Question : Conference on Traditional Medicine

Will the Minister of AYURVEDA, YOGA AND NATUROPATHY, UNANI, SIDDHA AND HOMOEOPATHY (AYUSH) be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government has organized the largest ever conference on traditional medicine in New Delhi recently, if so, the details thereof along with its aims and objectives;

(b) the number of countries who participated in the said conference;

(c) the number of Indian and foreign delegates who participated in the event and issues discussed in the conference along with the outcome thereof;

(d) whether it is a fact that India’s expenditure on health sector especially in traditional medicine is very low, if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor; and

(e) whether the Government proposes advocating adoption of Information Technology and statistical tools for advancing the practice of traditional medicine systems across the globe and if so, the details thereof along with the other steps taken for its promotion?

ANSWER
THE MINISTER OF STATE (IC) OF THE MINISTRY OF AYURVEDA,
YOGA & NATUROPATHY, UNANI, SIDDHA AND HOMOEOPATHY
(SHRI SHRIPAD YESSO NAIK)
(a) to (c): The Ministry of AYUSH in collaboration with World Health organization (WHO) organized a two-day International Ministerial Level Conference of Stakeholders counties viz “International Conference on Standardisation of Diagnosis and Terminologies in Ayurveda, Unani, and Siddha Systems of Medicine (ICoSDiTAUS) -2020” during 25- 26 February 2020 at India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi.
The aims and objectives of the conference were (i) to mobilize commitment and ownership among stake holder countries for the development of the supplementary chapter of International Classification of Diseases (ICD), 11th edition dedicated to Traditional Medicine diagnoses, and (ii) to deliberate on the relevance and regulation of Traditional Medicine in Health Systems as well as on the status and challenges for collection and classification of clinical data in Traditional Medicine.
Representatives from 16 stakeholder countries including India participated in the conference.
The Conference was attended by 32 foreign delegates and 95 Indian delegates. The issues discussed during the conference were (i) Traditional Medicine and Universal Health Coverage in India; (ii) increasing WHO’s impact through strategic use of data and evidence; (iii) challenges in counting and classification of Traditional Medicine encounters; (iv) adapting ICD to the 21st century - key features and value proposition of ICD-11; (v) implementation arrangements for ICD-11; (vi) importance of Traditional Medicine data; and (vii) relevance and regulation of Traditional Medicine in Health Systems.
Adoption of the “New Delhi Declaration on Collection and Classification of Traditional Medicine (TM) Diagnostic Data” (given at Annexure) was the main outcome of ICoSDiTAUS-2020.
(d): Details of allocation and Expenditure of three years for the period from 2017-18 to 2019-20
(Rs. in Crores)
2017-18 2018-19 2019-20
BE RE AE BE RE AE BE RE AE
1428.65 1557.80 1544.90 1626.37 1692.77 1596.07 1939.76 1857.00 1850.00
(Estimated)

(e): Yes. The Government has advocated for adoption of Information Technology and statistical tools for advancing the practice of Traditional Medicine systems across the globe.
The Ministry of AYUSH has launched National AYUSH Morbidities and Standard Terminologies (NAMASTE) Portal which is a web based portal for centralized collection of morbidity statistics of various health care provider institutions across the country under AYUSH systems. The key features of the portal includes the Morbidity Codes and Standardized Terminologies of all the AYUSH systems for unambiguous reporting, electronic data submission and an integrated Electronic Health Records (E.H.R.) system for detailed data collection for individual institutions.
AYUSH Hospital Information Management System (AHMIS) launched by the Ministry of AYUSH is an indigenous, customizable and comprehensive electronic hospital management information system for integration of the processes and flow of all the AYUSH health facilities on a single platform.