Conference on Traditional Indian Medicine for HIV/AIDS

[Guest guest]

Research Agenda Conference on Traditional Indian Medicine for

HIV/AIDS: September 9-10, 2006 Taj Mahal Hotel, New Delhi, India

This international conference will convene selected conventional

HIV/AIDS clinicians, practitioners of traditional Indian medicine,

research scientists and Indian government officials to develop a

focused and feasible research agenda that will identify and assess

the impact traditional Indian medicine has on HIV care and treatment

in India . The agenda will focus on epidemiology, safety and

effectiveness of traditional Indian medicines for HIV/AIDS.

Goals and Objectives

Conference Goal:

Convene an international research agenda conference with the purpose

of identifying and assessing further the impact traditional Indian

medicine has on HIV care and treatment in India.

Specific Objectives:

1)Report the state of the science on all the major systems of

traditional Indian medicine in the treatment of HIV/AIDS, through

the presentation of a descriptive literature review.

2)Present the latest information on the epidemiology, effectiveness

and safety of traditional Indian medicine for HIV/AIDS, through the

presentation of white papers on these topics.

3)Develop a broad research agenda to further evaluate the efficacy,

safety and cost-effectiveness of traditional Indian medicine in

managing the HIV/AIDS epidemic in India.

4) interdisciplinary collaborations among conventional

HIV/AIDS clinicians, practitioners of traditional Indian medicine,

research scientists and Indian government officials, with the goal

of implementing this research agenda.

5)Publish the research agenda, white papers and conference

proceedings in a supplement to a major international journal.

Conference tracks:

This conference will focus on three specific areas related to

traditional Indian medicine and HIV/AIDS:

1. Epidemiology of traditional Indian medicine use, including

prevalence, patterns and trends of use

2. Effectiveness of traditional Indian therapies for HIV/AIDS,

including anti-retroviral effects, immunomodulation and quality-of-

life outcomes

3. Safety issues, including quality control, standardization, and

interactions between traditional Indian medicines and antiretroviral

therapy

Conference partners:

i Institute

s Hopkins CCGHE

King Memorial Hospital

Indian Council of Medical Research

Fritts, M.P.H.

Research Associate

i Institute

1700 Diagonal Road, Suite 400

andria, VA 22314 USA

Telephone: 1-703-299-4810

Fax: 1-703-535-6752

E-mail: mfritts@...

http://siib.org/HIVconference.asp