Global Initiative for Traditional Systems of Health
The Global Initiative for Traditional Systems of Health (GIFTS) is a program launched in 1993 at the headquarters of the Pan American Health Organization in Washington, D.C. GIFTS states its purpose of "bringing into policy focus the importance of traditional (indigenous) medicine in the daily lives and health care of the majority of the population of most emerging economies."<ref name="Indigenous Approaches to the HIV/AIDS Scourge in Uganda"></ref><ref name="Roles of Traditional Healers in the Fight Against HIV/AIDS"></ref>