The World Health Organization announced on Friday that it will establish a Global Center for Traditional Medicine in India, and Prime Minister Narendra expressed confidence that, just as the country has emerged as the ‘pharmacy of the world’, the institution of the OMS will become the center. for global well-being.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus made the announcement in a video message at an event where Prime Minister Modi inaugurated two future-ready Ayurveda institutions in Jaipur and Jamnagar via video conference on the occasion of the fifth day of the ayurveda.
The Institute for Teaching and Research in Ayurveda (ITRA), Jamnagar (Gujarat) and the National Institute of Ayurveda (NIA), Jaipur (Rajasthan) are the leading Ayurveda institutions in the country.
The Jamnagar institute has received the status of Institution of National Importance (INI) by an act of Parliament and the Jaipur institute has been designated Institution Considered University (De novo Category) by the University Scholarship Commission (UGC). according to the AYUSH ministry.
“I am pleased to announce that we have agreed to open a WHO World Center for Traditional Medicine in India to strengthen the evidence, research, training and knowledge of traditional and complementary medicine,” said Ghebreyesus.
“This new center will support WHO’s efforts to implement the WHO Traditional Medicine Strategy 2014-2023, which aims to support countries in developing policies and action plans to strengthen the role of traditional medicine as part of their path to universal health coverage and a safer world, “he said.
Modi said that Ayurveda is the heritage of India whose expansion involves the well-being of mankind and that all Indians will be happy to see that the traditional knowledge of the country is making other countries prosperous.
“It is a source of pride for all Indians that the WHO has chosen India to establish its Global Center for Traditional Medicine. Now work will be done in this direction from India,” Modi said.
“I would like to thank WHO and in particular its Director General Tedros for giving this responsibility to India. I am sure that just as India has emerged as the world’s pharmacy, in the same way this center of traditional medicine will become for global welfare, “he said.
The AYUSH Ministry, since 2016, has been observing “Ayurveda Day” every year on the occasion of the Dhanwantari Jayanti (Dhanteras).
Taking into account the prevailing situation of COVID-19, the 5th Ayurveda Day, 2020 is being observed to a great extent on virtual platforms nationally and internationally.
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