The Prime Minister has laid the foundation stone of the WHO Global Centre for Traditional Medicine (GCTM) in Jamnagar, Gujarat.<\/span><\/p>\n Note: \u200b\u200b<\/b>The first Ayurvedic University that was established in the world was also in Jamnagar.<\/span><\/p>\n Setup by:<\/b> Ministry of Ayush and <\/span>World Health Organization(WHO).<\/span><\/p>\n Purpose<\/b>: It will serve as a knowledge centre for traditional medicine.<\/span><\/p>\n Focus Areas: <\/b>T<\/span>he center will focus on five main areas: 1) research and leadership, 2) evidence and learning, 3) data and analytics, 4) sustainability and equity and 5) innovation and technology,<\/span><\/p>\n Goals: <\/b>The <\/span>five goals for the new GCTM are:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n First,<\/b> to create a database of traditional knowledge system using technology;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Second<\/b>, it can create international standards for testing and certification of traditional medicines so that confidence in these medicines improves.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Third<\/b>, it should evolve as a platform where global experts of traditional medicines come together and share experiences.<\/span><\/p>\n Fourth, <\/b>it should mobilize funding for research in the field of traditional medicines.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Finally,<\/b> it should develop protocols for the holistic treatment of specific diseases so that patients could benefit from both traditional and modern medicine.<\/span><\/p>\n Significance: <\/b>GCTM will be the first and only global outpost centre for traditional medicine across the world. It will emerge as an international hub of global wellness.<\/span><\/p>\n Source: <\/b>This post is based on the article<\/span> \u201c<\/b>PM lays the foundation stone of WHO Global Centre for Traditional Medicine in Jamnagar<\/b>\u201d <\/b>published in<\/span> PIB <\/b>on<\/span> 19th April 2022.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" What is the News? The Prime Minister has laid the foundation stone of the WHO Global Centre for Traditional Medicine (GCTM) in Jamnagar, Gujarat. Note: \u200b\u200bThe first Ayurvedic University that was established in the world was also in Jamnagar. What is WHO Global Centre for Traditional Medicine (GCTM)? Setup by: Ministry of Ayush and World… Continue reading PM lays the foundation stone of WHO Global Centre for Traditional Medicine in Jamnagar<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,7965,9],"tags":[3590],"class_list":["post-180328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-miscellaneous-daily-factly-articles","category-public","tag-pib","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704806729},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180328"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180328\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}What is WHO Global Centre for Traditional Medicine (GCTM)?<\/b><\/h5>\n