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1、1Products From East AfricaPresented byJoseph BazambanzaArtemisia Annua East Africa Ltd2Artemisia Annua East Africa Ltd(AAEA)Partnership networkBy building a partnership network,AAEA shall seek to make joint contributions todevelop and promote personal,organizational and professional development inme

2、eting identified needs of industry and the community.AAEA shall also encourageits partners to engage in dialogue and action with other members of the network.GuidelinesAAEA shall collaborate with other partners to provide training for professional development,in an effort to increase consistency,avo

3、id repetition and unnecessary competition,increase cost-effectiveness,provide networking opportunities.AAEA shall seek to create linkages between local partners and organizations sharing similar purposes and mission,for the purpose of sharing information,strengthening institutional capacity,building

4、 alliances,and accessing resources.1.AAEA shall engage local partners in joint and mutual planning and evaluation processes through which all parties collaboratively identify their own strengths,prioritize the areas in need of improvement,and create their own action plans to achieve the identified g

5、oals in a win-win situation.3Artemisia Annua East Africa Ltd Partnership FrameworkA common set of objectives A clearly defined nature of the relationship between the partners A governance framework that defines roles and responsibilities An approach to Stakeholder involvement An approach for regular

6、 review A set of guiding principles and guidelinesThe key areas that we need to be established are:Contracting&AcquisitionCoordination&Information DisseminationManagement&Executive ReportingFeedback and ImprovementProject Reviews&AuditsAAEA ltd Services and Coordination4A story of A.annua in East Af

7、ricaCharles Kiruthi proudly gazes over his crop.“I used to grow fruitsAnd beans here,”he says with a smile,“but I will get a better returnfrom this plant.No pests attack it,and until harvesting time itrequires very little labour.”Kiruthi,who owns a 10-acre farm in Kiambu in Kenyas Central province,i

8、s one of hundreds of farmers across the country whoHave been contracted to grow the Artemisia annua plant.The plant has been grown on a small scale by private companiesAnd research institutions in East Africa for over 10 years,butOperations have been scaled up rapidly since 2004,in response tofears

9、of a global shortage of artemesinin.Source:5Growers of A.annua plant in East AfricaIn East Africa,farmers are reported to be very interested in growingthe new cash crop,especially because the coffee market is so slow.In Kenya,Tanzania and Uganda the project is being spearheaded by East African Botan

10、icals,which provides seedlings and supports bothlarge-and small-scale farmers in a bid to rapidly increase the volumeof plants.“We have been growing Artemisia annua here at the universitysince 2002,”said Fidensio Ndegwa,chief technician at the School ofHealth Sciences at Kenyatta University.“We have

11、 also been workingwith local farmers to increase acreage we have sold around 10,000seedlings.We have been researching the plant and its properties forover 10 years and have learned a great deal.We know it contains very valuable ingredients,and yet we are unable to find anyone to sell it to.Source:6U

12、nrewarded efforts ofindividual growersWhile the benefits of the project are self-evident,there areworrying indications that the coordination of the partnersinvolved in the vital crusade to boost the supply of artemisininis somewhat lacking.Despite the clamour surrounding theshortage of the valuable

13、plant,it seems that in some casesefforts to grow it are going unrewarded,and even unnoticed,by the major players in the fight against malaria.“There is a farmer in Thika in Central province who has 2,000 seedlings and around 65 kilograms of leaf,but thereisnt a market for it,”Ndegwa said,shaking his

14、 head.“Itsvery confusing,as we know there are people suffering all overAfrica.We know this plant is the key,but its just going towaste.”Source:7Whole-leaf A.annua-based drugsFurther studies aim to characterise key constituents thatcontribute to the anti-malarial activity of A.annua,leading to a sele

15、ction of appropriate varieties or hybridsbased on the optimum constituents of artemesinin andother key compounds.Prof.Hassanali of ICIPE is hopeful that this will allowa detailed business plan for large-scale planting andcommercial production to be put in place for furtherproduction of whole-leaf A.

16、annua-based drugs.Source:New Agriculturist online Based on article written by Naftali Kure8Whole leaf A.annua may provide an alternative solutionResearch on a drug based on the whole leaf of A.annua mayprovide an alternative solution.Scientists at ICIPE,collaboratingwith the Kenya Medical Research I

17、nstitute(KEMRI)and theNatural Uwemba System for Health(NUSAG),a TanzanianNGO,have been working to provide a cheaper yet efficaciousmalaria treatment.To make the whole-leaf drug,leaves are ground to a very finepowder and thoroughly mixed,which has proved effective inensuring that each tablet has a st

18、andard dose of the drug.Source:New Agriculturist online Based on article written by Naftali Kure9Proof-of-concept study resultsA proof-of-concept study,which commenced in June2004 and ended in February this year,has yielded encouragingresults.Clinical studies involving 48 patients with uncomplicated

19、malaria have shown the whole-leaf drug to have impressiveefficacy in treating the disease with no significant side effects.The source plants being used by the team are grown in Arusha,and,encouragingly for African farmers,have been shown to yielda higher concentration of artemisinin than Chinese pla

20、nts.Ongoing research will hopefully discover how growing conditions affect concentration level.Source:New Agriculturist online Based on article written by Naftali Kure10Extracted artemisinin from a Novartis partnerNovartis partners with East African Botanicals to expand cultivation andextraction of

21、natural ingredient used in anti-malarial Coartem Contracts To purchase extracted artemisinin stimulate cultivation of more than 1,000hectares of Artemisia annua in Kenya,Tanzania and Uganda.Novartis has proven to be our most important partner as we move tolarge-scale production of artemisinin in Eas

22、t Africa,said Patrick Henfrey,CEO of Advanced Bio Extracts(ABE).The main operating entities ofABE are African Artemisia(AA)operating in Tanzania,East AfricanBotanicals Kenya and East African Botanicals Uganda.By placing firmorders for extracted artemisinin,providing financial support forinfrastructure improvements,and Delivering technical support and know-how,Novartis has made a major contribution to creating a sustainablemarket for this key natural ingredient.“Source:Novartis Media Releases 06/06/200511A field of Artemisia annua in Kenyathe the AAEA ltd contactJoseph Bazambanza