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Why Acupuncture?
For over 3,000 years, traditional (and modern) Chinese practitioners have relied on medicinal herbs and acupuncture to successfully treat millions of people. There is historical evidence of a Maya puncture method in Central America that was similar to early chinese acupuncture. Training in acupuncture as preventive and curative medicine began in Guatemala during the 1970s, was used by communities in exile during the 1980s, in Mexican refugee camps, and then resumed in Guatemala in the 1990s. The method has been eagerly accepted by rural communities and its use is growing.
Board of Directors
GUAMAP is organized with an active Board of Directors meeting several times annually which deliberates on program planning, fundraising, and medical supervision of the training program. Operations, training logistics, and initial recruitment of acupuncturists are handled by the local Coordinating Committee (CC) in Tucson, Arizona - GUAMAP's home office. The Acupuncture Working Group (AWG) writes training curriculum and certification standards, reviews and assesses training and monitoring, and completes recruitment of acupuncturist trainers.
| Blake Gentry, MPPM | Tucson, Arizona, USA | | Jorge Ibarra, MD, MPH | El Paso, Texas, USA | | Laurie Melrood, LSMW | Tucson, Arizona, USA | | Subhuti Dharmananda, Ph.D. | Portland,Oregon, USA | | Evelyn Schulte, Dipl AC | Minnesota, USA |
Ron Rosen, OMD, FNAAOM, Dipl. AC, Dipl. CH (not en abstenia, sino Presente!)
In Memoriam of Doc Rosen
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