New Delhi: To strengthen the platform between India and ASEAN Countries, a conference on Traditional Medicines for ASEAN Countries is to be organized on 20th July 2023 in Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi. The event will strengthen the platform between India and ASEAN to share the best practices and plan a roadmap for future cooperation in the field of Traditional Medicines.
During a media address at the Curtain Raiser event, Union Minister of Ayush Shri 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.’
Adding further, he said that the India ASEAN conference on Traditional Medicine being held after almost a decade is a major step towards deepening cooperation of India with ASEAN.
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. It will also act as an interactive platform to share the recent developments in the regulatory framework in ASEAN member states for promoting Traditional Medicine.
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.
Union Minister also highlighted the achievements of the Ministry and said that the Ayush sector has grown multi-fold in the last 9 years since the year 2014 when Prime Minister Narendra 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 across the world as well as National organizations like CSIR, DST, DBT, IITs, etc., and have been undertaking 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.
Along with establishing robust international cooperation to boost the export of Ayush Products and services. Moreover, the Ministry of Ayush has also successfully signed MoUs on ‘Cooperation in the field of Traditional Medicines’, ‘Setting up of Ayush Chairs in Foreign Universities/Institutes and undertaking ‘Collaborative Research’ at various levels.
This has resulted in Ayush gaining strong recognition in not only ASEAN but other countries also.
