New Delhi Taking forward the Indo-US dialogue on collaboration in traditional medicines, researchers from India and US today started discussions to review and cooperate on methods to reduce morbidity due to cancer using AYUSH interventions.
The two-day India-US workshop on traditional medicine was inaugurated by AYUSH Minister Shripad Yesso Naik in the presence of US Ambassador to India Richard Verma and Assistant Secretary of Global Affairs Health and Human Services (HHS) Ambassador Jimmy Kolker.
“Globalisation of AYUSH is one of the major policy thrusts of our government. The constructive collaboration between India and US in this field is important for incorporating more scientific inputs from both sides in traditional medicines which can help mainstreaming AYUSH systems in patient health care across the globe.
“India is also collaborating with World Health Organization (WHO) in the area of traditional medicine which will help in achieving international acceptability and positioning of AYUSH systems,” Naik said.
The workshop is being organised under the auspices of the first US-India Health Dialogue held in September, 2015 in Washington.
This effort underscores the discussions between the US President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Narendra Modi to encourage bilateral dialogue on traditional medicine.
Over the course of the two-day workshop, participants will share current traditional medicine therapies and practices for cancer in the US and India.
They will also review available evidence for AYUSH products and interventions, which could reduce pain and morbidity from cancer treatments and improve the quality of life.
Scientists will explore opportunities to collaborate on mutually identified research in the areas of natural products, palliative care and other support studies. Professional training and scientific exchanges will be an important aspect of this cooperation.
“Today’s workshop supports the important deliverable from the President Obama-Prime Minister Modi joint statement and US-India Health Dialogue, where both India and the US agreed to explore further potential areas of mutual collaboration on Indian traditional medicine,” said Verma.
PTI
