Margaret Chan: Develop traditional medical science in the right season

Margaret Chan: Develop traditional medical science in the right season
Margaret Chan: Develop traditional medical science in the right season
It is reported ' Reporter Liu YanLing) "Want, give traditional medical science in should face a lot of the intersection of disadvantage and the intersection of and deserved status to modern traditional society, the opportunity not better than now, the reason not more effective than now either. " Margaret Chan, Secretary General of World Health Organization is at World Conference on traditional medicine of health organization held a few days ago, while highly appreciating Chinese Government supported the development of traditional medicine, have issued the above-mentioned view. Margaret Chan points out, WHO called countries all over the world and government to include traditional medical science in the elementary health care system for the first time in " declaration of Alma-Ata " in 1978. In 30 years hereafter, the enormous change took place in the application of traditional medical science. But for people in the countryside of developing country to millions of life, especially Africa, Asian countries, traditional treatment, traditional doctor of medical herbs,etc. are still main, even the only hygiene service resource. On the other hand, traditional treatment as an addition to orthodox medical science substitution, welcome in developed rich country day by day. Studies have suggested, these treatments are mostly high income and well educated crowd's use, have already become a kind of high consumption industry. Margaret Chan emphasizes, although traditional medical science can offer much health care, but it can't replace all modern medicine and all first aid measures. Moreover, though some traditional medical systems have already had a history of several thousand years to lack very enough evidences to prove curative effect, some medicine quality can't well control or guarantee the security; Some medical personnels do not have practicing qualification. In a word, have a lot of problems that need solving in the traditional medical field. So, while developing traditional medicine, supervise, train, authorize and the sageguard measure of controlling strictly etc. to products security must be put in place.


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