Muhas Institute of Traditional Medicine programmes

Muhas Institute of Traditional Medicine programmes

Muhas Institute of Traditional Medicine: The Institute of Traditional Medicine is charged with the responsibility to research into traditional healing systems, in Tanzania, and identify materia medica which can be modernized and developed into drugs and useful traditional healing practices which can be adopted for improvement of the health of the people. The generation of safety and efficacy data on these plants and remedies is a pre-requisite before these remedies can be streamlined into the health care system. It is estimated that there are about 10,000 records of plant specimen at the institute.

PostGraduate Programmes Muhas Institute of Traditional Medicine
Master of Science

1. Traditional Medicines Development (MSc Trad Med Dev)

PhD

1. Post doctoral studies

Master of Science

1. Traditional Medicines Development (MSc Trad Med Dev)

PhD

1. Post doctoral studies

Vision

To become the leading institution in Africa in training, consultancy and research in developing quality herbal medicines for the healthy well being of the people, and contribute to poverty reduction through community based cultivation of specific medicinal plants

Mission statement

To research on traditional medicines and promote the development of standardized herbal and plant derived pharmaceuticals and useful non-material aspects of traditional medicine through teaching and consultancy for the improvement of the health of the Tanzanian people The Goals of the Institute

To achieve its mission the Institute has the following set goals:

To promote the use of traditional medicines and traditional methods of healing The Institute shall use available expertise to evaluate, rationalize and promote the use of natural products, and beneficial customs and practices of traditional medicine. It will carry out clinical observations and toxicological studies as a means to promote safe products and to identify and discourage harmful products, customs and practices which are detrimental to health. Useful practices and methods will be researched on and promoted.

To promote commercial exploitation and conservation of medicinal plants The Institute shall organize itself to promote trade in herbal medicines, as a way to contribute to National Growth and Poverty Reduction. In collaboration with other institutions, it intends to promote community based cultivation of medicinal plants and sale of their extracts and possibly isolated pure compounds within the country and abroad. This will promote commerce in medicinal plants and, therefore, become a source of income for the people.

To contribute to the discovery of new drugs