| 03 May 2010

The training in Fundamentals of Herbal Medicines preparation techniques began last 9 April, in Ankober galenical laboratory, in the Ethiopian Highlands. Eight researchers from Debre Berhan University will attend two months of training, 16 lessons in total, in order to learn herbal medicines preparation techniques for Ankober community needs. Trainees will be assisted by an Italian pharmacist, who will teach them fundamentals of pharmacognosy. The programme will alternate between lessons in theory and practical works, during which the pharmacist will teach trainees how to prepare herbal medicines with officinal plants, in order to produce topical medications, creams and ointments, to treat dermatological diseases in the area. The training is addressed to university researchers coming from different scientific faculties of Debre Berhan University. They will teach, in their turn, the knowledge acquired to students of their courses.