Traditional Medicine Global Summit to be held in Gandhinagar on Aug 17, 18

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World Health Organisation (WHO) will organise the Traditional Medicine Global Summit on August 17 and 18 in Gujarat's Gandhinagar to explore the role of traditional, complementary and integrative medicine in addressing pressing health challenges, a statement said. Co-hosted by the government of India, the summit will also explore ways to realise the potential of evidence-based knowledge in the use of traditional medicine for people's health and well-being around the world, the statement issued by the WHO said. WHO director-general and regional directors, G20 health ministers and high-level invitees from countries across the WHO's six regions will participate in the summit. Scientists, practitioners of traditional medicine, health workers and members of civil society organisations will also take part in it. The summit will explore ways to scale up scientific advances and realise the potential of evidence-based knowledge in the use of traditional medicine for people's health and well-being around the world, the statement said.

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Scientists and other experts will lead technical discussions on research, evidence and learning; policy, data and regulation; innovation and digital health; and biodiversity, equity and indigenous knowledge, it said. «Traditional medicine can play an important and catalytic role in achieving the goal of universal health coverage and meeting global health-related targets that were off-track even before the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic,» said WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. «Bringing traditional medicine into the mainstream of healthcare — appropriately, effectively, and above all, safely