Meet will bring awareness on traditional medicines among SCO countries: Sarbananda Sonowal

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GUWAHATI: Union Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways and Ayush Sarbananda Sonowal said that the B2B Global Conference & Expo on Traditional Medicine under the Shanghai Cooperation Organization intended to bring increased awareness, best practices, and understanding of the regulatory provisions among SCO countries.

The Union minister inaugurated the first ‘B2B Global Conference & Expo on Traditional Medicine under SCO here today. More than 150 delegates from 17 countries are attending this first of its-kind, four-day international summit. The inaugural session of the SCO conference today was also attended by the Union Minister of State for Ayush and Women & Child Development, Dr Mahendrabhai Munjpara; the Union Minister of Health, Government of Myanmar, Dr Thet Khaing Win; the Deputy Minister of Health, Government of the Maldives, Safiyya Mohamed Saeed; and the Secretary, Ministry of Ayush, Vaidya Rajesh Kotecha, among others.

Sonowal added, “Our food and diet have a major role in maintaining our physical as well as mental health. Ayurveda and other traditional systems of medicine have placed a high focus on the specific health benefits of various food items and their recipes in treating minor health issues as well as supplementing the therapies provided to treat various diseases. Millets play a major role in providing necessary minerals, fibers, and other ingredients to the body in bio-available form. On India’s proposal, the United Nations has declared 2023 the ‘International Year of Millet’. Since the start of the year 2023, millets are being integrated into the daily diet according to the regional choice of people.”

Sonowal said, “Under the dynamic leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India remains deeply invested in reviving the traditional medicinal practises with a rich heritage of patient care spanning thousands of years. The establishment of the WHO Global Centre of Traditional Medicine in Jamnagar, India, is a step in this direction. At the SCO summit in Samarkand on September 16, 2022, the Prime Minister of India remarked that India would take the initiative for a new SCO Working Group on Traditional Medicine. Our effort through this august conference and expo is another attempt to work collectively to rejuvenate the proven and rich properties of traditional medicinal practices. With your support and the discussions here, we hope and believe that the results will be taken forward to further the reach of traditional medicine in the world for the betterment of humanity.”

The Conference and Expo will provide an opportunity for regulators, industries, and business leaders in all the SCO and partner countries to deliberate on various aspects of traditional medicine, such as products, services, education, skill development, cosmetics, and herbal extracts, and further deepen the trade and friendship among each other in the area of traditional medicine and allied fields.

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