Global Centre for Traditional Medicine

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Global Centre for Traditional Medicine was set up by World Health Organization in Jamnagar, Gujarat, India to promote Traditional Medicines as system of treatment for various ailments. The foundation stone for the centre was laid down by Prime Minister of India Mr. Narendra Modi in the presence of Prime Minister of Mauritius Pravind Kumar Jugnauth and Director-General of the World Health Organization Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on 20th April 2022. The centre is considered important as traditional medicine is first line of treatment in many countries. To support the establishment of Global Centre for Traditional Medicine, and its related infrastructure and operational expenditure, Government of India has committed $250 million. Government offices of 107 member countries of the World Health Organization will be based in the centre.

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In 2023, the first WHO Traditional Medicine Global Summit was held in Gujarat, India alongside the G20 health ministerial meeting. Its aim was to mobilize political commitment and evidence-based action on traditional medicine. According to the WHO, the vast majority of member states use traditional medicine and "have requested evidence and data to inform policies, standards and regulation for its safe, cost-effective and equitable use." [1]

History

The establishment of Global Centre for Traditional Medicine in Jamnagar [2] was announced on 3 November 2020 by World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus. [3] The centre which is first of its kind is planned as global traditional medicine hub. [4] The centre is set up with the Initial Investment of $250 million support from Indian Government to meet its infrastructural and operational costs. [5]

Objective

Global Centre for Traditional Medicine has been set up with following objectives: [6] [7]

  1. Use of technology for the creation of traditional knowledge database system.
  2. To improve the acceptability of traditional medicines, the centre plans to create testing and certification of these medicines based on International level standards.
  3. Becoming a platform for traditional medicine experts from all over the world to join hands and use their experience in developing the medicines.
  4. The centre should be able to raise funds to be used in research for the development of traditional medicines.
  5. For any patient to get benefitted from both traditional and modern medicines, the centre should design holistic treatment protocols for specific diseases.

Participating countries

Government offices of 107 WHO member countries will have its offices in the centre. [2]

Need

The following are the main reasons for setting up the centre [3]

Focus

Global Centre for Traditional Medicine will focus on establishing qualitative standards on practices and products of traditional medicine through following approaches: [2] [8]

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