Traditional medicine strategy attracts international discussion

The new global strategy set directions for research, safety and appropriate integration.

Member states adopted a strategy for 2025–2034 at the assembly.

The strategy called for building knowledge about practices and assessing quality.

The WHO policy encourages work with communities while protecting patient safety.

Publication date: WHO described expert and official support for its strategy on traditional, complementary and integrative medicine.

Publication date: the WHO discussion considered how national systems can address evidence, appropriate use and safety.

The dated WHO report concerns a global policy strategy, not a clinical finding that any particular remedy works.

Publication date: WHO explained how the newly adopted strategy addresses Indigenous Peoples’ knowledge and rights.

Publication date: the World Health Assembly account connected traditional care with conservation and environmental sustainability.

Publication date: WHO set out the strategy’s concern with effective and safe practice, regulation and research.