Before manufactured drugs came into widespread use, herbal medicines played an important role in human health. A review of of the history of the development of medicines reveals that many medicines were originally derived from food and that many manufactured drugs were developed from medicinal plants. A single medicinal plant may be defined as a food, a functional …show more content…
In 2001, the WHO Uppsala Monitoring Centre (WHO-UMC) introduced a tradtional medicines surveillance scheme to stimulate reporting and improve the quality of reports of suspected adverse drug reactions (ADRs) associated with herbal and other traditional medicines. By October 2012, the WHO-UMC database contained over 7.5 million reports[3], of which at least 34,000 related to suspected ADRs associated solely with herbal medicines, and further(almost) 19,000 for which both herbal and non-herbal substances are implicated, according to the (http://www. who-umc.org)
2. Describe one of the following complementary and the integrative health practices:
Naturopathic medicine originated in Germany and follows the traditional principles of the Chinese, Ayurvedic, Native Americans, and Hippocratic medicine that has been used for thousands of years.
"Naturopathy" was coined by a German-born doctor, John Scheel, in 1895 and was popularized by Dr. Benedict Lust, a hydrotherapist from Germany who in 1905 founded the American School of Naturopathy in New York. (Hotlz, 2017 …show more content…
Global incidence and prevalance of Ebola: Ebola was first identified in 1976 in two concurrent outbreaks, Nzara, Sudan and Yambuku, Democratic Republic of the Congo (formally Zaire), comprising 151 and 280 cases, respectively. The higher case fatality rate was associated with Yambuku, 88%. Since that time other large-scale outbreaks have occurred: 1995, Democratic Republic of the Congo(315 cases, mortality 81%); 2000-2001, Uganda (425 cases, mortality 53%); 2003, Democratic Republic of the Congo(143 cases, mortality 89%; and 2007-2008, Democratic Republic of the Congo(149 cases, mortality 25%). However, in March the largest and deadliest outbreak in history began in multiple countries in West Africa ( Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Nigeria, and Senegal). the burden of the disease has been primarily associated with Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia where there was widespread transmission. What has made the this outbreak extraordinary, this is the first time Ebola has been imported to other parts of the world: Spain, United States, Italy, and the United Kingdom. This outbreak continues; more than 28,000 cases have been diagnosed and the number of deaths exceeds 11,00. The number of persons affected is ongoing, as this outbreak is still active. (CDC, 2015f; WHO,