Geneva Conference: Call for Alternative and Traditional Healing Practices Material

The Global AIDS Program of the National Council for International Health (NCIH), in Washington, D.C., is helping to organize a symposium on "Alternative and Traditional Healing Practices" for the 12th World AIDS Conference (Geneva, Switzerland, June 28 to July 3, 1998).

The symposium program will include: Research and Traditional Medicine (What has been documented? Have the findings been distributed? How are the findings put to use?); Traditional and Herbal Medicines (examples of what is being used and requested in selected communities); Collaboration Between Traditional and Modern Medical Practitioners (How have collaborative projects been organized? What are the benefits of these collaborations?); and Life Philosophy (Spiritual practices, self-empowerment, meditation, relaxation, etc.).

If you have materials available for distribution at this symposium, please contact Mr. Mohcine Alami at NCIH, 202-833-5900, fax 202-833-0075, email ncihaids@ncihaids.org, by May 31 if possible.