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SUMMARY REPORT

OF THE MEETING OF THE COLLABORATIVE NETWORK ON

INDIGENOUS MEDICINE IN THE MEKONG BASIN
7 September 2012

Nonthaburi, Thailand

INTRODUCTION
1. The Meeting of the Collaborative Network on Indigenous Medicine in the Mekong
Basin was held on 7 September 2012 at the Department for Development of Thai Traditional
and Alternative Medicine (DTAM), Ministry of Public Health, Thailand. The Meeting was a
part of the activities of the Fifth Meeting on Indigenous Medicine in the Mekong Basin
organized by DTAM in collaboration with the Faculty of Medicine, Mahasarakham Province,
Mahasarakham Province, Chao Phraya Abhaibhubejhr Hospital held during 5-7 September
2012 in Nonthaburi, Thailand. The Meeting was attended by delegates from the Kingdom of
Cambodia, the People’s Republic of China, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, the
Republic of the Union of Myanmar, the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, and the Kingdom of
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Thailand. The list of delegates and observers is attached as ANNEX 1 .

AGENDA ITEM 1: ELECTION OF CHAIRPERSON, CO-CHAIRPERSON AND
APPOINTMENT OF RAPPORTEUR
2. Dr. Pramote Stienrut, Director of the Institute of Thai Traditional Medicine
(ITTM), DTAM was elected as the chairperson of the meeting, while Professor Zheng
Jin, Secretary of Yunnan Administration of TCM was elected as the co-chairperson
and Dr. Anchalee Chutaputti, Deputy Director of ITTM, was appointed the
rapporteur.

AGENDA ITEM 2: ADOPTION OF THE MEETING AGENDA
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3. The Meeting adopted the proposed agenda, which appears as ANNEX 2 .

AGENDA ITEM 3: BUSINESS ARRANGEMENT

4. The rapporteur provided information on business arrangement for the meeting.

AGENDA ITEM 4: THE OFFICIAL ESTABLISHMENT OF “THE COLLABORATIVE NETWORK
OF INDIGENOUS MEDICINE IN THE MEKONG RIVER BASIN”
5. The Meeting agreed on the benefit of forming a network comprising of 6 countries of the
Mekong Basin; namely, Cambodia, China, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam to
collaborate in the area of indigenous medicine. The Meeting therefore agreed upon the
official establishment of “The Collaborative Network of Indigenous Medicine in the
Mekong Basin”.

6. It was suggested by China that the government office of each country should play a role
to organize the meeting and form the platform for the folk healers to exchange their

† Annex 1 shown on page 74 of the Proceedings
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Annex 2 shown on page 66 of the Proceedings