The College of Pharmacy at the University of Basrah organized the annual Healing Herb Festival under the slogan (Less Waste...For a More Beautiful Country...For a More Beautiful Iraq...And for More Beautiful Basra).
The Dean of the College, Dr. Falah Hassan Shari, explained the importance of medicinal herbs and their positive impact on the body and the reduction of diseases if used in the correct medical methods as the use of herbal remedies reduces the side effects of many serious diseases. He also indicated that the activities of the College of Pharmacy are nothing but an embodiment of all scientific, cultural and human energies which the university have.
The festival included a number of activities, including the charitable market, the exhibition of medicinal plants, the exhibition of materials that have been recycled and beautifully presented, in addition to an exhibition of books and drawings, an exhibition of medicinal herbs and vegetable oils, an exhibition of medicines, and a free medical examination for hypertension and diabetes, where the proceeds of all these activities go to the Al-Amal Institute for the Deaf and Dumb.
