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The United Nations condemns discrimination against Indians in South Africa
📅 8 December 1946After India raised the treatment of people of Indian origin, the UN General Assembly declared that relations between the two countries should conform to international obligations and the UN Charter.
India hosts new centre devoted to studying traditions
📅 25 March 2022The March announcement described an upcoming centre; its onsite launch was scheduled separately for April.
Traditional medicine centre includes sustainability
📅 25 March 2022Publication date: WHO linked future centre work to equity and sustainable use of knowledge and natural resources.
Jamnagar centre plans evidence and learning work
📅 25 March 2022Publication date: WHO named evidence and learning among the planned centre’s strategic areas.
WHO and India announce a traditional medicine centre
📅 25 March 2022Publication date: WHO announced an agreement to establish its Global Centre for Traditional Medicine in Jamnagar.
WHO traditional medicine centre breaks ground
📅 19 April 2022A ceremony in Jamnagar marked the start of a new WHO centre for traditional medicine.
Jamnagar hosts an international health initiative
📅 19 April 2022The centre aimed to support research and knowledge exchange on traditional medicine.
India’s healing traditions enter global discussion
📅 19 April 2022WHO cited Ayurveda and other systems while calling for evidence-based study.
Traditional knowledge raises research questions
📅 19 April 2022The groundbreaking was a commitment to study and policy development, not approval of every remedy.
First WHO Traditional Medicine Global Summit opens
📅 17 August 2023Delegates met in Gandhinagar to discuss evidence, access and the future of traditional medicine.
India hosts an international medicine summit
📅 17 August 2023The Indian government and WHO convened practitioners, researchers and policymakers.
Ethiopian healing traditions enter the opening speech
📅 17 August 2023WHO’s director-general referred to his experience of traditional practitioners in Ethiopia.
Traditional knowledge meets public-health debate
📅 17 August 2023The meeting asked how practices could be studied and integrated responsibly into health systems.
Indian-hosted summit links medicine and health policy
📅 18 August 2023The WHO summit connected traditional medicine, research and public health at an international meeting hosted in India.
Global summit discusses the limits of existing evidence
📅 18 August 2023Participants considered research and governance of traditional care; holding a summit did not validate every practice discussed.
Traditional medicine summit brings countries together
📅 18 August 2023The closing date of the Gandhinagar meeting marks international discussion of evidence and health systems across diverse knowledge traditions.
First WHO traditional medicine summit concludes in India
📅 18 August 2023The first WHO Global Traditional Medicine Summit concluded in Gandhinagar after its two-day meeting on 17–18 August 2023.
Jamnagar centre plans work on Indigenous knowledge
📅 31 July 2024The WHO centre named Indigenous knowledges and biodiversity among its connected areas of work.
Traditional medicine centre plans research and evidence work
📅 31 July 2024The India-supported centre identified research and evidence as one of its core areas rather than assuming all inherited treatments work.
India and WHO connect traditional care with primary care
📅 31 July 2024The donor agreement supported centre work on primary health care, access and appropriate study of traditional knowledge.
India pledges funding for WHO traditional medicine centre
📅 31 July 2024At a signing ceremony in Geneva, India committed US$85 million over ten years toward work at the WHO centre in Jamnagar.
Second WHO traditional medicine summit opens in India
📅 17 December 2025The three-day New Delhi summit opened on 17 December with a focus on evidence and health systems.
WHO summit discusses rights to medicinal biodiversity
📅 17 December 2025The opening announcement connected study of medicine with Indigenous rights and fair sharing of benefits.
New Delhi summit proposes common safety standards
📅 17 December 2025WHO called for scientific rigour, product quality and regulation in discussions of traditional practices.
Summit introduces a global health information agenda
📅 17 December 2025The announcement described plans for wider access to documented research on traditional medicine.