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综述：中医在非洲造福大众
2009年07月18日 21:40:04 来源：新华网
新华网内罗毕７月１８日电 综述：中医在非洲造福大众
新华社记者刘颖
在非洲许多国家，许多人提起中医都会竖起大拇指，称赞中国大夫为“神医”。几十年来，中医在非洲国家得到发展和推广，为解除非洲人民的病痛发挥了很大作用。
以南非为例，在南非２００１年确立中医药的合法地
位后，中医药在当地得到了迅速发展，现在仅约翰内斯堡就有不下５０家中医诊所。南非卫生机构的统计资料显示，目前南非至少有１０００名注册中医大夫，其中包括使用中医方法治疗的西医大夫。在肯尼亚，中医的发展虽然还处于初级阶段，但中医对于一些疑难杂症和慢性病的良好治疗效果正在民间口口相传。
从上世纪６０年代开始，中国向非洲派遣了一批批医疗队，其中不乏中医师。他们的辛勤工作和精湛医术逐渐使中医为非洲人民所熟悉和接受。在一些国家，从国家元首、政府官员到普通百姓，都成为了中医的忠实拥护者。
对于在非洲传播很广的一些传染性疾病，中医体现出它的独特疗效。应时任坦桑尼亚总统尼雷尔于上世纪８０年代访华时提出的邀请，中医专家于１９８７年来到坦桑尼亚。迄今，中医治疗艾滋病在坦桑尼亚已有２０多年历史，使逾万名艾滋病患者得到治疗，取得很好效果。在治疗疟疾方面，中药制剂青蒿素在肯尼亚和布隆迪等很多疟疾流行的非洲地区得到广泛应用。
而作为中国传统医学的瑰宝，针灸治病在非洲更是受到广泛欢迎。从东非的坦桑尼亚到西非的马里，从南部非洲的赞比亚到北非的突尼斯，针灸在非洲许多国家都享有盛誉。以马里为例，中国驻当地医疗队仅治疗过的当地官员就有近千名，其中包括总统顾问、外交部长等。在突尼斯，针灸声名远播，被人们称为“神针”。一位议员经治疗减轻病痛后，向突尼斯卫生部长建议在该国发展中国针灸。突尼斯执政党机关报《自由者报》曾大篇幅报道中国医疗队针灸治病救人的事迹，赞扬他们为突中友谊作出的贡献。
在非洲的中医师们除了在当地治病救人外，还注重培养当地人学中医。而非洲人民也非常积极主动，争先恐后地奔赴中国系统学习中医理论和方法。上世纪６０年代以来，有１０００多名非洲各国学生到中国学习中医，有的甚至拿到了中医硕士和博士学位。
几内亚人塞古·卡马拉便是这其中的佼佼者之一。１９７３年，卡马拉告别大西洋之滨的家乡，前往遥远而神秘的中国学习。他先是就读于北京语言学院（现北京语言大学），随后在广东中山医学院（现中山大学医学院）攻读医学本科。１９８０年学成回国、工作了一段时间后，卡马拉于１９８２年再次进入中山医学院，用４年时间专攻针灸专业。学成回国后，卡马拉开始致力于针灸治疗。在他的努力下， 针灸这门历史悠久的中华医术在遥远的非洲大地上生根发芽，福泽百姓。
尽管如此，中医在非洲的发展仍面临一些问题，如合格中医人数过少、中医诊所规模过小、一些人对中医仍比较陌生等。不过，考虑到中医成本低、副作用小和操作方便等优势，加上众多学习中医的非洲留学生为交流合作提供了良好基础，中非中医药领域合作前景向好。
Roundup: Chinese medicine to benefit the general public in Africa
July 18, 2009 21:40:04 Source: Xinhua
Xinhua Nairobi, July 18 Xinhua: Chinese medicine to benefit the general public in Africa
Xinhua News Agency reporter Liu Ying
Many countries in Africa, many people will thumbs-up to bring Chinese medicine, and praised the Chinese doctors as a "physician." For decades, Chinese medicine in African countries to develop and promote, in order to lift the African people played a significant role in pain.
To South Africa as an example, in South Africa in 2001 to establish the legitimate Chinese medicine
Places, the local Chinese medicine has been the rapid development of Johannesburg, there is now only more than 50 Chinese medicine clinics. Health institutions in South Africa statistics show that South Africa is currently at least 1000 registered Chinese medicine doctors, including the use of Chinese medicine treatment that medical doctor. In Kenya, although the development of Chinese medicine is still in its infancy, but traditional Chinese medicine for some complex diseases, and chronic treatment of the good word of mouth is civil.
60s from the last century, China has dispatched a number of African medical team, including doctors of Chinese medicine. Their hard work and excellent skills gradually to enable Chinese medicine practitioners for the African people are familiar with and accept. In some countries, from the head of state, government officials to ordinary people, have become a loyal supporter of traditional Chinese medicine.
For a very wide spread in Africa, a number of infectious diseases, traditional Chinese medicine reflect its unique effect. Tanzanian President Julius Nyerere any season in the last century 80's made the invitation during his visit to China, Chinese experts came to Tanzania in 1987. So far, the Chinese medicine treatment of AIDS in Tanzania for over 20 years of history, so that the treatment of patients with AIDS逾万名to obtain good results. In the treatment of malaria, artemisinin-based Traditional Chinese Medicine in Kenya and Burundi, where malaria is endemic, and many other widely used in Africa.
As a treasure of traditional Chinese medicine, acupuncture treatment is in Africa was widely welcomed. From East Africa to West Africa, Mali, Tanzania, from Zambia in southern Africa to North Africa, Tunisia, acupuncture and many countries in Africa are renowned for. To Mali as an example, the Chinese ambassador to the local medical teams have treated only have a thousand local officials, including advisors to the president, Minister of Foreign Affairs and so on. In Tunisia, acupuncture famous, people call the "神针." Members were treated to alleviate pain, to the Tunisian Minister of Health suggested the country's development of acupuncture in China. Tunisia, the official newspaper of the ruling party "at liberty" has been widely reported in Chinese medical acupuncture and the role of life saving deeds for the conflict to pay tribute to their contribution to friendship between the two countries.
Chinese medicine practitioners in Africa are in addition to saving lives at the local, but also focus on training local people learn traditional Chinese medicine. The African people are also very pro-active, scrambling to leave for the Chinese system of traditional Chinese medicine theory and methods of learning. Since the 60s of last century, more than 1,000 African students learning Chinese medicine in China, and some even got a master's degree and a doctorate in Chinese medicine.
Sekou Camara of Guinea who is the leader in one of these. In 1973, Camara bid farewell to the Atlantic coast of his hometown, to the distant and mysterious China can learn from. He first studied at the Beijing Languages Institute (now Beijing Language and Culture University), then in Zhongshan, Guangdong Medical College (now the Sun Yat-sen University School of Medicine) medical undergraduate students. Returned to the motherland in 1980, working for some time, Camara in 1982, Zhongshan School of Medicine to re-enter with a 4-year professional specializing in acupuncture. After returning, Camara started acupuncture committed. In his efforts, acupuncture has a long history of this Chinese medicine in the distant land to take root in Africa, Fukuzawa people.
Nevertheless, the development of Chinese medicine in Africa is still facing some problems, such as the number of qualified Chinese medicine is too small, too small for Chinese medicine clinics, some people are still unfamiliar, such as Chinese medicine. However, taking into account the low cost of Chinese medicine, side effects, such as small and user-friendly advantages, together with the large number of students learning Chinese medicine practitioners for the exchange and cooperation in Africa provides a good foundation for China-Africa cooperation in the field of Chinese medicine to improve the prospects.
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