TRADITIONAL AND MODERN MEDICINE - Evidence-based
TRADITIONAL AND MODERN MEDICINE
HARMONIZING THE TWO APPROACHES
A Report of the Consultation Meeting on Traditional and Modern Medicine: Harmonizing the Two Approaches, 22-26 November 1999, Beijing, China
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION Western Pacific Region 2000
? World Health Organization 2000
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The views expressed in this Report are those of the participants in the Consultation Meeting on Traditional and Modern Medicine: Harmonizing the Two Approaches, 22-26 November 1999, Beijing, China, and do not
necessarily reflect the policy of the World Health Organization.
CONTENTS
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Summary
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1. Introduction
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1.1 Objectives of the meeting
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1.2 Participants
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1.3 Organization
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2. Proceedings
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2.1 Opening ceremony
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2.2 Purpose of the meeting, procedures
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and outcomes
2.3 Presentations
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2.4 Group activities
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2.5 Plenary sessions
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2.6 Closing session
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3. Traditional medicine
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3.1 Background and characteristics
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3.2 Changes in trends of usage
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3.3 Consumers, government and
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other stakeholders
4. Traditional and modern medicine
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4.1 Integration of traditional medicine
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with modern medicine
4.2 The need for harmonization of
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traditional and modern medicine
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5. Evidence and traditional medicine
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5.1 Acquisition of traditional medical
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knowledge
5.2. Evidence?based health care practice 20
6. Evidence of practice of traditional medicine 23
6.1 Basic science research in acupuncture 23
6.2 Clinical research on acupuncture
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6.3 Basic science research in
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herbal medicine
6.4 Clinical research in herbal medicine 27
7. Harmonizing traditional and modern
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medicine: Conclusions and
recommendations
7.1 Towards harmonization of
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traditional and modern medicine
7.2 Operational recommendations
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ANNEXES:
Annex 1- List of Participants
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Annex 2- Opening Speech of Dr Shigeru Omi, 59 WHO Regional Director for the Western Pacific
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