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Gujarat will soon become the Mecca of traditional medicines: WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said India's Gujarat state will soon become the 'Mecca' of traditional medicines.
He made the comment following the conclusion of the G20 Health Minister’s Meeting on Saturday.
“I believe this is a very unique meeting, a summit on traditional medicine. And I believe that in a few years from now, Gujarat will be the Mecca of traditional medicine,” Tedros was quoted as saying by ANI.
“Many things have been actually discussed during this G20. Not only the strict G20 issues but we started from traditional medicine,” Tedros said.
“We inaugurated the Center for Traditional Medicine. The Global WHO Center for Traditional Medicine last year with His Excellency, the Prime Minister. And following that we decided to have an annual summit for traditional medicine. And we had the summit a couple of days ago,” he added
He said G-20 countries have agreed under India’s presidency to address the access to medical countermeasures.
“The second is the Digital Health initiative and WHO will coordinate the initiative and will be its secretariat. And this is to use digital technology, including AI, to achieve universal health coverage,” Tedros said.
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