Medicinal plants and a new alliance
Description
Many critics of "Big Pharma" see a pattern of exploitation in the industry's dealings with the developing world. This program identifies new ways for drug manufacturers to operate globally, promoting increased cooperation with local producers of traditional, plant-based medicines. Recognizing that worldwide demand for alternative medicine may create new producer countries, the program visits centers of herbology and other non-Western healing methods in China, Vietnam, Bhutan, Senegal, and Kenya. The documented ability of these facilities to fight AIDS and other diseases forms a powerful argument for the coexistence of both corporate and traditional industries.
Runtime
52 min
Series
Subjects
- Alternative medicine (137)
- Plants (88)
- Diagnostic microbiology (19)
- Plant diversity (33)
- Microbiology (62)
Genre
Date of Publication
[2006], c2004
Database
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