Traditional Medicine a Priority for Indian Government

Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Mansukh Mandaviya, emphasized the government's distinct attention towards traditional medicine, highlighting the development of a dedicated Ministry of AYUSH to address this area (1^✔ ✔Trusted Source
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Focusing on Traditional Medicine: Indian Leadership Highlighted at WHO Global Summit

“In India, under the leadership of Prime Minister (Narendra Modi), we have a specific focus on traditional medicine and established a separate Ministry of AYUSH, which includes Ayurveda, Yoga, Unani, Siddha, and Homeopathy,” he said while addressing the concluding session of the two-day World Health Organization (WHO) Global Summit on Traditional Medicine. AYUSH Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and other dignitaries were also present. Referring to COVID-19 pandemic, the Minister said, “During the COVID-19 crisis, traditional medicines had played a very important role through scientific and evidence-based medicines in terms of preventive, therapeutic and public health management.” “Under the overarching theme of India’s G20 Presidency of ‘One Earth, One Family and One Future’ and focus on reducing fragmentation and enhancing convergence, this meeting will be a torch bearer for effective health systems strengthening and will bring additional research, evidence and innovation to help us meet health-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).”

“The summit will help identify potential areas for collaboration and innovation in traditional medicines and help harness traditional medicine in achieving Universal Health Coverage goals,” Sonowal said.Speaking on the occasion, the WHO DG said, “Traditional medicines never had this kind of attention from governments, even though they have been practiced since millennia. Recognizing the benefits in the use of traditional medicines, WHO recently established the Global Centre for Traditional Medicine in Jamnagar, Gujarat.”

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1. G20 India Presidency - (https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1950157)

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