howard University, Washington DC, USA - Beyond the Ethnopharmacology of Drugs Used in Traditional African Medicine for the Treatment of Malaria
- Pierre Tane, PhD, Director, Department of Chemistry, University of Dschang, Dschang, Cameroon -- Bioactive Natural Products from some Cameroonian Medicinal Plants
#102 - Epistemologies & Cultures: What Heals, What Hinders? (Cross-Cultural medicine)
Moderator: Morgan Jackson, MD, MPH, Director, Office of Special Populations, National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, USA.
- Linda L. Barnes, PhD, Associate Professor, Boston University School of Medicine and Director, Boston Healing Landscape Project, Boston, MA, USA -- The Cultural Borderlands between Physicians and African-Descended Healers: An African Diaspora Case Study
- Eve Bruce, MD, FACS, Baltimore, MD, USA -- Health and Healing – What Are We Trying To Do?
- Mary Olufunmilayo Adekson, PhD, Associate Professor, St. Bonaventure University, St. Bonaventure, NY, USA --Techniques Used by Yoruba Traditional Healers of Nigeria: Reflections for Current Applications
- Kamau Kokayi, MD, Director, Olive Leaf Wholeness Center, New York, NY, USA -- A Model for Cross Cultural Medical Practice in the US
- Riché Zamor, MS, MPH, PhD, Director, Latin American Health Institute, Boston, MA, USA -- Compliance with Western Medicine and Common Herbs Used by Haitians in the Greater Boston Area
- Chris Low, D.Phil, M.Sc, Wellcome Unit for the History of Medicine, Oxford University, United Kingdom - Khoisan Massage: a Primary Healthcare Strategy
- Munyaradzi Felix Murove, PhD, University of Kwa Zulu-Natal, South Africa -- Reconstructing African Bioethics in the Light of Southern African Experiences of Traditional Medicine, Health and Healing
#103 - Healthy Children: Traditional Approaches to Health & Healing
Moderator: John C. Pan, MD, Director, Center for Integrated Medicine, the George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA
- Lucy Sawere Nkya, MD, MPH, Fajara Trust Fund, Tanzania -- Children and HIV/AIDS: Faraja’s Traditional Approaches to Healing
- Rokia Sanogo, PhD, University of Mali, Bamako, Mali --Contribution of Traditional Midwives to the Reduction of Maternal and Neonatal Mortality in Mali
- John B.K. Rutayuga, PhD, President, Ukimwi Orphans Assistance, Washington, DC -- Traditional African Stress Management For Orphans
Second half of the session will include a presentation by Shafia M. Monroe, Midwife & President-International Center for Traditional Childbearing (ICTC), the presentation of a video and an interactive workshop.
- Shafia M. Monroe, Midwife & President-International Center for Traditional Childbearing (ICTC), Portland, OR, USA -- “It Takes a Village”, Traditional Midwifery and Saving Our Babies
#104 -What is Traditional African Healing? Introductory Workshop led by Traditional Healers in the Washington, D.C. Area
At the invitation of Pro-Cultura, Inc., the conference is honored by the participation of traditional African healers from the Washington D.C. area. As part of The African Spiritual Tradition Coalition (a circle of 14 D.C. area organizations representing four traditions: Yoruba, Akan, Vodoun and Ausar Auset) an introduction to traditional African healing will be presented from their different perspectives.
- If a Wisdom: Concept of Healing among the Yoruba People According to the System of Ifa
Presenter: Iyanifa Farinola Efunyale (Mother Taylor)
- Akan Healing Wisdom: Relationship between Spirit and Healing
Presenter: Nana Kwabena Brown
- Voudon Wisdom: Traditional Approaches to Healing as Practiced by the Hugan (man) or Manbo/Hugbonn (woman) Priests of the Voudon System in Haiti
Presenter: Manbo Yaweh Petonton.
- Kemetian Wisdom: Traditional Approaches to Medicine Based upon Ancient Kemetian (Egyptian) Knowledge
Presenter: Shekem Ur Auat Muima Maat Enkamit
Discussants: Iyo Ifaremi Payne and Awolola Aboyade Anderson ( Ifa Wisdom)
Okomfo Nana Bekoe; Nana Ankobeahene Oparebea Bekoe and Obosomfo Nana Kofi Asiedu Ofori (Akan Healing)
7:30 PM: EVENING LECTURE
AUGUSTINE (MANDAZA) KANDEMWA, Traditional African Healer (Nganga), Zimbabwe -- Answering the Cry of the Ancestors: Hear - Heed - Heal - Transforming Individual Pain into Medicine to Build Consciousness, Commitment, and Community.
FRIDAY, JULY 8TH, 2005
PLENARY SESSION - Integration and/or Collaboration: How Can It Work Successfully? The case for HIV/AIDS
Moderator: Virginia Davis Floyd, MD, MPH, Spelman College Visiting Scholar in Traditional Knowledge & Executive Director, PROMETRA USA, Atlanta, GA, USA
- Keynote Presentation - Edward C. Green, PhD, Harvard School of Public Health, Cambridge, MA, USA - The Need for African Healers in Combating AIDS
- Dorothy Balaba, MD, THETA (Traditional and Modern Health Practitioners Together Against AIDS), Uganda -- Strengthening Collaboration between Traditional and Allopathic Practitioners: Its Contribution to HIV Prevention and Care Service in Uganda
- Samwel Mtullu, MD, TAWG (Tanga AIDS Working Group) Tanzania -- Contributions that Traditional Medicine (TRM) has made in the Treatment of AIDS patients – Tanga Experience - Tanzania
- Mary Ann Burris, PhD, TICAH (Trust for Indigenous Culture and Health) Nairobi, Kenya -- Changing the AIDS Treatment Agenda in Africa: The Alliance for Comprehensive Care and Treatment (ACCT)
- Joyce F. Kirk, PhD, Department of Africology; University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA - Sangomas (African Doctors), Alternative Methods of HIV/AIDS Prevention in South Africa
- Rokia Sanogo, PhD, University of Bamako Mali -The Integration of Traditional Knowledge into the Multi Country AIDS Program (MAP) in Guinea Conakry and Mali
- Bettye Davis Lewis, EdD, RN, FAAN, President, National Black Nurses Association (CEO, Diversified Health Care Systems, Huston, TX) - Integrating Traditional and Holistic Approaches in Treating HIV/AIDS in the African-American Population
AFTERNOON BREAK-OUT SESSIONS
# 201 - African Herbal Medicines for Infectious and Chronic Diseases (Part 2)
Moderator: Virginia Davis Floyd, MD, MPH, Spelman College Visiting Scholar in Traditional Knowledge & Executive Director, PROMETRA USA, Atlanta, GA, USA
- Gordon Cragg, PhD, National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, USA -- Anticancer and Anti-HIV Drugs Derived from African and Other Plants – Overview
- Lisa Meserole, MS, ND, Adjunct Researcher, Bastyr University Seattle, WA, USA -- African Medicinal Plants in the Treatment of Liver Disease – a Clinical Perspective
- Anthony J. Afolayan, PhD, Head: Department of Botany, University of Fort Hare, Alice, South Africa -- Ethnomedical information on the Plants used for the Treatment of Tuberculosis in the Eastern Cape of South Africa
- Frederick O. Oladeinde, PhD, Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM), Public Health Program, Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD, USA -- Phytochemical Screening of Cnidoscolus aconitifolius and Russelia equisetiformis Used for the Treatment of Diabetes, and Leukemia in Southwestern Nigeria
- Christopher Okunji, PhD, Bioresources Development and Conservation Programme, Washington, DC, USA -- Ethnobotanical Approaches to Drug Discovery as a Method to Find Cures for Infectious Disease, Field to Lab
#202 - Integration &/or Collaboration: Presentation of Case Studies
Moderator: Mary Ann Burris, PhD, TICAH (Trust for Indigenous Culture and Health) Nairobi, Kenya
- Lucy Sawere Nkya, MD, MPH, Fajara Trust Fund, Tanzania -- Integration and Collaboration: Faraja’s Interface with Traditional Healers
- Dorothy Balaba, MD, THETA (Traditional and Modern Health Practitioners Together Against AIDS), Uganda -- Some Case Studies and Examples of Collaboration at THETA
- Rebecca Rogerson, Sangoma and HIV/AIDS Consultant South Africa and Canada -- Developing a National Program to Strengthen Traditional Health Practitioners HIV/AIDS Prevention, Care and Support Skills in Botswana.
- Barbara C. Wallace, PhD, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA -- Making Evidence-Based Behavior Change Models Available to Africans At-Risk for HIV/AIDS through Peer Educators Trained in Collaboration with African Traditional Healers and Community Leaders
- Benita L. Harris, MPH, Senior Public Health, CDC, Office of Minority Health & Health Disparities - Cosmic Fusion: Traditional African Health Wisdom and Public Health Innovations, My Role as a Public Health Official and a Traditional Yoruba Priestess
Discussant: Joyce F. Kirk, PhD, Department of Africology; University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA
# 203 - Women’s Health: Traditional Health Knowledge Applied – Round-Table and Interactive Workshop
- Betty Furr, PhD(c), RN, Director, Rehabilitation Center, Mount Sinai Hospital, The Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY, USA - Women Healers’ Stories: A Narrative Analysis
Facilitators:
• Rabiah Al Nur, Traditional Healer, Washington DC, USA
• Iyanifa Farinola Efunyale (Mother Taylor) Traditional Healer, Washington DC and Trinidad
• Patricia Newton, MD, MPH, MA, President & Medical Director, Newton & Associates, also known as Nana Akosua Akyaa, Elder, Philadelphia, PA,USA
Discussant: Joan Richardson, PhD, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA
# 204 - Spirituality and Health: African Contributions
Moderator: Linda L. Barnes, PhD, Associate Professor, Boston University School of Medicine and Director, Boston Healing Landscape Project, Boston, MA, USA
- Sobonfu Some, Traditional Healer, Burkina Faso -- Ancient African Teachings on Spirituality and Healing
- Nana Adjei-Frempong, Traditional Healer, Ghana, West Africa -- Spirituality and Health: Global Spirituality and Good Health are like Twins
- Nana Korantemaa Ayeboafo, Nana Akonnedi Shrine of Larteh, Ghana and Asona Aberade Shrince, Inc. Philadelphia, PA, USA -- The African Akan Spiritual Healing Tradition and Nana Akonnedi Shrine of Larteh, Ghanaz
- Amy H. Gardner, MD, MPH, ABD, Visiting Assistant Professor, the George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA -- "Aye L'oja, Orun N'ile" (The World is a Marketplace, 'Heaven' is Home): Yoruba Cosmology and the Journey of Life
- Kevin Washington, PhD, DC Chapter President, Association of Black Psychologists, Washington, DC, USA -- Understanding the Role of Spirit in the Afrikan Conceptualization of Health, Healing and Holism
Discussant: Nana Kwabena Brown, Traditional Healer, Washington, DC, USA
7:30 PM: EVENING LECTURE:
SOBONFU SOME, Traditional Healer, Burkina Faso: A SONG GRIEF - Grieving as Soul Cleansing within the Traditional World of the Dagara People of West Africa.
SATURDAY, JULY 9TH, 2005
MORNING BREAK-OUT SESSIONS
#301 - IPR, Conservation & Sustainability: Medicinal Plants and Traditional Knowledge
Moderator: Maurice M. Iwu, PhD, Bioresources Development and Conservation Programme, Nigeria
- John Kilama, PhD, Global Bioscience Development Institute, Inc., Wilmington, DE, USA -- African Traditional Knowledge: Who is Benefiting from It?”
- John Lambert, PhD, World Bank, Washington, DC, USA -- How does Africa's Population Really Take Care of its Healthcare Needs?
- Ifabukumi O. Adewale, PhD, Medical Director, Adewura Natural Medical Center, Lagos, Nigeria -- Medicinal Plants as Applied by the Yoruba Tradition: Some Reflections about Current Conservation and Sustainability Issues in Nigeria
- A. Kweku Andoh, PhD, FLS, North Scale Institute, College Park, GA, USA -- Youth as Pioneers for the New G.E.N.E.S.I.S. (Growing Energy & Nutrition for Environmental Stability & Investments in our Societies)
- Dr. Bourama Soumaoro, Traditional Doctor, Bamako, Mali -- Traditional Medicine in Mali: an Alternative Approach in the Effort to Reduce Poverty and Protect the Environment – Continued.
Discussant: Hareya Fassil, PhD, MPH, Research Associate, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
#302 - African Traditional Medicine and Community Healing
Moderator: Fania E. Davis, PhD, JD, Indigenous Peacemaking Institute, Oakland, CA, USA
- Fania E. Davis, PhD, JD, Indigenous Peacemaking Institute, Oakland, CA, USA -- Justice as Healing: African Traditional Conflict Resolution
- Augustine (Mandaza) Kandemwa, Traditional Healer, Zimbabwe -- Overview of the Problems Facing Traditional Healers in Zimbabwe: A Search for Solutions
- William K. Bazzie, Traditional Healer, Liberia, and William F. Saa, everyday gandhis’ Peacebuilder in Residence, CA, USA, and Liberia -- Traditional Mourning and Feasting as Rituals for Trauma Healing and Community Rebuilding (experiences of the everyday gandhis project in post-war Liberia)
Presentations will be followed by a workshop with Traditional Healers on conflict transformation and healing.
Discussant: Nana Kwabena Brown, Traditional Healer, Washington, DC, USA
#303 - HIV/AIDS Education & Prevention: Engaging Traditional Healers: Presentation of Case Studies
Moderator: Riché Zamor, MS, MPH, PhD, Director, Latin American Health Institute, Boston, MA, USA
- Bafour Dumfe Gyeabour, Traditional Healer, Ghana -- Observations from Ghana
- Samwel Mtullu, MD, TAWG (Tanga AIDS Working Group) Tanzania – Involving Traditional Healers (TH’s) in Community Care and Prevention against HIV/AIDS in Tanga, Tanzania
- Rebecca Rogerson, Sangoma and HIV/AIDS Consultant South Africa and Canada - STI, HIV/AIDS Education and Prevention: Implementation of a Community Based Capacity Building Training Program for Traditional Healers in South Africa.
- Dr. Sekagya Yahaya, President, PROMETRA-Uganda, Kampala, Uganda -- The Role of Traditional Healers in Prevention – Examples from PROMETRA-Uganda
- Kensese S. Mossanda, PhD, Medical University of Southern Africa, Medunsa, South Africa --Integration of African Traditional medicine into Health Care System: a tentative Community-based approach for reduction of HIV infection burden in rural areas
# 304 - Music that Heals: Research and Practice
Moderator: Toby Christensen, Drummer, Vancouver, WA, USA
- Joyce Marie Jackson, PhD, Associate Professor, Dept. of Geography & Anthropology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA -- “When I know his rab (spirit), I will know his song” Music as Ndepp Healing Agent in Senegal
- Kokomon Clottey, Drummer, Ghana and Oakland, CA, USA-- Mindful Drumming: Ancient Wisdom for Unleashing the Human Spirit and Building Community
- Toby Christensen, Drummer, Vancouver, WA, USA -- The Sound of the Drum Is the Tuning Of the Soul
After the presentations, Toby Christensen will lead an interactive healing drumming workshop.
Brown-Bag Lunch Session: BUILDING BRIDGES
Eve Bruce, MD, FACS, Baltimore, MD, USA: Building bridges between the allopathic and traditional healing community is healing in and of itself, creating an opening for true learning, growth and more effective health care for our communities - both global and local. Cross cultural collisions, however, occur with great frequency, both subtle and explosive. This occurs between patient and doctor, family and doctor, community and doctor, doctor and healer. Collisions are cross cultural, cross modality, and even within the same tradition. Understanding the danger of these collisions in affecting healing as well as the importance of cultural acceptance and understanding in facilitating healing is even more important than ever in every part of the world today.
Discussant: Jessie Haugabook, RN (trained as a Sangoma in Swaziland), Sylmar, CA, USA
PLENARY SESSION & CLOSING CEREMONY
Keynote Presentation: Erick G. Gbodossou, MD, President, Association for the Promotion of Traditional Medicine International (PROMETRA), Senegal -- Protecting Traditional Health Systems and Indigenous Knowledge from Africa
Closing Ceremony by Traditional Healers
Funding:
Ford Foundation
Mount Sinai Medical Center
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (National Institutes of Health)
Rockefeller Foundation
The World Bank (Africa Region, Indigenous Knowledge Program)
And Private Donors
Collaborating Institutions:
PROMETRA International
Bioresources Development and Conservation Programme
African Heritage Caucus of the American Academy of Physician Assistants
Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine - A Peer-Reviewed Journal
District of Columbia Area Health Education Center
Health Volunteers Overseas
Explore: The Journal of Science and Healing from Elsevier
Mount Sinai Medical Center
National Black Nurses Association
National Medical Association
National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution
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