Technical Guidance and Strategic Publications on Traditional Medicine by WHO TCI Unit (1978–2023)
WHO Global TM Summit
This document presents a curated list of key publications and technical products developed by the WHO Traditional, Complementary and Integrative Medicine (TCI) Unit from 1978 to 2023. These resources reflect WHO’s sustained efforts to promote the safe, effective, and evidence-informed integration of traditional medicine (TM) into global health systems. The list includes landmark documents such a...
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Medicina Tradicional, Relatório de Pesquisa, Fitoterapia/métodos, Política de Saúde, TCI Unit, Exhibition Hall - First WHO Traditional Medicine Global Summit
WHO Traditional medicine Milestones timeline
WHO Global TM Summit
This document presents a chronological overview of key milestones in the global development, regulation, and integration of traditional medicine within health systems, as recognized by the World Health Organization (WHO) and its Regional Committees. Starting in 1974, it traces major resolutions, strategic plans, and declarations supporting the institutionalization of traditional and complementary ...
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Medicina Tradicional, Atenção Primária à Saúde/tendências, Política de Saúde/história, TCI Unit, Exhibition Hall - First WHO Traditional Medicine Global Summit
Artificial Inteligence enabled mapping of global evidence on traditional medicine
WHO Global TM Summit
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is reshaping the landscape of Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM) by enabling the dynamic integration of structured and unstructured data, including knowledge from Traditional Medicine (TM). Leveraging Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Machine Learning (ML), AI can extract, structure, and synthesize vast amounts of data from TM sources, enhancing their accessibility and ...
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Processamento de Linguagem Natural, Inteligência Artificial, Aprendizado de Máquina, Medicina Baseada em Evidências, Mineração de Dados, DIGITAL HEALTH, Exhibition Hall - First WHO Traditional Medicine Global Summit
WHO Global Policy Review of the Integration of Traditional, Complementary, Alternative, and/or Integrative Medicine into Health Systems Governance
WHO Global TM Summit
To support the establishment of the WHO Global Centre for Traditional Medicine, the World Health Organization commissioned a global policy review analyzing how Member States integrate traditional, complementary, alternative, and/or integrative medicine into their national health systems. Conducted by Global Health Insights in collaboration with WHO, this review examined governance documents from 6...
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Medicina Tradicional, Integralidade em Saúde, Política de Saúde, Prestação Integrada de Cuidados de Saúde, DIGITAL HEALTH, Exhibition Hall - First WHO Traditional Medicine Global Summit
VHL TCIM Americas
WHO Global TM Summit
The video “VHL TCIM Americas – English” by the BVS Network introduces the Virtual Health Library on Traditional, Complementary, and Integrative Medicine of the Americas (VHL TCIM Americas), an initiative led by BIREME/PAHO/WHO aimed at promoting equitable access to scientific and technical information on TCIM in the region. It highlights how this digital platform supports health professional...
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Medicina Tradicional/tendências, Redes de Comunicação de Computadores, Recursos Materiais em Saúde
Declaration of Alma-Ata on Primary Health Care
WHO Global TM Summit
The Declaration notes that it should rely on traditional practitioners as needed, suitably trained socialy and technically to work as a health team and to respond to the expressed health needs of the community, and that adequate resources should be put toward these services. It calls upon the utilization of traditional products where relevant and notes the need for further research. It states: "T...
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Medicina Tradicional, Organização Pan-Americana da Saúde, Atenção Primária à Saúde, Agentes Comunitários de Saúde, TCI Unit, Exhibition Hall - First WHO Traditional Medicine Global Summit
Virtual Health Library on Traditional Complementary and Integrative Medicine for the Americas
WHO Global TM Summit
The Virtual Health Library on Traditional, Complementary, and Integrative Medicine (VHL TCIM) is a thematic VHL which specializes in Traditional, Complementary, and Integrative Medicine (TCIM) and its related health practices. Its aim is to promote the presence, access, use, and publication of scientific, technical, and educational content that will contribute to the promotion, development and int...
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Medicina Tradicional, Disseminação de Informação, Acesso à Informação, Acessibilidade aos Serviços de Saúde/organização & administração, TCI Unit, Exhibition Hall - First WHO Traditional Medicine Global Summit
WHO Global Centre for Traditional Medicine
WHO Global TM Summit
The WHO Global Centre for Traditional Medicine (GCTM) is a knowledge centre for traditional medicine. As part of WHO’s overall traditional medicine strategy, it has a strategic focus on evidence and learning, data and analytics, sustainability and equity, and innovation and technology to optimize the contribution of traditional medicine to global health and sustainable development. At the same t...
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Medicina Tradicional, Prática Clínica Baseada em Evidências/tendências, Desenvolvimento Sustentável, TCI Unit, Exhibition Hall - First WHO Traditional Medicine Global Summit
Traditional Medicine: five areas of work of the WHO Global Centre for Traditional Medicine (GCTM)
WHO Global TM Summit
The World Health Organization will collaborate with all countries and WHO regions to focus on evidence and learning, data and analysis, sustainability and equity, and innovation and technology to harness the potential contribution of traditional medicine – supported by modern science and principles of diversity, equity and sustainability – for the health of people and the planet. The WHO Globa...
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Medicina Tradicional, Terapias Complementares, Saúde Global, Equidade em Saúde, TCI Unit, Exhibition Hall - First WHO Traditional Medicine Global Summit
Universal health coverage: Reaching remote households
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Under Ghana’s National Health Insurance scheme, the government introduced an insurance programme in 2003 which provides financial protection to make access to quality health services affordable for Ghanaians. Children under 18 are exempted from paying a premium; health services are completely free of charge. Shaibu, a 16-year-old boy, benefited from this coverage as well as from the support of a...
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Seguro de Saúde Baseado na Comunidade, Medicina Tradicional, Agentes Comunitários de Saúde, Acessibilidade aos Serviços de Saúde, TCI Unit, Exhibition Hall - First WHO Traditional Medicine Global Summit
