Program of Applied Research to Popular Medicine in the Caribbean
MISSION : TO VALIDATE SCIENTIFICALLY THE TRADITIONAL USES OF MEDICINAL PLANTS FOR PRIMARY HEALTH CARE.
VISION : TO BE THE REFERENCE INTERDISCIPLINARY PROGRAM IN THE DETECTION, VALIDATION AND DIFFUSION OF THE USES OF MEDICINAL PLANTS THAT IMPACT IN PUBLIC HEALTH.
TRAMIL is a program/network of applied research for traditional popular medicine in the Caribbean. It aims to rationalize health practices based on the use of medicinal plants. This ethnopharmacological research has been extended to practically all the territories that are related to the Caribbean sea, throughout the uniform survey metodology.
In these pages you can find information about:
- Objectives of the TRAMIL program
- Geographical area embraced (interactive map)
- Brochure (1998, in Spanish)
- Powerpoint presentation (in French, translation welcome)
- Survey methodology
- TRAMIL Workshops
- Research (TRIGS)
- Institutions participating in the research
- Vice-coordinators & other collaborators
- TRAMIL interactive Directory
- Other TRAMIL links
- TRAMIL editorial (in French)
- Publications (mainly in Spanish)
- Caribbean Philately on Medicinal Plants (pdf)
- Boletines (in Spanish only):
- 2000: A retrospective vision
- 2001: Education for conservation (pdf)
- 2003: 20 years in the Caribbean Basin (pdf)
- Primary Health Care with plants in Panamá (in Spanish)