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Preparatory workshop for the survey of traditional practitioners at the University of Abomey-Calavi from March 11 to 15, 2024.

Over the course of 5 days, the invited experts made amendments to the draft of the proposed questionnaire. The general objective of the workshop was to validate the survey questionnaire to be used in the survey of traditional healers in Benin. Specifically, it was intended to: - Review each section of the questionnaire to ensure...

Training of interviewers in data collection for the holistic survey on traditional medicine.

Formation des enquêteurs à la collecte de données pour l'enquête holistique sur la médecine traditionnelle. Celle-ci s'est déroulée du 20 au 21 mars 2024 à la salle de conférence de l'Unité de Recherche en Microbiologie Appliquée et Pharmacologie des substances naturelles de l'Université d'Abomey-Calavi. L'objectif général de la formation est de renforcer les capacités de...

Meeting between consortium members and traditional practitioners (March 22, 2024)

Meeting between members of the University of Abomey Calavi consortium and representatives of Benin's traditional practitioner associations, facilitated by the Coordinator of the Ministry of Health's national traditional pharmacopoeia and medicine program on March 22, 2024. The meeting established a solid framework for collaboration between academic researchers, traditional practitioners and policy-makers to ensure the success...

Holistic survey of traditional medicine practitioners

Holistic survey of traditional medicine practitioners: data collection on the current state of practices, interactions and prospects in relation to medicinal plants in traditional Beninese medicine: from April 04 to 05, 2024. This activity was carried out with 72 tradithérapeutes from Benin's 12 departments.

Five-day preparatory workshop (August 19 to 23, 2024) organized as a prelude to the DELPHI workshop

Five-day preparatory workshop (August 19 to 23, 2024) organized as a prelude to the DELPHI workshop. The main objectives of this preparatory workshop are to familiarize participants with the DELPHI approach, to identify the strengths and shortcomings of university training programs related to phytomedicine and phytopharmacy, to take stock of the ideas expressed by graduates...

Members of the University of Helsinki consortium made a working visit to Benin’s University of Abomey-Calavi from May 16 to 20, 2024 as part of the project.

The visit provided an opportunity for exchanges with local partners from Beninese universities involved in the project. It was also an opportunity for them to meet Beninese traditional medicine practitioners and staff from the Ministry of Health's Coordination of the National Traditional Pharmacopoeia and Medicine Program.

Delphi workshop from September 9 to 13, 2024 on the identification of skills, modules, training format for experts in phytomedicine and phytopharmacy based on gaps in existing curricula

The specific objectives of this workshop are to : Discuss the synthetic results of the review of university training courses whose contents deal with Phytomedicine and Phytopharmacy; Discuss the results of the survey conducted among Lecturers and Researchers on research practices and prospecting laboratories in connection with the use of medicinal plants; Identify the training...