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Dr. Maurice Iwu, Director of Bioresources Development and Conservation Programme, WRAIR.
Photo courtesy of Dr. Iwu |
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According to the World Health Organization, as much as 80% of the world's human population relies on medicines made from natural ingredients, and on the traditional healers who dispense them.
Click on the video icon to hear a comment from Dr. Josh Ginsberg of the Wildlife Conservation Society.
Traditional healers rely on natural medicines to maintain both physical and spiritual well-being.
Click on The Power of Traditional Medicine to learn more about this from Dr. Maurice Iwu, a participant at the April 1998 symposium, "The Value of Plants, Animals, and Microbes to Human Health," held at the American Museum of Natural History.
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