{"id":62229,"date":"2025-12-20T18:58:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T13:28:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/?p=62229"},"modified":"2025-12-23T17:37:34","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T12:07:34","slug":"who-global-summit-traditional-medicine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/20-12-2025\/who-global-summit-traditional-medicine","title":{"rendered":"Second WHO Global Summit on Traditional Medicine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Syllabus: GS2\/ Health<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Context<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>India hosted the <strong>2nd WHO Global Summit on Traditional Medicine <\/strong>in New Delhi.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The theme of the summit is <strong>\u201cRestoring Balance for People and Planet: The Science and Practice of Well-Being.\u201d<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Key Outcomes of the summit<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Initiatives Launched:&nbsp;<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>My Ayush Integrated Services Portal (MAISP): <\/strong>A master digital portal for services, research and governance in the Ayush sector.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ayush Mark:<\/strong> Envisioned as a global quality benchmark for Ayush products and services.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Traditional Medicine Global Library (TMGL), <\/strong>the world\u2019s largest digital repository on traditional, complementary and integrative medicine.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The initiative is grounded<strong> <\/strong>in the <strong>Gujarat Declaration (2023) <\/strong>and aligned with<strong> WHO\u2019s Global Traditional Medicine Strategy 2025\u20132034.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Announcement of international collaborations, including a <strong>Centre of Excellence for BIMSTEC countries<\/strong> and an I<strong>ndia\u2013Japan partnership in traditional medicine.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The summit stressed the use of <strong>digital health tools and AI for research<\/strong>, data generation and wider access to traditional medicine.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What are Traditional Medicines?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Traditional medicine refers to <strong>codified or non-codified systems<\/strong> for health care and well-being, comprising <strong>practices, skills, knowledge and philosophies <\/strong>originating in different historical and cultural contexts, which are distinct from and pre-date biomedicine, evolving with science for current use from an experience-based origin.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Traditional medicine emphasizes<strong> nature-based remedies<\/strong> and holistic, personalized approaches to restore balance of mind, body and environment.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The WHO Global Traditional Medicine Centre (GTMC) in <strong>Jamnagar, Gujarat.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Traditional Medicine system in India:<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-dominant-color=\"66b4c2\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"297\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-images.nextias.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto\/ca\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-114.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"not-transparent wp-image-62230\" style=\"--dominant-color: #66b4c2; aspect-ratio:2.101101897080541;width:498px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-images.nextias.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto\/ca\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-114.png 624w, https:\/\/wp-images.nextias.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto\/ca\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-114-300x143.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img data-dominant-color=\"bbbfb7\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"556\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-images.nextias.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto\/ca\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-115-1024x556.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"not-transparent wp-image-62231\" style=\"--dominant-color: #bbbfb7; aspect-ratio:1.8417712320139528;width:522px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-images.nextias.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto\/ca\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-115-1024x556.png 1024w, https:\/\/wp-images.nextias.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto\/ca\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-115-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/wp-images.nextias.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto\/ca\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-115-768x417.png 768w, https:\/\/wp-images.nextias.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto\/ca\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-115.png 1384w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fff2cc\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>1st WHO Global Summit on Traditional Medicine<\/strong><br>&#8211; <strong>India hosted the 1st WHO Global Summit on Traditional Medicine in 2023 in Gandhinagar, Gujarat.<\/strong><br>1. It adopted the <strong>Gujarat Declaration<\/strong>, which;<br>1. Reaffirmed global commitment to evidence-based <strong>traditional, complementary and integrative medicine (TCIM),<\/strong><br>2. Called for improved data and regulatory frameworks, and&nbsp;<br>3. Acknowledged India\u2019s leadership in shaping a holistic, culturally rooted and scientifically aligned global health agenda.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/pm-modi-who-global-summit-on-traditional-medicine-in-delhi\/article70416322.ece\/amp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>TH<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Context<\/strong><\/p>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">India hosted the 2nd WHO Global Summit on Traditional Medicine in New Delhi.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>What are Traditional Medicines?<\/strong><\/p>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">Traditional medicine refers to codified or non-codified systems for health care and well-being, comprising practices, skills, knowledge and philosophies originating in different historical and cultural contexts, which are distinct from and pre-date biomedicine, evolving with science for current use from an experience-based origin.<\/li>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">Traditional medicine emphasizes nature-based remedies and holistic, personalized approaches to restore balance of mind, body and environment.<\/li>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">The WHO Global Traditional Medicine Centre (GTMC) in Jamnagar, Gujarat.<\/li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/20-12-2025\/who-global-summit-traditional-medicine\" class=\"btn btn-primary btn-sm float-end\">Read\u00a0More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-affairs"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62229"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62229\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62427,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62229\/revisions\/62427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}