African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines (AJTCAM) will publish a Special issue in 2011 titled “Reviews of Modern Tools in Traditional Medicines” Experts in different fields of this Issue are expected to write on any of the following topics below. Accepted papers after review will be published without the usual publication fees. Abstracts of accepted papers may also appear in French. Authors should please read the instructions for authors in preparing their manuscripts.

Topics include:
1. Specific Case Management Studies in Traditional Medicines (e.g. Malaria, Diabetes, Snake bites, Cancer, Infertility etc)
2. Traditional Medical Practice (e.g. General Practice, Psychiatry, Traditional Birth Attendants etc) in Different Systems of Traditional Medicines.
3. African Traditional Medicines
4. Chinese Traditional Medicines
5. Indian Systems of Medicines
6. Complementary and Alternative Medicines
7. Other Systems of Traditional Medicines
8. Evaluation of Herbal Products as Potential Medicines/Drugs
9. Clinical trials of Herbal Medicines
10. Traditional Medicines and HIV/AIDs – Current Research
11. Chemical Profiling of Herbal Medicines
12. Cultivation of Medicinal Plants
13. Safety Evaluation of Herbal Products/Medicines
14. Standardization of Herbal Medicines
15. Packaging of Herbal Products
16. Economics of Herbal Medicines
17. Biotechnology and Traditional Medicines

Papers should be uploaded online on our website (http://journals.sfu.ca/africanem/index.php/ajtcam/index)or sent to the Editor (cadewumi@yahoo.com) or any of the corresponding Editors (Dr Jue Zhou (juezhou2006@yahoo.com.cn) and Dr. Fan Qu (qufan43@yahoo.com.cn).)of the journal via E-mail and marked “Paper for Special Issue”