US EditionAncient Cures and AI: WHO Seeks Evidence for Traditional Medicine
The summit brings together experts from over 100 countries to boost evidence, regulation, and collaboration for traditional medicine under the WHO Global Strategy 2025–2034.
- The World Health Organization and the Government of India jointly opened the second global summit on traditional medicine on Wednesday, convening Ministers, scientists, indigenous leaders and practitioners from more than 100 countries.
- India has emphasised moving toward collaboration between traditional and modern systems of medicine and framed global engagement as a platform for knowledge exchange and capacity building, organisers said.
- Vaidya Rajesh Kotecha, AYUSH Secretary, explained India's major agendas, stressing cross-disciplinary exposure, collaborative research, and referral-based primary health services in education and practice.
- Organisers expect the summit to announce major scientific initiatives and new commitments to advance the WHO Global Traditional Medicine Strategy 2025–2034, promoting regulatory harmonisation, quality assurance, capacity building, biodiversity conservation, and protection of traditional knowledge.
- Any international growth of Indian systems of medicine should be evidence-based, demand-driven and aligned with partner-country regulations and WHO guidance, organisers said.
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