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WHO Global Traditional Medicine Centre
WHO Global Traditional Medicine Centre
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Organization Timeline
WHO reports roadmap talks on traditional medicine
📅 21 March 2024Publication date: WHO described collaborations prioritized by experts meeting in New Delhi and Jamnagar.
Traditional medicine discussions include over 40 countries
📅 21 March 2024Publication date: WHO reported participation by experts from more than 40 countries across its six regions.
Health researchers meet practitioners and communities
📅 21 March 2024Publication date: WHO said researchers, policy makers, practitioners and community organizations joined the India discussions.
Jamnagar centre seeks an evidence-led research plan
📅 21 March 2024Publication date: the WHO Global Traditional Medicine Centre described efforts to organize international evidence and research priorities.
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.
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.
WHO reports traditional knowledge at biodiversity COP
📅 7 November 2024Publication date: WHO recounted traditional medicine discussions at the COP16 biodiversity meeting in Colombia.
Indigenous leaders gain attention in biodiversity talks
📅 7 November 2024Publication date: the WHO report emphasized direct participation of Indigenous rights holders.
Medicine and ecosystem protection meet at COP16
📅 7 November 2024Publication date: speakers linked medicinal knowledge with preserving the plants and environments on which it depends.
Traditional practitioners join health and biodiversity exchange
📅 7 November 2024Publication date: WHO described a COP16 session involving knowledge holders and health policymakers.