To all health workers, development workers, agriculturists and church workers working in or planning to work in the Tropics

Medicinal Plants in the Tropics

Barnes Close Conference Centre

Near Bromsgrove, Worcester

25-27 May 2012

This will be a practical interactive experience including much of the following:

The scientific and cultural basis for using medicinal plants
Self reliance in health using plants for nutrition and medicine
Treatment of common health problems e.g. malaria, diarrhoea, wounds, burns and HIV/AIDS
Preparation of teas, tinctures, oils and ointments
Storage of seeds, dried products and food
Use of specific plants including Artemisia annua, Moringa oleifera, Aloe vera, Neem, Pawpaw

Cost £190, inclusive of tuition and accommodation in a shared room.
Single rooms cost £10 extra per night. Day bookings are possible.

anamed is a small but very active Christian charitable organisation. anamed helps communities and health centres in the Tropics to become more self-reliant in preventing and treating the most common diseases and health complaints by utilising and developing their own locally available resources. In this way, in even the poorest communities, many lives can be saved, and health centres can become less dependent on imported medicines.

For more information, visit the web-site: www.anamed.net

Facilitators / Resource people

• Simon Challand trained as a GP and worked in Uganda in primary care and palliative care for six years. He is now a consultant in palliative medicine in Worcestershire.
• Keith Lindsey works virtually full-time with anamed. He has experience in running week long seminars in Natural Medicine in Uganda, Kenya, Togo, Zimbabwe, Ethiopia and Ghana for health workers, traditional healers and other people active in the community.
• Pamela Spence is a practising medical herbalist and health writer based in Scotland. She is also a director of the charity Salem Scotland, and works with colleagues in Salem Uganda to promote herbal medicine there. Pamela regularly runs talks and workshops both in the UK and internationally.

and if his busy schedule allows:

• Dr Merlin Willcox is a GP and clinical researcher at the Department of Primary Health Care of the University of Oxford, with interests in the care of vulnerable people, global health, and traditional medicine. He has researched different aspects of primary health care in developing countries, with a particular focus on malaria and traditional medicines. He has been involved in several clinical trials on this theme in Uganda, Madagascar and Mali and coordinates the RITAM network (Research Initiative on Traditional Antimalarial Methods).

For more information contact 
   Dr S Challand, 4 Castle Grove, Stourbridge, DY8 2HH, Email, Tel: 01384 351851, or
    Keith Lindsey, Berglenstr. 11, 71364 Winnenden, Germany, Email, Tel: +49 7195 138 3446

Suggested pre course reading:

“Natural Medicine in the Tropics: Foundation Text” 3^rd Edition by Hans-Martin Hirt and Bindanda M’Pia £14.50 +pp. Read the Preface, Introduction & Chapter 1 

“Natural Medicine in the Tropics: II Seminar Handbook  £6.00 +pp
This book is a handbook for week-long seminars in the Tropics

Both books are available from: Geoff and Barbara Lindsey, 15 The Grove, North End, Durham City, DH1 4LU.  Tel: 0191 384 3937, Email

Please complete the Booking Form and return it to Dr Simon Challand