India is going to hold an ASEAN countries conference on traditional medicines on July 20, 2023. Ten ASEAN countries including Cambodia, Vietnam will be participating in the conference. The Ministry of Ayush with support from the Ministry of External Affairs, Indian Mission to ASEAN and the ASEAN Secretariat is gearing up to host the conference.
This high profile conference on traditional medicines aims to strengthen the platform between India and ASEAN countries to share their best practices and draw a roadmap for future cooperation in the field of traditional medicines.
Informing about the summit, Union Minister for Ayush Sarbananda Sonowal said, “The multi-dimensional relationship between India and ASEAN stands on a strong foundation of shared geographical, historical, and civilizational links which is far older that goes back to more than two millennia.”
It is noteworthy that Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the 12th ASEAN India Summit at Myanmar in November 2014 enunciated ‘Act East Policy’, giving a new momentum to the strategic partnership. The India ASEAN conference on Traditional Medicine being held after almost a decade is a major step towards deepening cooperation of India with ASEAN.
He added, “The Ayush sector has grown multi-fold in the last 9 years since the year 2014, when PM Modi elevated the then Department of Ayush under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to an independent Ministry of Ayush.
Today the Ministry is engaged with many top class international organizations from UK, USA, Japan, Brazil, Germany as well as national organizations like CSIR, DST, DBT, IITs and a few others to undertake high quality research on Ayush systems in various Non communicable disease conditions like Diabetes Mellitus, Cancer, Mental Health as well as infectious diseases like Covid.
The ASEAN conference will provide a platform to share the research outcomes of various projects implemented by the Ministry of Ayush. Similarly, ASEAN countries will also share their experiences.
The Union Minister added, “The Conference will also provide a platform to share the recent developments in regulatory framework in ASEAN member states for promoting Traditional Medicine.”
The Ministry of Ayush has already established a robust international co-operation in Ayush to boost export of Ayush Products and services and has also successfully signed Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) on ‘Cooperation in the field of Traditional Medicines’, ‘Setting up of Ayush Chairs in Foreign Universities and for undertaking ‘Collaborative Research’ at various levels. This has resulted in Ayush gaining a strong recognition in not only ASEAN but other countries also.
A total of 75 participants- international delegates from 8 ASEAN countries and 2 International delegates through virtual mode will brainstorm and share their ideas on Traditional Medicines during this one day conference which will be held at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi.
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