The WHO Global Center for Traditional Medicine (WHO GCTM) was approved by the Union Cabinet by signing a national agreement to host the program on March 9, 2022. The WHO GCTM will be based in Jamnagar Gujarat and will assist in establishing AYUSH systems worldwide and providing leadership in global health issues related to traditional medicine.
The Union Cabinet also gave its approval to the MoU signed between the ICMR and the National Center for Disease Control and Prevention (NIAID), the National Center for Health and Human Services, in the US in September 2021.
ICMR The Indian Council of Medical Research, the apex body in India for the formulation, coordination and promotion of biomedical research, is one of the oldest and largest medical research bodies in the world. NIAID The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases is one of the 27 institutes and centers that make up the National Institutes of Health, an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services
Significance
The WHO Global Center for Traditional Medicine will not only help establish AYUSH programs worldwide but will also ensure the quality, safety, accessibility, efficiency, and reasonable use of traditional medicine without developing standards, procedures, and guidelines in appropriate technical areas. , tools, methods, data collection, analysis, and impact assessment.
The MoU was signed between ICMR and Oxford University
The Union Cabinet was also briefed on the Memorandum of Understanding between ICMR and Oxford University in November 2021.
The MoU between ICMR and Oxford University is to build the capacity of Indian scientists and researchers and to develop the country into a regional power development centre through its own funds and the pursuit of equality and sovereignty.
