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6. Myanmar Traditional Medicine Handbook

7. Myanmar Herbal Pharmacopoeia Volume I and II
8. A manual of Myanmar Traditional Medicine for Primary Health Workers

9. Milestones of Traditional Medicine in Myanmar
10. A Glimpse at Traditional Medical Practices and Customs of Ethnic Groups

in Myanmar

12. Key issues and Way Forward

• Quality assurance of traditional medicine is limited.
• Efficacy of most traditional medicine therapies is not based on established

clinical trials.
• Limited advanced research activities and fragmented data.

• To encourage international exchange and collaboration.
• To promote integration, as appropriate, Traditional Medicine into national

health care systems of BIMSTEC Member States.
• To develop Ph.D. Courses for Traditional Medicine Practitioners in TM University.

• To develop Myanmar TM Standards, and sequential volumes of Myanmar
Herbal Pharmacopoeia.

• To develop knowledge-based policies on quality and safety of traditional
medicine for universal health coverage.

• Technical support to the industry.
• To encourage the best practice guidelines and evidence-based practice.
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