Centre seeks inclusion of traditional medicine on WHO’s list
- October 15, 2023
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
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Centre seeks inclusion of traditional medicine on WHO’s list
Subject: International Relations
Section: International Organisation
Context:
- The Union government has sought for Ayurveda and related systems to be included in the 11th revision of the World Health Organisation’s International Classification of Diseases (ICD), as the second module of a supplementary chapter on traditional medicine conditions.
Module-2 of ICD:
- Aim: To put the Indian system of medicine on the world map and provide it with a common standardized language.
- The joint use of ICD-11’s chapter on traditional medicine along with other chapters on neoplasm, patient safety, and injuries, can enhance the reporting of adverse events. It will enable the integration of traditional medicine into insurance coverage and reimbursement systems, in line with larger WHO objectives relating to universal health coverage.
- It will also link traditional medicine practices with global conventional medicine’s norms and standard development.
To aid regulation, research:
- Ayurveda and related Indian traditional health care systems are formally recognised and widely practiced health care systems in India, which is making a strong and valid point for its inclusion.
- The traditional medicine chapter under ICD-11 is a formative step for the integration of such forms of medicine into a classification standard used in conventional medicine.
- It also provides the means for doing research and evaluation to establish its efficacy.
National Ayush Morbidity and Standardized Terminologies Electronic (NAMASTE) portal:
- Comprehensive web-portal for Standardized Terminologies and National Morbidity Codes of Ayurveda, Siddha and Unani Systems of Medicine and WHO-ICD-10 and ICD-11.
Ayush Health Information Management System (A-HIMS):
- A-HMIS is a comprehensive IT platform to effectively manage all functions of health care delivery systems and patient care in Ayush facilities.
- It is the first of its kind citizen centric service from Government of India to provide Electronic Health Record and Personal Health Record facility to the recipients of Ayush Health Services catered through Research Councils, National Institutes and other related agencies under Ministry of Ayush, Government of India.
International Classification of Diseases (ICD) of WHO:
- ICD-11 came into effect from January 2022.
- It contains around 17,000 unique codes and more than 1,20,000 codable terms, which are now entirely digital.
- ICD provides a common language that allows health professionals to share standardized information across the world.
- The traditional medicine module of the 11th revision provides a list of diagnostics categories to collect and report on traditional medicine conditions in a standardized and internationally comparable manner.
- ICD-11 has facilitated the inclusion of Module-1, which covers traditional medicine conditions originating in ancient China, which are now commonly used in China, Japan, Korea, and elsewhere around the world.
Source: TH