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iv. supporting the development of sustainable livelihood systems through

involving local communities and establishing forward and backward
market linkages in processing of medicinal plants.

v. strengthening steps for farming of herbal plants.
c) Preventive and Promotive Health: Promotion of healthy living and

prevention strategies from AYUSH systems and Yoga at the work-place, in
the schools and in the community.

d) Organisation of Ayush in Public Health Care Delivery: from stand-alone
to a three-dimensional mainstreaming of AYUSH services at the level of Public

Health Care (Primary, Secondary & Tertiary healthcare).
e) Primary Care Services and Continuity of Care: access to assured Ayush

healthcare services, as well as support documentation and validation of local
home and community-based practices

f) Urban Health Care: prioritise the utilisation of Ayush personnel in urban
health care

g) Integrated care: developing protocol for mainstreaming AYUSH as an
integrated medical care

h) Leveraging Digital Tools for Ayush: Digital tools would be used for
generation and sharing of information about AYUSH services and AYUSH

practitioners, for traditional community level healthcare providers and for
household level preventive, promotive and curative practices.

T raditional Medicine Systems of BIMSTEC Member States – 2023 Report
National Health Policy 2017 accessible at: https://main.mohfw.gov.in/sites/default/
files/9147562941489753121.pdf

2.4 Integrative Health Policy

The Government of India has taken an initiative for formulating a new integrative
health policy focusing on the following core aspects which would certainly offer provisions

for effective implementation of integrative health in the Country:
a) Research & Development

b) Education
c) Clinical practice

d) Public health

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