The event will be held on the 17th and 18th of April in the city of Gandhinagar and will coincide with the meeting of G-20 health ministers, which India will chair in 2023, according to a statement from the World Health Organization (WHO), co-sponsor of the event.

According to WHO, the summit will promote the exchange of good practices, evidence, data and innovations on the contribution of traditional medicine to health and sustainable development.

The organization recalled that for centuries numerous communities have used traditional and complementary medicine as a resource for health care and around 40 percent of the medicines used today are based on natural products.

Studies are continuing on the integration of the field with genome and artificial intelligence disciplines, and there are more and more companies specializing in medicinal herbs, natural products, health and wellness.

Who recalled that the request of more than 160 countries for a guide for the regularization of national policies on the subject led to the establishment, with the support of the Indian government, of the World Center for Traditional Medicine in March 2022 in Jamnagar, Gujarat.

India has a rich history of traditional medicine, with the system called Ayurveda being the oldest and currently having official status in the country.

Ayurvedic medicine facilitates the application of nature’s resources in personalized patient care and involves a variety of treatments from diet to the practice of yoga.

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