Who Traditional Medicine Strategy 2002-2005
İÇİNDEKİLERCONTENTSAcknowledgements......................................................................................... Acronyms, abbreviations Et WHO Regions............................................... Key points: WHO Traditional Medicine Strategy 2002-2005 ........... What is traditional medicine?........................................................................ Widespread and growing use ......................................................................... Why such broad use?......................................................................................... Uncritical enthusiasm versus uninformed scepticism ......................... Challenges in developing TM/CAM potential.......................................... The current role of WHO................................................................................... Framework for action......................................................................................... Strategy implementation ............................................................................... 1. Global review ............................................................................................ 1.1 What is traditional medicine? Towards a working definition. 1.2 Broad use and appeal............................................................................... 1.3 Expenditure.................................................................................................. 1.5 Responding to the popularity of TM/CAM. 2. Challenges.................................................................. 2.1 What needs to be done?.................................. 2.2 National policies and legal framework 2.3 Safety, efficacy, quality .. 2.4 Access........................................................................ 2.5 Rational use......................................... 1.4 Accounting for use and increasing interest.................................. 3. The current role of WHO ................................................................................................ 3.1 Developing TM/CAM and integrating it into national health care systems . 3.2 Ensuring appropriate, safe and effective use of traditional medicine............ 3.3 Increasing access to TM/CAM information ............................................................... 4. International and national resources for traditional medicine 4.1 UN Agencies................................................................................................ 4.2 International organizations ......................................................... 4.3 Nongovernmental organizations....................................................... 4.4 Global professional associations ........................................................ 4.5 International and national professional associations............... 4.6 Specific initiatives ..................................................................................... 5. Strategy and Plan of Action 2002-2005 .................. 5.1 Policy: Integrate TM/CAM with national health care systems, as appropriate, by developing and implementing national TM/CAM policies and programmes. 5.2 Safety, efficacy and quality: Promote the safety, efficacy and quality of TM/CAM by expanding the knowledge-base on TM/CAM, and by providing guidance on regulatory and quality assurance standards ...................... 5.3 Access: Increase the availability and affordability of TM/CAM, as appropriate, with an emphasis on access for poor populations.......................................................... 5.4 Rational use: Promote therapeutically sound use of appropriate TM/CAM by providers and consumers...................................................................................................... Annex 1: List of WHO Collaborating Centres for Traditional Medicine................. Annex 2: Selected WHO publications and documents on traditional medicine. National policy and monitoring ............................................................................................... Quality, safety and efficacy........................................................................................................ Rational use...................................................................................................................................... WHO Collaborating Centres for Traditional Medicine References.................................................................................................................................. Index.  |
