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15/08/23 09:05 AM IST

Global summit on traditional medicine

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  • World Health Organisation (WHO) and Ministry of Ayush will host the first-ever global summit on traditional medicine at Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
About Summit
  • The key focus areas of summit being research, evidence and learning policy, data and regulations, innovation and digital health and biodiversity, equity and traditional knowledge.
  • The summit is expected to develop a roadmap toward creating a more holistic and healthier world for future generations by recognising the inter-connectedness between human health, planetary harmony, and technological advancement.
  • The summit will also see exhibitions of traditional systems of medicine from across the globe.
  • In 2022, WHO, with the support of the Government of India, established the Global Centre for Traditional Medicine.
  • Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi, laid the foundation stone of WHO-GCTM last year in the presence of the Director-General, WHO, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. The centre is a collaborative project of the Ministry of Ayush of India and the World Health Organization (WHO) and is the first and only global outpost for traditional medicine across the globe.
  • The WHO GCTM will provide leadership on all global health matters related to traditional medicine as well as extend support to member countries in shaping various policies related to traditional medicine research, practices and public health.
  • In a significant move, this year's highly anticipated event in the form of the WHO Global Summit on Traditional Medicine is taking place.
Source- The Hindu

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