Using Grassroots Innovations for Public Health

  • From which Indian plant were the important anti-cancer alkaloids vinblastine and vincristine discovered, locally known as sadabahar or nayantara? – Catharanthus roseus
  • Which is India’s leading institution that protects community knowledge and grassroots innovations under Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)? – National Innovation Foundation India
  • What is the name of the mission launched in 2022 to strengthen ethnomedicine by establishing coordination among human, animal, and environmental health? – National One Health Mission
  • In what percentage of India’s plant species are medicinal (pharmacological) properties found, providing a vast reservoir for modern drug development? – Approximately 17 ....
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