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Consensus statement of the South Asian Regional Conference on traditional medicine and on Right to Health for All

Meeting Report including: Inaugural session, Dr K. Balasubramaniam – Keynote address, Roundtable 1: Role of traditional medicine in promoting well being: views from grassroots, Roundtable 2: Promoting networking across different domains of traditional medicine in South Asia – achievements and challenges, Roundtable 3: Biodiversity and sustainability issues in communities, Roundtable 4: Conducting research on safety and efficacy of different traditional medicine therapies, Roundtable 5: Role of traditional medicine in the strategy of “Health for All” – sharing of experiences on achievements and challenges, Roundtable 6: Creating synergies between different systems of traditional medicine, Summary of key issues, Annex 1: Programme outline, Annex 2: Participants’ list

Role of traditional medicine in promoting well being of the people in South Asia , K. Balasubramaniam

Present status of traditional medicine in Nepal , Rishi Ram Koirala

Biodiversity and sustainability: issues in communities, Narayan Kaji Shrestha

Conducting research on safety and efficacy of different traditional medicine therapies, Tempa Gyeltsen

Approaches towards the preclinical testing and standardization of medicinal plants, T. J. Birdi, S. Brijesh , P. G. Daswani

Folk healing practices of Kerala, Deepa Chandran

Origin and development of Unani medicine, Syed Saifuddin Khalid

Importance of plam leaf literature collection regarding Ayurvedic medicines in regional languages, Laxmi Narayan

Contribution of Ayurveda in achieving total health in the community, K. S. Jayashree