INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
New Delhi: The World Health Organisation announced on Friday that it will set up a Global Centre for Traditional Medicine in India, with
Prime Minister Narendra expressing confidence that just like the country has emerged as the 'pharmacy of the world', the WHO institution
will become the centre for global wellness.WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus made the announcement in a video message at an
event in which Prime Minister Modi inaugurated two future-ready Ayurveda institutions in Jaipur and Jamnagar via video conferencing on the
of Ayurveda (NIA), Jaipur (Rajasthan) are both premier institutions of Ayurveda in the country.The Jamnagar institute has been conferred the
status of an Institution of National Importance (INI) by an act of Parliament and the one at Jaipur has been designated an Institution
Deemed to be University (De novo Category) by the University Grants Commission (UGC), according to the AYUSH ministry."I am pleased to
announce that we have agreed to open a WHO Global Centre for Traditional Medicine in India to strengthen the evidence, research, training
WHO traditional medicine strategy 2014-2023 which aims to support countries in developing policies and action plans to strengthen the role
of traditional medicine as part of their journey to universal health coverage and a healthier, fairer and safer world," he said.Modi said
Ayurveda is India's heritage whose expansion entails the welfare of humanity and all Indians will be happy to see that the country's
establishing its Global Centre for Traditional Medicine
Now work will be done in this direction from India," Modi said."I would like to thank the WHO and particularly its Director General Tedros
for giving this responsibility to India
I am confident that just like India has emerged as the pharmacy of the world, in the same manner this centre for traditional medicine will
become the centre for global wellness," he said.The Ministry of AYUSH, since 2016, has been observing" Ayurveda Day" every year on the
largely on virtual platforms at national and international levels.
