WHO Global Atlas of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative MedicineThe WHO Global Atlas of Traditional, Complementary, and Alternative Medicine gives information at-a-glance on the status of this diverse and expanding field of medicine around the world. It comprises a map volume and a text volume. Through global and regional maps and tables, the map volume provides a visual representation of topics such as the popularity of herbal/traditional medicine, Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani, traditional Chinese medicine, homeopathy, acupuncture, chiropractic, osteopathy, bone-setting, spiritual therapies, and others; national legislation and traditional medicine policy; public financing; legal recognition of traditional medicine practitioners by their area of therapy; education and professional regulation; conventional health-care practitioners who are entitled to provide various traditional complementary and alternative therapies; and many other aspects. The text volume expands and supplements the map volume through detailed accounts of the development of traditional, complementary and alternative medicine in 23 countries across the world, as well as overviews of the status in each of the six WHO Regions. Through these two volumes, a global picture of the development of traditional, complementary, and alternative medicine becomes evident, revealing people's belief in and dependence on different traditional health systems around the world. The Atlas is an invaluable tool for policy makers, national health authorities and those with expertise and interest in the growing field of traditional, complementary, and alternative medicine. It also provides critical information for UN agencies, other international and nongovernmental organizations, and for academic and research institutions working in the field of traditional medicine. |
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WHO Global Atlas of Traditional, Complementary, and Alternative Medicine Gerard Bodeker No preview available - 2005 |
Common terms and phrases
accessed acupuncture African allopathic health allopathic medicine Alternative Medicine alternative therapies Association Ayurveda BACKGROUND INDICATORS Bhutan Cameroon causes of morbidity Centre chiropractic clinical complementary and alternative Complementary Medicine countries diseases drugs E-mail efficacy established folk medicine Ghana Government healing health expenditure health sector health system health-care system herbal medicines herbal products homeopathy hospitals India indigenous Institute of Traditional integration Kampo legislation licensed medicinal plants medicine practice Ministry of Health national health National Institute natural health products naturopathy Nigeria Pakistan patients Pharmaceutical pharmacy physicians population primary health professional programmes promote Public Health Pueblos IndÃgenas Regional Office registration regulation Republic of Tanzania Salud scientific Siddha survey systems of medicine Tanzania TCAM TCAM practice TCAM practitioners TCAM providers TCAM therapies total number Traditional and Alternative traditional Chinese medicine traditional healers traditional medicine treatment Unani United Republic University World Health Organization
References to this book
Local Science Vs. Global Science: Approaches to Indigenous Knowledge in ... Paul Sillitoe Limited preview - 2007 |