Evidence-based traditional medicine for transforming global health & wellbeing

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 & Integrative Medicine, Ramkumar Rathi Patanjali Yoga Chair, School of Health Sciences, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, Maharashtra; External Advisory Group for the WHO Traditional Medicine Global Summit, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
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, USA.
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; Institute of Thai Traditional Medicine, Nonthaburi, Thailand.
⁵ External Advisory Group for the WHO Traditional Medicine Global Summit, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland; Department of Medicine & 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 Persian 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 & 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; Department of Health Sciences, University of the 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 & Hematology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin.
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, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD; Complementary Therapies in Medicine, Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH, USA.
¹⁴ Journal Editors Endorsing Editorial, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA; Journal of Complementary & Integrative Medicine, University of Duisburg-Essen Chair of Complementary & Integrative Medicine, Essen, Germany.
¹⁵ Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge, S-VYASA Yoga University, Bengaluru, Karnataka; Journal Editors Endorsing Editorial, Baltimore, MD, USA.
¹⁶ AYU Journal, Institute of Teaching & Research in Ayurveda, Jamnagar, Gujarat, India; Journal Editors Endorsing Editorial, Baltimore, MD, USA.
¹⁷ International Journal of Ayurveda Research, All India Institute of Ayurveda, New Delhi, India; Journal Editors Endorsing Editorial, Baltimore, MD, USA.
¹⁸ Journal of Ayurveda, National Institute of Ayurveda, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India; Journal Editors Endorsing Editorial, Baltimore, MD, USA.
¹⁹ Journal of Research in Ayurvedic Sciences, Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences, New Delhi, India; Journal Editors Endorsing Editorial, Baltimore, MD, USA.
²⁰ Journal of Drug Research in Ayurvedic Sciences, Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences, New Delhi, India; Journal Editors Endorsing Editorial, Baltimore, MD, USA.

PMID: 37675685
PMCID: PMC10645034
DOI: 10.4103/ijmr.ijmr_1574_23

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Evidence-based traditional medicine for transforming global health & wellbeing

Bhushan Patwardhan et al. Indian J Med Res. 2023 Aug.

. 2023 Aug;158(2):101-105.

doi: 10.4103/ijmr.ijmr_1574_23.

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¹ Journal of Ayurveda & Integrative Medicine, Ramkumar Rathi Patanjali Yoga Chair, School of Health Sciences, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, Maharashtra; External Advisory Group for the WHO Traditional Medicine Global Summit, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
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, USA.
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; Institute of Thai Traditional Medicine, Nonthaburi, Thailand.
⁵ External Advisory Group for the WHO Traditional Medicine Global Summit, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland; Department of Medicine & 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 Persian 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 & 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; Department of Health Sciences, University of the 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 & Hematology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin.
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, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD; Complementary Therapies in Medicine, Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH, USA.
¹⁴ Journal Editors Endorsing Editorial, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA; Journal of Complementary & Integrative Medicine, University of Duisburg-Essen Chair of Complementary & Integrative Medicine, Essen, Germany.
¹⁵ Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge, S-VYASA Yoga University, Bengaluru, Karnataka; Journal Editors Endorsing Editorial, Baltimore, MD, USA.
¹⁶ AYU Journal, Institute of Teaching & Research in Ayurveda, Jamnagar, Gujarat, India; Journal Editors Endorsing Editorial, Baltimore, MD, USA.
¹⁷ International Journal of Ayurveda Research, All India Institute of Ayurveda, New Delhi, India; Journal Editors Endorsing Editorial, Baltimore, MD, USA.
¹⁸ Journal of Ayurveda, National Institute of Ayurveda, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India; Journal Editors Endorsing Editorial, Baltimore, MD, USA.
¹⁹ Journal of Research in Ayurvedic Sciences, Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences, New Delhi, India; Journal Editors Endorsing Editorial, Baltimore, MD, USA.
²⁰ Journal of Drug Research in Ayurvedic Sciences, Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences, New Delhi, India; Journal Editors Endorsing Editorial, Baltimore, MD, USA.

PMID: 37675685
PMCID: PMC10645034
DOI: 10.4103/ijmr.ijmr_1574_23

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