{"id":256266,"date":"2023-08-16T19:20:40","date_gmt":"2023-08-16T13:50:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=256266"},"modified":"2023-08-16T19:20:40","modified_gmt":"2023-08-16T13:50:40","slug":"who-and-the-ministry-of-ayush-to-host-the-first-ever-global-summit-on-traditional-medicine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/who-and-the-ministry-of-ayush-to-host-the-first-ever-global-summit-on-traditional-medicine\/","title":{"rendered":"WHO and the Ministry of Ayush to host the first-ever Global Summit on Traditional Medicine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The post is based on the article <\/span><b>\u201c<\/b><b>WHO and the Ministry of Ayush to host the first-ever Global Summit on Traditional Medicine<\/b><b>\u201d\u00a0 <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">published in <\/span><b>PIB on 14th August 2023.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><b>What is the News?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first WHO Traditional Medicine Global Summit will take place in Gandhinagar, Gujarat.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About First WHO Traditional Medicine Global Summit:<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><b>Organized by: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">World Health Organization (WHO) and co-hosted by the Ministry of Ayush.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Aim: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To bring together various stakeholders, such as traditional medicine practitioners, policymakers, academics, and others on a common platform to share best practices, evidence and innovation related to how traditional medicine contributes to health and sustainable development.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Significance:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Traditional and complementary medicine has been vital for health in communities for centuries and has influenced modern medical knowledge.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 About 40% of today&#8217;s medicines have natural origins, including well-known drugs like aspirin and artemisinin.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 Currently, 170 countries have informed WHO about their use of traditional medicine, seeking evidence and data to guide safe, cost-effective, and fair policies and regulations.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About WHO <\/b><b>Global Centre for Traditional Medicine:<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2022, WHO with the support of the Government of India established the Global Centre for Traditional Medicine in Jamnagar, Gujarat.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Mandate:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The centre provides leadership on all global health matters related to traditional medicine as well as extending support to member countries in shaping various policies related to traditional medicine research, practices and public health.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Significance:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is the first and only global outpost for traditional medicine across the globe.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: The post is based on the article \u201cWHO and the Ministry of Ayush to host the first-ever Global Summit on Traditional Medicine\u201d\u00a0 published in PIB on 14th August 2023. What is the News? The first WHO Traditional Medicine Global Summit will take place in Gandhinagar, Gujarat. About First WHO Traditional Medicine Global Summit: Organized&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/who-and-the-ministry-of-ayush-to-host-the-first-ever-global-summit-on-traditional-medicine\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">WHO and the Ministry of Ayush to host the first-ever Global Summit on Traditional Medicine<\/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-256266","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":2,"cached_at":1698062651,"cached_date":1698198097},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256266","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=256266"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256266\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=256266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=256266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}