MUTHI
Multi-disciplinary University Traditional Health Initiative (MUTHI): Building Sustainable Research Capacity on Plants for Better Public Health in Africa
| Coordinatore | UNIVERSITETET I OSLO
Organization address
address: Problemveien 5-7 contact info |
| Nazionalità Coordinatore | Norway [NO] |
| Totale costo | 2˙183˙715 € |
| EC contributo | 1˙991˙983 € |
| Programma | FP7-HEALTH
Specific Programme "Cooperation": Health |
| Code Call | FP7-AFRICA-2010 |
| Funding Scheme | CSA-CA |
| Anno di inizio | 2011 |
| Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) | 2011-01-01 - 2014-12-31 |
Partecipanti
| # | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
UNIVERSITETET I OSLO
Organization address
address: Problemveien 5-7 contact info |
NO (OSLO) | coordinator | 420˙964.92 |
| 2 |
UNIVERSITETET I BERGEN
Organization address
address: Museplassen 1 contact info |
NO (BERGEN) | participant | 293˙701.00 |
| 3 |
THE CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
Organization address
address: University Offices, Wellington Square contact info |
UK (OXFORD) | participant | 279˙861.71 |
| 4 |
UNIVERSITEIT VAN AMSTERDAM
Organization address
address: SPUI 21 contact info |
NL (AMSTERDAM) | participant | 251˙647.95 |
| 5 |
MAKERERE UNIVERSITY
Organization address
address: Main Campus contact info |
UG (KAMPALA) | participant | 190˙312.08 |
| 6 |
UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE
Organization address
address: MODDERDAMM ROAD contact info |
ZA (BELLVILLE) | participant | 187˙600.16 |
| 7 |
UNIVERSITEIT VAN DIE ORANJE VRYSTAAT
Organization address
address: NELSON MANDELA DRIVE contact info |
ZA (BLOEMFONTEIN) | participant | 177˙600.14 |
| 8 |
UNIVERSITE DES SCIENCES DES TECHNIQUES ET DES TECHNOLOGIES DE BAMAKO
Organization address
address: QUARTIER ACI 2000 RUE 405 PORTE 359 contact info |
ML (BAMAKO) | participant | 118˙794.43 |
| 9 |
UNIVERSITE DE BAMAKO
Organization address
address: CAMPUS UNIVERSITAIRE DE BADALABOUGOU contact info |
ML (BAMAKO) | participant | 71˙500.61 |
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Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)
'It is recognised that research must be a basis for better health throughout Africa (e.g. Global Ministerium Forum on Research for Health, Bamako 2008, Beijing declaration 2008). As a consequence It is a priority to build research capacities in the African continent that will set good standards for development of improved health security and systems in the future. In several African countries western medicine is not widely available, and WHO has recognised the role of traditional medicine and its practitioners in primary health care. The overall objective of this project is to create sustainable research capacity and research networks between the participants in Africa ( Mali, South Africa and Uganda) collaborating neighbouring institutions, and the European project participants to obtain improved health in Africa. In order to reach this goal we will identify needs and develop and deliver research training programmes. The research institutions from Africa taking part in this project will have implemented research methodologies so that they are able to improve traditional medicines, identify bio-active compounds, and clinically evaluate and register medicinal products that are used for treatment of illnesses that are frequent in African countries.'
Introduzione (Teaser)
Research networks are being merged and collaboration improved to improve health in Africa. The focus is primarily on researching and controlling the production of traditional medicines.
Descrizione progetto (Article)
In most African countries, with the availability of western medicine being scarce, traditional herbal remedies are still used to treat ailments. Several of these remedies, however, have never undergone quality control testing.
The EU-funded http://www.mn.uio.no/farmasi/english/research/projects/muthi/ (MUTHI) project aims to create sustainable health research capacities and networks between Africa and Europe. It also aims to give participants from Africa the opportunity to implement research methodologies that will improve traditional medicines. In doing so, they would be able to clinically evaluate and register medicinal products that are used for treatment of illnesses in African countries.
MUTHI used recorded knowledge on the use of medicinal plants and partnered with African traditional health practitioners to share, integrate and evaluate new information. Workshops for training participants from all African partners and areas, notably Uganda and Cape Town, have already taken place. Such workshops focused on ethnopharmacology, ethnobotany, bioassays, how to write a clinical trial protocol, and applying knowledge of intellectual property rights. An e-learning training package has been developed and was followed by almost 400 people as of December 2013. Scientists also underwent training in Bergen and Oslo, and such training will continue in other European laboratories and relevant African partner laboratories.
MUTHI training programmes help to ensure that traditional remedies are quality controlled through chemical and biological tests. Compounds from selected plants have already been isolated and studied. Hopefully, the training through MUTHI and the controlled production of these traditionally based medicines will improve the health of Africans. This would retain a natural appeal while enabling wider distribution at a relatively low cost.