Knowledge and Research Center for Alternative Medicine (ViFAB).

ViFAB is a center under the Danish Ministry of the Interior and Health.

Objectives and Tasks

The objectives of ViFAB are:

  • To promote knowledge of different forms of alternative therapies and their effect
  • To promote and develop research within this sphere 
  • To encourage a dialogue between health care staff, alternative practitioners and users

To achieve ViFABs objectives, the tasks of the center include:

  • To collect, process, develop and disseminate knowledge of alternative therapies and herbal medicine
  • To initiate research within the field of alternative therapy and herbal medicine – either in the context of the center or other research environments, including co-operating with existing research institutions
  • To encourage a dialogue between registered health care staff, alternative practitioners and users
  • To promote knowledge of the philosophical foundation of alternative therapies and herbal medicine  
     

Last updated 07-05-2008