WHO Centre for Health Development International Symposium on Traditional Medicine
Subtitle: better science, policy and services for health development : Awaji Island, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, 11-13 September 2000 : proceedings
By: Kobe Centre for Health Development
Contributors: World Health Organization. Centre for Health Development
Publisher: World Health Organization
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Kobe, Japan
Language: eng
Number of pages: 337
Subjects: Health; Congresses; Traditional medicine; Traditional Medicine; Alternative medicine
Other titles: Traditional medicine :; International Symposium on Traditional Medicine :; Better science, policy and services for health development
Notes: "May 2001."

Corrigenda slip inserted.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Traditional medicine worldwide review / Xiaorui Zhang; title: Planning for cost-effective traditional health services / Gerard Bodeker; title: Review of traditional Chinese medicine practice in China / Xiaopin Wang; title: Ayurveda in India today / Ram Harsh Singh; title: Traditional African medicine / Ossy Kasilo; title: Worldwide traditional Arabic medicine and Unani practice / Mansour S. Al-Said; title: Jamu and traditional medicine practices in Indonesia / Ketut Ritiasa; title: Traditional Aboriginal medicine practice in the Northern Territory of Australia / Dayalan Devanesen; title: Perspectives of traditional oriental medicine in Japan : present and future / Shinya Sakai [and others]; title: Traditional medicine in the islands of the South Pacific : its historical roots, research and utlization, and future development / Luagalau Foisagaasina Eteuati Shon; title: Traditional medicine and other complementary medicines in Switzerland / Robert Du Bois; title: Thai traditional medicine as a holistic system of medicine / Chaiporn Pormsingh.; title: An introduction to Chinese minority medicine / Jingfeng Cai; title: Traditional Mäori healing / Anthony Ruakere; title: Traditional medicine system in Bhutan / Perma Dorji; title: Vietnamese traditional medicine / Tran Van Hien; title: The Islamic Organization for Medical Sciences and its impact on Islamic medicine / Ahmed El-Gendy; title: Peruvian state strategies for attending to the health of Indians / Fernando Cabieses and Juan de Dios Zúñiga Quiroz; title: The key issues in assessment of therapeutic effects of traditional Chinese medicine / Shilong Lai; title: The potential for cross-national evaluations using common protocols and measurements / Mawuli W Kofi-Tsekpo; title: Guidance for the next five years : the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine strategic plan / Nancy Hazleton; title: Weighing the evidence using systematic reviews : the potential of systematic reviews to capture all evidence from completed traditional medicine studies / George Swingler; title: Conduct of research in practice settings / Maminirina Andriantsoa; title: The potential for cross-national trials using common protocols and measurements : how can this be done and what are the promising areas? / Charlotte Gyllenhaal; title: Bringing together and evaluating information from compelted studies / Tolu Fakeye; title: Cost-effectiveness of traditional medicine / Adrian White.; title: A policy framework for traditional medicine and poverty alleviation / Jaime Z. Galvez Tan; title: The potential for incorporating traditional Chinese medicine into clinical practice / Ka Kit Hui; title: Disease management and the pharmaco-economics of Kampo and western medicine in Japan / Kyuya Kogure; title: Effectiveness of traditional medicine policy formulation / Hyun Woo Han; title: Effectiveness of traditional medicine from a policy formulation perspective / Vinjar Fønnebø; title: Cost-effective practice and future research directions in traditional medicine / M. Habibullah; title: Integration of traditional medicine into primary health care in developing countries / Pyong-Ui Roh; title: Training and human resources capacity building in traditional medicine / Stephen Myers; title: Role and function of traditional medicine in better health and welfare systems development / Ting-Hung Leung; title: Involvement of traditional healers as information, education, communication (IEC) agents in the prevention of HIV/AIDS / Erick V.A. Gbodossou; title: Identifying key issues for better integration of traditional medicine within the health and welfare system / Emmanuel Mensah; title: The current Philippine experience in the pilot integration of traditional medicine with the existing health care delivery system / Alfonso Lagaya.