Ayurveda is one of the popularly applied health resources across the globe. Standard terminology of Ayurveda is an essential tool for working on other standards, guidelines, classifications, and regulations, as well as integrating Ayurveda into health systems. Internationally accepted common terms on Ayurveda will enable to compare, assess, and evaluate the data internationally. The document will facilitate Ayurveda professionals, policymakers, health workers, service-providers, researchers, and the public to use the same concepts, understanding, and definitions in communications, healthcare services, and medical records. It will support international cooperation in research, information exchange, standards, and classifications in Ayurveda.
Why this terminology was developed
Traditional medicine has a long history of use in health maintenance and disease prevention and treatment. Ayurveda is one of the most popularly applied health resources throughout the world. According to the second WHO global survey, Ayurveda is a popular form of traditional and complementary medicine in many countries and recognized by several Member States. The development of the WHO international standard terminologies on Ayurveda is therefore both fundamental and critical to promoting safe and effective Ayurveda health services. Although the needs and demands for traditional, complementary and integrative medicine (TCIM) norms and standards to support training, education, research, health care and information exchange in Ayurveda practice are increasing, work in this area remains weak at the international level. WHO has published benchmarking resources for Ayurveda training and practice, and there is an urgent need to develop standard terminologies to support the use of these documents as well as other Ayurveda technical materials. Based on the needs of Member States, this Ayurveda terminology aims to reduce gaps by providing concise and clear definitions for the essential terms that form the basis of Ayurveda
Read More and understand international standard terminologies on ayurveda : https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240064935
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