Evidence-based traditional medicine for transforming global health and well-being

Bhushan Patwardhan¹, L Susan Wieland², Obijiofor Aginam³, Anchalee Chuthaputti⁴, Ricardo Ghelman⁵, Roshanak Ghods⁶, Goh Cheng Soon⁷, Motlalepula G Matsabisa⁸, Georg Seifert⁹, Sione Tu'itahi¹⁰, Kim Sung Chol¹¹, Shyama Kuruvilla¹², Kathi Kemper¹³, Holger Cramer¹⁴, H R Nagendra¹⁵, Anup Thakar¹⁶, Tanuja Nesari¹⁷, Sanjeev Sharma¹⁸, Narayanam Srikanth¹⁹, Rabinarayan Acharya²⁰

Affiliations

¹ Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine, Ramkumar Rathi Patanjali Yoga Chair at School of Health Sciences, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, India; External Advisory Group for the WHO Traditional Medicine Global Summit, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland. Electronic address: bpatwardhan@gmail.com.
² External Advisory Group for the WHO Traditional Medicine Global Summit, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland; Department of Family & Community Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, United States of America.
³ External Advisory Group for the WHO Traditional Medicine Global Summit, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland; United Nations University International Institute for Global Health, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
⁴ External Advisory Group for the WHO Traditional Medicine Global Summit, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland; Department of Thai Traditional and Alternative Medicine, Nonthaburi, Thailand.
⁵ External Advisory Group for the WHO Traditional Medicine Global Summit, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland; Department of Medicine to Primary Care, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
⁶ External Advisory Group for the WHO Traditional Medicine Global Summit, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland; Department of Traditional Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
⁷ External Advisory Group for the WHO Traditional Medicine Global Summit, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland; Traditional and Complementary Medicine Division, Ministry of Health, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
⁸ External Advisory Group for the WHO Traditional Medicine Global Summit, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland; African Medicines Innovations and Technologies Development, Department of Pharmacology, School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa.
⁹ External Advisory Group for the WHO Traditional Medicine Global Summit, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland; Department of Pediatrics, Division of Oncology and Hematology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
¹⁰ External Advisory Group for the WHO Traditional Medicine Global Summit, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland; Health Promotion Forum, Auckland, New Zealand.
¹¹ TCI Unit, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
¹² World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
¹³ Journal Editors Endorsing Editorial; Complementary Therapies in Medicine, Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH, United States of America.
¹⁴ Journal Editors Endorsing Editorial; Journal of Integrative and Complementary Medicine; Institute of General Practice and Interprofessional Care, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany; Robert Bosch Center for Integrative Medicine and Health, Bosch Health Campus, Stuttgart, Germany.
¹⁵ Journal Editors Endorsing Editorial; Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge, S-VYASA Yoga University, Bengaluru, India.
¹⁶ Journal Editors Endorsing Editorial; AYU Journal, Institute of Teaching and Research in Ayurveda, Jamnagar, India.
¹⁷ Journal Editors Endorsing Editorial; International Journal of Ayurveda Research, All India Institute of Ayurveda, New Delhi, India.
¹⁸ Journal Editors Endorsing Editorial; Journal of Ayurveda, National Institute of Ayurveda, Jaipur, India.
¹⁹ Journal Editors Endorsing Editorial; Journal of Research in Ayurvedic Sciences, Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences, New Delhi, India.
²⁰ Journal Editors Endorsing Editorial; Journal of Drug Research in Ayurvedic Sciences, Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences, New Delhi, India.

PMID: 37562183
PMCID: PMC10432791
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaim.2023.100790

Editorial

Evidence-based traditional medicine for transforming global health and well-being

Bhushan Patwardhan et al. J Ayurveda Integr Med. 2023 Jul-Aug.

. 2023 Jul-Aug;14(4):100790.

doi: 10.1016/j.jaim.2023.100790. Epub 2023 Aug 8.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine, Ramkumar Rathi Patanjali Yoga Chair at School of Health Sciences, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, India; External Advisory Group for the WHO Traditional Medicine Global Summit, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland. Electronic address: bpatwardhan@gmail.com.
² External Advisory Group for the WHO Traditional Medicine Global Summit, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland; Department of Family & Community Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, United States of America.
³ External Advisory Group for the WHO Traditional Medicine Global Summit, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland; United Nations University International Institute for Global Health, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
⁴ External Advisory Group for the WHO Traditional Medicine Global Summit, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland; Department of Thai Traditional and Alternative Medicine, Nonthaburi, Thailand.
⁵ External Advisory Group for the WHO Traditional Medicine Global Summit, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland; Department of Medicine to Primary Care, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
⁶ External Advisory Group for the WHO Traditional Medicine Global Summit, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland; Department of Traditional Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
⁷ External Advisory Group for the WHO Traditional Medicine Global Summit, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland; Traditional and Complementary Medicine Division, Ministry of Health, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
⁸ External Advisory Group for the WHO Traditional Medicine Global Summit, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland; African Medicines Innovations and Technologies Development, Department of Pharmacology, School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa.
⁹ External Advisory Group for the WHO Traditional Medicine Global Summit, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland; Department of Pediatrics, Division of Oncology and Hematology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
¹⁰ External Advisory Group for the WHO Traditional Medicine Global Summit, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland; Health Promotion Forum, Auckland, New Zealand.
¹¹ TCI Unit, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
¹² World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
¹³ Journal Editors Endorsing Editorial; Complementary Therapies in Medicine, Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH, United States of America.
¹⁴ Journal Editors Endorsing Editorial; Journal of Integrative and Complementary Medicine; Institute of General Practice and Interprofessional Care, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany; Robert Bosch Center for Integrative Medicine and Health, Bosch Health Campus, Stuttgart, Germany.
¹⁵ Journal Editors Endorsing Editorial; Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge, S-VYASA Yoga University, Bengaluru, India.
¹⁶ Journal Editors Endorsing Editorial; AYU Journal, Institute of Teaching and Research in Ayurveda, Jamnagar, India.
¹⁷ Journal Editors Endorsing Editorial; International Journal of Ayurveda Research, All India Institute of Ayurveda, New Delhi, India.
¹⁸ Journal Editors Endorsing Editorial; Journal of Ayurveda, National Institute of Ayurveda, Jaipur, India.
¹⁹ Journal Editors Endorsing Editorial; Journal of Research in Ayurvedic Sciences, Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences, New Delhi, India.
²⁰ Journal Editors Endorsing Editorial; Journal of Drug Research in Ayurvedic Sciences, Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences, New Delhi, India.

PMID: 37562183
PMCID: PMC10432791
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaim.2023.100790

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