Medical students, lecturers discourage illegal wildlife productsVietNamNet Bridge – Students and lecturers from five of Vietnam’s traditional medicine universities developed communications strategies to combat the use of illegal wildlife products in traditional medicinal treatments. “We are committed to ensuring that traditional medicine continues to be practised in Vietnam in accordance with the law and sustainable principles. The lecturers and students were given communication guidelines and suggested activities to help them formulate effective strategies to deter the use of illegal wildlife products in formal prescriptions by traditional medicine practitioners and dispensaries to customers. The workshop highlighted recent research findings that identified the traditional medicine sector as a priority sector in the fight against illegal wildlife trade. It is hoped that through such sessions, future traditional medicine practitioners can promote legal, sustainable and socially responsible practices for sourcing and prescriptions.

Source: VietNamNet News May 29, 2018 07:30 UTC