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Who Traditional Medicine Strategy 2002-2005
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Book : Who Traditional Medicine Strategy 2002-2005 Language : English Library : Social Phsician Publish Place : Geneva Publish Date : January 2002 Publisher : World Health Organization WHO Book Type : Book Book Number : 1651 |
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INDEX
CONTENTSAcknowledgements.........................................................................................
Acronyms, abbreviations Et WHO Regions...............................................
Key points: WHO Traditional Medicine Strategy 2002-2005 ...........
What is traditional medicine?........................................................................
Widespread and growing use .........................................................................
Why such broad use?.........................................................................................
Uncritical enthusiasm versus uninformed scepticism .........................
Challenges in developing TM/CAM potential..........................................
The current role of WHO...................................................................................
Framework for action.........................................................................................
Strategy implementation ...............................................................................
1. Global review ............................................................................................
1.1 What is traditional medicine? Towards a working definition.
1.2 Broad use and appeal...............................................................................
1.3 Expenditure..................................................................................................
1.5 Responding to the popularity of TM/CAM.
2. Challenges..................................................................
2.1 What needs to be done?..................................
2.2 National policies and legal framework
2.3 Safety, efficacy, quality ..
2.4 Access........................................................................
2.5 Rational use.........................................
1.4 Accounting for use and increasing interest..................................
3. The current role of WHO ................................................................................................
3.1 Developing TM/CAM and integrating it into national health care systems .
3.2 Ensuring appropriate, safe and effective use of traditional medicine............
3.3 Increasing access to TM/CAM information ...............................................................
4. International and national resources for traditional medicine
4.1 UN Agencies................................................................................................
4.2 International organizations .........................................................
4.3 Nongovernmental organizations.......................................................
4.4 Global professional associations ........................................................
4.5 International and national professional associations...............
4.6 Specific initiatives .....................................................................................
5. Strategy and Plan of Action 2002-2005 ..................
5.1 Policy: Integrate TM/CAM with national health care systems, as appropriate, by developing and implementing national TM/CAM policies and programmes.
5.2 Safety, efficacy and quality: Promote the safety, efficacy and quality of TM/CAM by expanding the knowledge-base on TM/CAM, and by providing guidance on regulatory and quality assurance standards ......................
5.3 Access: Increase the availability and affordability of TM/CAM, as appropriate, with an emphasis on access for poor populations..........................................................
5.4 Rational use: Promote therapeutically sound use of appropriate TM/CAM by providers and consumers......................................................................................................
Annex 1: List of WHO Collaborating Centres for Traditional Medicine.................
Annex 2: Selected WHO publications and documents on traditional medicine. National policy and monitoring ...............................................................................................
Quality, safety and efficacy........................................................................................................
Rational use......................................................................................................................................
WHO Collaborating Centres for Traditional Medicine
References..................................................................................................................................
Index.
