Report of a WHO Consultation on Traditional Medicine and AIDS: Clinical Evaluation of Traditional Medicines and Natural Products (Geneva, 26-28 September 1990)
(1990; 20 pages)

Abstract

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and the consequent acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) pose an unprecedented challenge to health planners, clinicians, other health workers, scientists and the community at large.

Following a consultation on in vitro screening of traditional medicines for anti-HIV activity, held in Geneva from 6 to 8 February 1989, the World Health Organization convened a consultation in Geneva from 26 to 28 September 1990, with the objective of developing guidelines on the clinical evaluation of the safety and possible efficacy of traditional remedies in the treatment of persons with AIDS. This report of the consultation includes sections on:

Background information
Preclinical considerations
Clinical considerations
Recommendations
Guidelines for clinical trials with traditional medicine products used in the treatment of AIDS and AIDS-related diseases
Proposed WHO clinical staging system for HIV infection and disease

Table of Contents

	1. Introduction
	2. Background information
	3. Preclinical considerations
	4. Clinical considerations
	5. Recommendations
	Annex 1. List of participants
	Annex 2. Guidelines for clinical trials with traditional medicine products used in the treatment of AIDS and AIDS-related diseases
	Annex 3. Proposed who clinical staging system for HIV infection and disease¹

Report of a WHO Consultation on Traditional Medicine and AIDS: Clinical Evaluation of Traditional Medicines and Natural Products (Geneva, 26-28 September 1990)

Traditional Medicine Programme & Global Programme on AIDS

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