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Second WHO Global Summit on Traditional Medicine
The second WHO Global Summit on Traditional Medicine [https://tm-summit.org/] Restoring balance: The science and practice of health and well-being will be held from 17 to 19 December 2025 at Bharat Mandapam Convention Centre, New Delhi, India.
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The Summit will be a hybrid event and is open to journalists for in-person or online attendance.
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About the Summit
The second WHO Global Summit on Traditional Medicine aims to advance a global movement to restore balance for people and the planet, grounded in the science and practice of Traditional Medicine. Guided by the Global Traditional Medicine Strategy 2025–2034, the Summit will highlight the latest evidence and innovations, and address critical issues including health systems regulation and integration; respectful information exchange with Indigenous Peoples and across knowledge paradigms; biodiversity preservation and intellectual property rights; and the transformative potential of frontier technologies. New products, collaborations and initiatives will be presented, alongside concrete pledges and commitments.
Further information, including the provisional agenda and the key initiatives to be launched: https://tm-summit.org/ [https://twitter.com/who]
About the WHO Bulletin special issue on traditional medicine
In the run-up to the Summit, the Bulletin of the World Health Organization [https://www.facebook.com/WHO,] (WHO) has released a special issue dedicated to traditional medicine. The first such thematic issue on this topic since 1977, the issue contains three news items, two original research papers, two systematic reviews, five policy and practice papers, and five perspective pieces. The special issue reviews the integration of traditional medicine into primary health care, delves into policy and practice, discusses Indigenous rights and traditional knowledge, and examines the use of artificial intelligence.
Additional information and resources:
WHO Global Traditional Medicine Centre [https://www.tiktok.com/@who] provides strategic leadership, scales up research, data and innovation, and sets evidence-based norms and standards to enable quality integration of Traditional Medicine into health and multisectoral systems. The Centre also expands partnerships and mobilizes sustainable financing to increase investment, implementation and impact, supporting governments and partners to realize the objectives of the Global Traditional Medicine Strategy 2025–2034 and improve access to trusted traditional, complementary and integrative care worldwide.The first WHO Traditional Medicine Global Summit [https://twitter.com/who] “Towards health and well-being for all” was held on 17-18 August 2023 in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India, to look anew at the application of rigorous scientific methods to unlock the vast potential of traditional, complementary and integrative medicine (TCIM) amidst important challenges and opportunities to realize universal health coverage and promote health and well-being for people and the planet. Global traditional medicine strategy 2025-2034 [https://www.facebook.com/WHO,] Mapping the application of artificial intelligence in traditional medicine [https://www.tiktok.com/@who], July 2025 Bulletin of the World Health Organization [https://twitter.com/who] special issue on traditional medicine, November 2025 Health topic [https://www.facebook.com/WHO,]: Traditional, complementary and integrative medicine WHO Traditional Medicine Global Summit 2023 meeting recommendations (Gujarat Declaration) [https://www.tiktok.com/@who] [https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/B09409]
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