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by Dr Hans-Martin Hirt and Dr Keith Lindsey. When Europeans first arrived in Africa, Asia and the Americas and witnessed practices such as ritual sacrifice and ancestor worship, they quickly labelled these as primitive. Instead, they introduced the people to European customs, culture and religion. However, we now recognise that there is much to learn from these traditional cultures. In rejecting some dangerous practices, many other beneficial practices were ignored.
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The preparation of a medicine from a plant that contains a beneficial chemical varies according to the chemical and the plant. Sometimes the chemical is extracted from the leaves by the use of boiling water. Sometimes the roots are dug up and ground. The most basic and common process for producing medicines is to use liquid and heat.
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Information in Footsteps has helped people build ferro-cement tanks for rainwater. However, many people need to know how they can avoid mosquitoes breeding in these tanks. Here are some practical steps I have developed to make a dome shaped cover…
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by René Gayana Simbard. The Pan-African Institute of Community Health (IPASC) in DR Congo has several departments including training, research, healthcare, mother and childcare and consultation.
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Cultivating medicinal plants ensures that they are preserved for your own use and for future generations. Many fruits provide medicine as well as food. These include banana, pineapple, mulberry, passion fruit and pawpaw (papaya). Food plants that also provide medicine include onion, garlic, groundnut, cabbage, chilli, coffee, pumpkin, sunflower, sweet potato, rice, maize, ginger, black pepper and sesame (Sesamum indicum).
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by Markus Müller and Innocent Balagizi. We opened a seminar about traditional medicine in Asmara, Eritrea with the question, ‘Do any of you have some experience with traditional medicine?’ There was a complete, even hostile, silence in the room. Finally some participants said, ‘We are Christians. We have nothing to do with it.’
Resource Type: Magazine
Testing and adapting ideas to meet local needs
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Charlie Forst gives details of two cooking fuels which may be new to some readers. He works with ECHO
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The Development Technology Unit of Warwick University aims to research and promote technologies appropriate for practical use in the Third World. Their aim was to develop a number of safe, low-cost alternatives for rainwater storage.
Resource Type: Case studies
A case study about a project that has improved the health of the poorest people
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