Traditional medicines as a mechanism for driving research innovation in Africa.
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2011-03Author
Addae-Mensah, I
Fakorede, F
Holtel, A
Nwaka, S
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The outcomes from recent high profile deliberations concerning African health research and economic development all point towards the need for a mechanism to support health innovation on the continent. The mission of the African Network for Drugs and Diagnostics Innovation (ANDI), is to promote and sustain African-led health product innovation to address African public health needs through the assembly of research networks, and building of capacity to support human and economic development. ANDI is widely viewed as the vehicle to implementing some of these recommendations. There is tremendous opportunity for Africa, to leverage the expertise in natural products and traditional medicines in support of this objective to kick-start innovation. This report highlights key recommendations that have emerged through expert forums convened by ANDI on the challenges, opportunities and prospects for investing in this important area of research.
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21411020http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/31848
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Malar J. 2011 Mar 15;10 Suppl 1:S9. doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-10-S1-S9Publisher
University of Nairobi School of medicine,University of Nairobi Department of Chemistry, University of Ghana
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