ICoSDiTAUS-2020

News:Recently,ICoSDiTAUS-2020,the International Conference on Standardisation of Diagnosis and Terminologies in Ayurveda, Unani and Siddha Systems of Medicine concluded in New Delhi.

Facts:

About the conference:

• The conference was jointly organized by the Ministry of AYUSH and the World Health Organization(WHO) in New Delhi.
• The conference adopted the New Delhi Declaration on Collection and Classification of Traditional Medicine(TM) Diagnostic Data.

About New Delhi Declaration:

• The New Delhi declaration emphasised the commitment of the countries to Traditional Medicine (TM) as a significant area of health care.
• It also sought for inclusion of traditional systems of medicine like Ayurveda, Unani and Siddha in the International Classification of Diseases(ICD) of WHO which is the standard diagnostic tool for health management across the world.