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13. Challenges (Global) for Traditional Medicine

A. Mainstreaming of Traditional Medicine

B. Achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDG 3) through Universal Health

Coverage and Health Security goals
C. Fragile Health Care Systems especially post Covid-19 times
D. Insufficient spending on Health

E. Lack of Research data on Traditional Medicine for ensuring safety, quality

and effectiveness of Traditional Medicine products and services
F. Trade barriers for Traditional Medicine products
G. Skilled Human Resource in Traditional Medicine

14. Way Forward

A. To restructure the GDP driven economy to Wellbeing economy valuing the

Health & Wellbeing of People and Planet and perceiving the financing on

health encompassing Traditional Medicine as investment for building stable
and resilient economies.
B. To build well-functioning, people-centred sustainable and resilient holistic

healthcare systems that balance preventive, promotive and curative services,

the Countries may integrate best of Traditional Medicine and Conventional
Medicine for achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDG 3) through
Universal Health Coverage and Health Security goals.

C. Countries may define the role of Traditional Medicine in national policies

ensuring the safety, quality and effectiveness of Traditional Medicine products
and services including education and practices, increasing coverage and
equitable access, and fostering evidence generation, research and innovation.

D. Countries may foster greater understanding, mutual respect and to initiate

cross referrals between traditional and modern practitioners, considering the
strengths of their systems, in the better interest of the public health.
E. Countries may collaborate and harness the potential areas of Traditional

Medicine like education, research, trade and practices for preparation of

strategic roadmap in mitigating challenges for promoting and developing
evidence-based Traditional Medicine into their healthcare delivery systems.
F. Countries may device measures to standardise the Traditional Medicine

products for its safety and efficacy, do capacity building, re-skilling and up-

skilling, of practitioners, to imbibe the culture of documentation, knowledge India

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