"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 said.
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Friday emphasized that we have a specific focus on Traditional Medicine under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and have established a separate ministry of AYUSH, which includes Ayurveda, Yoga, Unani, Siddha, and Homoeopathy.
Singh, while speaking to ANI, said, "WHO Traditional Medicine Global Summit will look new at the vast potential and applications of traditional medicine amidst important challenges and opportunities to achieve universal health coverage and well-being for people and the planet."
World Health Organization Traditional Medicine Global Summit was inaugurated in Gandhinagar, Gujarat where WHO Chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that India has a rich history of traditional medicine.
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya held a meeting with World Health Organisation (WHO) Chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on the sidelines of the G20 Health Ministers' Meeting which will start on Thursday (today) at Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomed WHO (World Health Organisation) DG Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus to India. Prime Minister Modi used the name 'Tulsi Bhai' for Dr Tedros, a name the Prime Minister gave to the Director General on his last visit.
World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday praised India for its investment in primary healthcare, saying that "the investment in primary healthcare in Ayushman Bharat by the government of India is the right investment."
He said that on Wednesday, the emergency committee for mpox met and recommended him that the multi-country outbreak of mpox no longer represents a public health emergency of international concern.
"It is therefore with great hope that I declare #COVID19 over as a global health emergency. However, that does not mean COVID-19 is over as a global health threat. Last week, COVID-19 claimed a life every three minutes - and that's just the deaths we know about," Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebrey