Abstract
Although the importance of Pharmaceutical Assistance, there is no global instrument that specifically justifies its necessity on the specificity of indigenous health. This article lists existing studies on pharmaceutical assistance in an indigenous context. It has a qualitative character, conducted through an integrative literature review. National and international databases were consulted for the scientific articles searching, using specific descriptions of the object of interest. Three thousand nine hundred fifteen articles were found in the databases searched, related to the object of interest, in this case, Indigenous Pharmaceutical Assistance. Many studies did not have any relation with the object of interest, and most of them aimed to understand, from the conventional biomedical perspective, the mechanisms of the therapeutic resources of the indigenous people in the world, as well as to investigate scientifically plant and animal materials used in the indigenous traditional medicine, by using known conventional methodologies. A range of studies has addressed specifically illnesses through case studies, in which the focus is the evolution of the disease or western therapy were applied to the indigenous subject, in a research form that tries to indicate different clinical responses to the treatment and the outcome of the pathology. Researches involving planning, implementation, development, and evaluation of Indigenous Pharmaceutical Assistance are crucial for the future development of global policies for these people.
Highlights
The 400 million indigenous peoples worldwide represent a wealth of linguistic and cultural diversity, as well as traditional knowledge and sustainable practices that are invaluable resources for human development
There is little published academic or governmental research on Pharmaceutical Assistance aimed at the Indigenous context in the world, despite the considerable public expenditure at global and territorial levels on pharmaceutical products and their importance to health care delivery
Different responsibilities influence the actions of Indigenous Pharmaceutical Assistance; respect for the differentiated lifestyle of indigenous peoples is crucial for personalized care in harmony with both the biomedical and other therapeutic models
Summary
The 400 million indigenous peoples worldwide represent a wealth of linguistic and cultural diversity, as well as traditional knowledge and sustainable practices that are invaluable resources for human development. These indigenous peoples are an important pillar of this diversity, especially in the cultural field, as their knowledge and practices contribute to the formation of the current model of societies. Even though they are under constant pressure to integrate with hegemonic, Western culture, and many of them have been devastated, these practices and knowledge. The publication of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNIDRIP), twenty-eight years later, represents a milestone in the international defense of these peoples by ensuring that their fundamental rights were protected from the interests of States against the setbacks of economic interests or different social strata (UN, 2007)
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