Lok Sabha Question No. 4587 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-20
Subject: Conference on Traditional Medicine
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: Ratansinh Magansinh Rathod, Shriniwas Dadasaheb Patil, Pritam Gopinath Munde, Raksha Nikhil Khadse, Chandra Sekhar Sahu, DNV Senthilkumar. S., Subhash Ramrao Bhamre, Kuldeep Rai Sharma, Amol Ramsing Kolhe, Supriya Sadanand Sule

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AYURVEDA, YOGA & NATUROPATHY, UNANI, SIDDHA AND HOMOEOPATHY (AYUSH)

LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 4587 TH

TO BE ANSWERED ON  20 MARCH, 2020

## CONFERENCE ON TRADIT IONAL MEDICINE

## 4587. SHRI RATANSINH MAGANSINH RATHOD:

SHRI SHRINIWAS PATIL:

DR. PRITAM GOPINATHRAO MUNDE:

SHRIMATI RAKSHA NIKHIL KHADSE:

SHRI CHANDRA SEKHAR SAHU:

DR. DNV SENTHILKUMAR S.:

DR. SUBHASH RAMRAO BHAMRE:

SHRI KULDEEP RAI SHARMA:

DR. AMOL RAMSING KOLHE:

SHRI MATI SUPRIYA SULE :

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 medicin 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 disc 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  an statistical tools for advancing the practice of traditional medicine systems across the g 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  Ayur veda, 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  an ownership among stake holder countri es for the development of the supplementary chapter of International  Classification  of  Diseases  (ICD),  11 th edition  dedicated  to  Traditional  Medicine diagnoses,  and  (ii)  to  deliberate  on  the  relevance  and  regulation  of  Traditional  Med Health Systems as well as on the status and challenges for collection and classification data in Traditional Medicine.

Representatives  from  16  stakeholder  countries  including  India  participated  in conference.

The Conference was attended by 32 foreign delegates and 95 Indian delegates. The issues discussed during the conference were  (i)   Traditional M edicine 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) ICD  to  the  21 st century- key  featu res  and  value  proposition  of  ICD - 11;  (v)  implementation arrangements for ICD - 11; (vi) importance of Traditional Medicine data; and (vii) relevance regulation of Traditional Medicine in Health Systems.

Adoption of the 'New Delhi Declaration on Collect ion 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. i n Crores)

| 2017- 18   | 2017- 18   | 2017- 18   | 2018- 19   | 2018- 19   | 2018- 19   | 2019- 20   | 2019- 20   | 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 gl

The  Ministry  of  AYUSH  has  launched  National  AYUSH  Morbidities  and  Standard Terminologies  (NAMASTE)  Portal  which  is  a  web  based  portal  for  centralized  collection morbidity statistics of various health care provider institutions across the country unde systems.  The  key  features  of  the  portal  includes  the  Morbidity  Codes  and  Stan dardized Terminologies of all the AYUSH systems for unambiguous reporting, electronic data submiss and  an  integrated  Electronic  Health  Records  (E.H.R.)  system  for  detailed  data  collect individual institutions.

AYUSH Hospital Information Manageme nt 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 fac on a single platform.

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