Who we are
anamed international is a Christian organisation. Our work is based on the life and ministry of Jesus, who healed people irrespective of their belief or ethnicity. In John 9: 1-7 it is described how Jesus uses locally available resources to heal a blind man.

It all began in a village in the tropical rain forest ...
in the former Zaire, now the Democratic Republic of Congo.
From 1985 to 1991 the German Pharmacist Hans-Martin Hirt spoke with hundreds of local healers about the possibilities and limitations of their treatments with healing plants. Doctors and Development Workers joined the search for ways in which to improve the disasterous state of the health provision. The results were presented in the book “Natural Medicine in the Tropics”.

and became an international movement ...
This book has become popular throughout the world. The movement “Action for Natural Medicine” now comprises 35 anamed groups in 15 countries. In 1994 anamed was registered as a charitable trust in Germany.

For more information ..

a statement of the aims and objectives of anamed

our vision and mission - what inspires the work of anamed?

a description of what anamed means by the term “Natural Medicine”

Other activities:

anamed makes links with international institutions to try to keep the themes of self-help and self-reliance high on the agenda. Read an Open letter to African Governments

The health of maybe millions of women is threatened because they use toxic skin-lightening soaps and cosmetics. anamed says, “Be Black, Stay Beautiful” and recommends natural products to enhance beauty.

Water hyacinth has caused a significant environmental problem in many tropical countries - but even this terrible water weed can be seen as a resource!