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Last month in Geneva at the World Health Assembly, a report was launched about Biodiversity and Human Health.
Chapter 11 covers Traditional Medicine and was co-authored by Dr Gerry Bodeker.
The contribution of biodiversity and ecosystem services to our health care needs is significant, both for the development of modern pharmaceuticals and for their uses in traditional medicine.