Tuesday, April 20, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, along with World Health Organization director-general Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus, officially launched the first-of-its-kind WHO Global Centre for Traditional Medicine (GCTM) in Gujarat’s Jamnagar.
Apart from ayurveda, unani, siddha or sowa-rigpa, the institute will also focus on traditional medicines and therapies used across the globe, such as African traditional medicine, Arab and Islamic medicines, and Chinese healing practices.
It will also conduct further studies to collect evidence on the work mechanisms of popular therapies such as osteopathy, chiropractic, acupuncture, nuad thai, tuina, naturopathy, and homoeopathy.
“The whole world will come to India’s Jamnagar and India will go to the whole world,” Ghebreyesus told the audience during the official launch of the project in Gujarat on Tuesday.
“It is one of the biggest achievements of India to lead the global consortium on traditional medicines. India will become the driving force for mainstreaming the traditional medicine for universal health coverage and creation of evidence-based integrative practices,” said Bhushan Patwardhan, member of India’s GCTM task force, and chairman of AYUSH ministry R&D task force on Covid-19.
The institute, Global Centre for Traditional Medicine (GCTM), which aims to catalyse ancient wisdom and modern science, will be built on a 35-acre piece of land in Jamnagar, Gujarat. The site was approved by the WHO and UN Department of Safety and Security site assessments and is planned to be ready by 2024.
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