WHO Global Centre for Traditional Medicine in India

The Union Cabinet has approved the establishment of the WHO Global Centre for Traditional Medicine (WHO GCTM) in Jamnagar, Gujarat by signing a Host Country agreement between the Government of India and the World Health Organization (WHO).

WHO Global Centre for Traditional Medicine (WHO GCTM) will be established in Jamnagar under the Ministry of AYUSH. The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the establishment of the WHO GCTM by signing a Host Country agreement between the Government of India and the World Health Organization (WHO). This would be the first and only global outposted Centre (office) for traditional medicine across the globe, as said in the government's official release.

WHO GCTM for leadership on global health matters related to traditional medicine

WHO Global Centre for Traditional Medicine is aimed at positioning AYUSH systems across the globe. The other benefits include providing leadership on global health matters pertaining to traditional medicine, ensuring quality, safety and efficacy, accessibility and rational use of traditional medicine.

It will develop norms, standards, and guidelines in relevant technical areas, tools and methodologies, for collecting data undertaking analytics, and assessing impact. Envisage WHO TM Informatics centre creating a collaborative of existing TM Data banks, virtual libraries, and academic and research institutes.

WHO GCTM will also help in developing specific capacity building and training programmes in the areas of relevance to the objectives and conduct training programmes in campus, residential, or web-based, and through partnerships with the WHO Academy and other strategic partners.

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