YaBiNaPA supports the Sustainable Development Goals

On September 25^th 2015, 193 United Nations member countries adopted a set of goals to end poverty, protect the planet, fight inequality and injustice, tackle climate change and ensure prosperity for all as part of a new sustainable development agenda. Each goal has specific targets to be achieved over the next 15 years.

• YaBiNaPA - a Cooperative Partnership pursuing the Sustainable Development Goals
• DAAD Bilateral SDG Graduate Schools: Global Partnerships in Higher Education
• For further information, please refer to the website of the United Nations about the Sustainable Development Goals.

Research on traditional herbal medicine

Microbial and parasitic diseases are a dramatic public health problem in tropical countries. Therefore, strategies for improving the health status of the population in a sustainable and affordable way are of prominent importance for economic development. Synthetic drugs are usually not affordable by a large percentage of the population. Medicinal plants are used locally to combat these diseases and some of them have so far been subject of investigation in different African research groups. [...] read more