Micropropagation Live Pharmacy for Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases Program: The Construction of a New Model Organic Food Production and Medical Plants in Urban Farms.
The Micropropagation live Pharmacy for Chronic Non-communicable Diseases (CND) Program (PFVMDCNT) arises as a new strategy to promote CNDs treatment by building green and healthy environments in order to improve public health through prevention by healthy diet and rational use of medicinal plants. Based on these assumptions, this article aims to reflect on the PFVMDCNT potential and contradictions in the changing process of the current agricultural production model of conventional living pharmacies for the micropropagation model here proposed. This study involves a descriptive-reflexive methodology, presenting two literature based themes: the origins of Brazil’s living pharmacy programs historical review and new trends such as urban farms and vertical gardens, with special attention to the PFVMDCNT.
The Micropropagation live Pharmacy for Chronic Non-communicable Diseases (CND) Program (PFVMDCNT) emerged in 2015 at the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences of University of São Paulo, Brazil as a new strategy for reorienting the agricultural production model in conventional living pharmacies.
The light of the review presented here it is possible to understand that the PFVMDCNT brings a new strategy for the Chronic Non-communicable Diseases prevention and treatment. Cultivate a living pharmacy by micropropagation ensures reproducibility and traceability of the plants obtained, making it possible to obtain larger amounts of organic food and medicinal plants all year, thus being most auspicious compared to the conventional model. In addition to intervene positively in the public health, PFVMDCNT contributes to the environment and environmental education, through organic waste management, and technology transfer to population.
Public Health Open J. 2016; 1(1): 1-3. doi: 10.17140/PHOJ-1-101
