The TRAMIL Program L. GERMOSEN-ROBINEAU & S. LAGOS-WITTE TRAMIL partly suported by UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME UNEP & GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY

L. GERMOSEN-ROBINEAU & S. LAGOS-WITTE

The TRAMIL ProgramThe TRAMIL Program

TRAMILpartly suported by

UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME UNEP& GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY GEF

Conservation

EthnopharmacologyEthnopharmacology

Biological validationBiological validation

ToxicologyToxicology

Universities Universities

Rural communitiesRural communities

Health promotersHealth promoters

Medicinal gardensMedicinal gardens

Domestication - cultivationDomestication - cultivation

Scientific Research

Dissemination Training

NetworkReinforcement

National and regional levelNational and regional level



SOME SCIENTIFIC SUPPORT TO TRAMILUniversity of Antilles / Guyane - GuadeloupeAutonomous University of Santo Domingo - Dominican RepublicCentral University of VenezuelaUniversity of Antioquía (Medellin) - ColombiaUniversities of Haití, Panamá, Costa Rica, HondurasUniversity of San Carlos - GuatemalaState University of Campinas, São Paulo - BrasilNational Autonomous University of León - NicaraguaMinistry of Health and Health Faculty - CubaBotanical Garden Dr. Rafael M. Moscoso – Dominican RepublicScientific Research Center of Yucatán - Mérida, México



Goals and objectives of TRAMIL (2002 - 2004)Goals and objectives of TRAMIL (2002 - 2004)

Scientific validation of traditional health practices based Scientific validation of traditional health practices based

on criteria for safety and efficacy on criteria for safety and efficacy

Assessment of the conservation status and development Assessment of the conservation status and development

of of in-situin-situ and and ex-situex-situ management strategies for medicinal management strategies for medicinal

plants in selected sites of the Caribbean Basinplants in selected sites of the Caribbean Basin

Contribution to the development of national health and Contribution to the development of national health and

education policies, and primary healthcare delivery that education policies, and primary healthcare delivery that

integrates safe and effective traditional remedies integrates safe and effective traditional remedies



SCIENTIFIC WORSHOPS: for example: TRAMIL 10CLAYTON, Canal ZonePANAMA, March 2001

IMPACTFac. Med. Dr. S. Allende, Pharmacology, Habana, Cuba.RESEARCH: for example:



SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES RELATED WITH THE SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES RELATED WITH THE SUSTAINABLE USE AND CONSERVATION OF SUSTAINABLE USE AND CONSERVATION OF

MEDICINAL PLANTSMEDICINAL PLANTS

Implementation of national and regional Conservation Implementation of national and regional Conservation

Assessment Monitoring Plan exercises for the selected plantsAssessment Monitoring Plan exercises for the selected plants

Development of community-based conservation and Development of community-based conservation and

management plans for vulnerable speciesmanagement plans for vulnerable species

Establishment of experimental gardens for conservation Establishment of experimental gardens for conservation

and cultivation of medicinal plants, and support for home and cultivation of medicinal plants, and support for home

gardensgardens



OTHER SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES AND EXPECTED OTHER SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES AND EXPECTED OUTPUTS OF THE TRAMIL PROGRAMOUTPUTS OF THE TRAMIL PROGRAM

- Incorporation of the Caribbean Pharmacopoeia in primary - Incorporation of the Caribbean Pharmacopoeia in primary healthcare programs. Preparation of updated healthcare programs. Preparation of updated EnglishEnglish, Spanish , Spanish and French versions of the documentand French versions of the document

- Dissemination of information through community education - Dissemination of information through community education and public awareness programs using radio, didactic manuals, and public awareness programs using radio, didactic manuals, newspapers, video, posters, electronic forum and Web pagesnewspapers, video, posters, electronic forum and Web pages

- Evaluation of the legal status of traditional remedies in national - Evaluation of the legal status of traditional remedies in national health systems and promotion of national legislation to protect health systems and promotion of national legislation to protect biodiversity property rightsbiodiversity property rights

IMPACT



Allium cepaCassia fistulaChamaesyce hirtaEclipta erectaEuphorbia heterophylla Gliricidia sepiumGossypium barbadenseHeliotropium indicum TOXHura crepitans TOXIpomoea batatasLippia alba

Lippia dulcisLippia graveolensMelampodium divaricatumMirabilis jalapaNasturtium officinaleNerium oleanderNeurolaena lobataOchroma pyramidaleOcimum micranthumOcimum minimumOcimum sanctumParthenium hysterophorumPimenta ozua TOX

New plants in the second Edition

TREATMENTS USED FOR: (local name of the problem) · Illness description: · First treatments (the last time the problem has come out): ___ traditional plants ___ healer ___ medical officer ___ witch doctor · Description and way of preparation of the remedy: . Etc...

TRAMIL survey particularitiesTRAMIL survey particularities

TRAMIL analysis system does not rest only on the qualitative, but also on the quantitative approach. The primary tool of the analysis is participative ethnopharmacological survey. Its starting point is not in the plants but in the health symptoms or problems.

IMPACTSetting technical guides for the culture of Caribbean medicinal plants

SOMEANSWERS

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TRAMIL PROGRAM: enda-caribbean/UAG



TRAMIL is TRAMIL is notnot::

...only scientific research

...self sustainable at present

...a profit making program

...related to any international pharmaceutical company



TRAMIL is TRAMIL is notnot::

...exhaustive (it only deals with the most common health problems)

...limited to any particular ethnic group

…expandable out of a uniform regional ecological context

…ethnomedicine or ethnobotany (but applied ethnopharmacology)



TRAMIL is TRAMIL is notnot dealing with: dealing with:

…the preparation of an analytic vegetal pharmacopoeia properly speaking.

…solutions for very serious and complex health problems

…taking advantage of the knowledge of traditional healers

…industrial production

…new medicines (new drugs)

…identification of active molecules



TRAMIL could collaborate forTRAMIL could collaborate for

*an ethnopharmacological survey using the TRAMIL specific quantitative methodology

*a specific vegetal Pharmacopoeia

*a guide for cultivation and conservation of medicinal plants

*integration of scientists in regional french & spanish speaking network

CONTACTS

PROGRAMME TRAMIL/enda-caribe/UAG

Laboratoire de biologie et physiologie végétales

Dép. de Biologie - UFR SEN BP 592, 97159 Pointe à Pitre

(FWI) GUADELOUPE&

Internet: www.funredes.org/endacaribe/traducciones/tramil.html

apdo 3370SANTO DOMINGO

e.mails: <[email protected]><[email protected]>

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