Traditional Medicine Database Among Key Features Of WHO Facility In India
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WHO Global Centre for Traditional Medicine: PM Narendra Modi said the database will help in properly documenting traditional medicines and act as a global repository
A big database of traditional medicines from every nation is among the key features of the World Health Organisation's Global Centre for Traditional Medicine in Gujarat's Jamnagar, whose foundation stone was laid by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and WHO Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus today. The @WHO Global Centre for Traditional Medicine in Jamnagar aims to bring ancient wisdom and modern science together. https://t.co/nbi6TLs9aU
PM Modi said the database will help in properly documenting traditional medicines and act as a global repository.
This facility, supported by an investment of $250 million from India, aims to harness the potential of traditional medicine from across the world through modern science and technology to improve health.
"The WHO Global Centre for Traditional Medicine in Jamnagar aims to bring ancient wisdom and modern science together," PM Modi said. "India's traditional medicine system is not limited to treatment. It is a holistic science of life," he said.
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