India showed tradition, science can advance together:WHO DG

On the closing day of the Second WHO Global Summit on Traditional Medicine, the global health body's director general, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, on Friday said that healthcare must be integrated and inclusive, while stressing that science and tradition are complementary to each other. Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus commended Prime Minister Narendra Modi for championing traditional medicine at the highest global level. He said,Traditional medicine can help address many threats to health, inequitable access to the services. Reiterating the broader impact of traditional medicine, he noted, "Traditional medicine can help address many of the threats to the health of our modern world, the growing burden of economic capabilities, and inequitable access to services and healthcare," adding that "Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership has helped bring this vision to the world.

VIDEO | At the WHO Global Summit on Traditional Medicine, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says, "India has shown that tradition, innovation and science can advance together."

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The summit, jointly organised with the Government of India, opened on Wednesday and brought together ministers, scientists, indigenous leaders and practitioners from more than 100 countries.