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Model and experiences of initiating collaboration with traditional healers in validation of ethnomedicines for HIV/AIDS in Namibia

机译：在纳米比亚启动与传统治疗师合作以验证用于艾滋病毒/艾滋病的族裔药的模型和经验

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Many people with Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS) in Namibia have access to antiretroviral drugs but some still use traditional medicines to treat opportunistic infections and offset side-effects from antiretroviral medication. Namibia has a rich biodiversity of indigenous plants that could contain novel anti-HIV agents. However, such medicinal plants have not been identified and properly documented. Various ethnomedicines used to treat HIV/AIDS opportunistic infections have not been scientifically validated for safety and efficacy. These limitations are mostly attributable to the lack of collaboration between biomedical scientists and traditional healers. This paper presents a five-step contextual model for initiating collaboration with Namibian traditional healers in order that candidate plants that may contain novel anti-HIV agents are identified, and traditional medicines used to treat HIV/AIDS opportunistic infections are subjected to scientific validation. The model includes key structures and processes used to initiate collaboration with traditional healers in Namibia; namely, the National Biosciences Forum, a steering committee with the University of Namibia (UNAM) as the focal point, a study tour to Zambia and South Africa where other collaborative frameworks were examined, commemorations of the African Traditional Medicine Day (ATMD), and consultations with stakeholders in north-eastern Namibia. Experiences from these structures and processes are discussed. All traditional healers in north-eastern Namibia were willing to collaborate with UNAM in order that their traditional medicines could be subjected to scientific validation. The current study provides a framework for future collaboration with traditional healers and the selection of candidate anti-HIV medicinal plants and ethnomedicines for scientific testing in Namibia.
机译：纳米比亚有许多人免疫缺陷病毒/后天免疫缺陷综合症（HIV / AIDS）患者可以使用抗逆转录病毒药物，但有些人仍在使用传统药物来治疗机会性感染并抵消抗逆转录病毒药物的副作用。纳米比亚拥有丰富的本土植物生物多样性，其中可能含有新型抗艾滋病毒药物。但是，这种药用植物尚未得到鉴定和正确记录。尚未对用于治疗HIV / AIDS机会性感染的各种民族药进行安全性和有效性的科学验证。这些限制主要归因于生物医学科学家和传统治疗师之间缺乏合作。本文提出了一个五步上下文模型，用于启动与纳米比亚传统治疗师的合作，以便确定可能包含新型抗HIV药物的候选植物，并对用于治疗HIV / AIDS机会性感染的传统药物进行科学验证。该模型包括用于启动与纳米比亚传统治疗师合作的关键结构和过程;包括国家生物科学论坛，以纳米比亚大学（UNAM）为联络点的指导委员会，对赞比亚和南非进行考察研究的地方，考察了其他合作框架，纪念非洲传统医学日（ATMD），以及与纳米比亚东北部利益相关者进行磋商。讨论了这些结构和过程的经验。纳米比亚东北部的所有传统治疗师都愿意与联阿特派团合作，以便对其传统药物进行科学验证。目前的研究为纳米比亚未来与传统治疗师的合作以及选择抗HIV药用植物和民族药材提供了框架。

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