Govt nod for setting up WHO Global Centre for Traditional Medicine

Important points:

• The WHO GCTM, to be established under the Ministry of AYUSH ( Ayurveda, Yoga, Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha, Sowa-Rigpa and Homoeopathy), will be the first and only global outposted centre (office) for traditional medicines.
• The move will help to position AYUSH systems across the globe, provide leadership on global health matters pertaining to traditional medicine, ensure quality, safety and efficacy, accessibility and rational use of traditional medicine while developing specific capacity building and training programmes in the areas of relevance to the objectives and conduct training programmes in campus, residential, or web-based, and through partnerships with the WHO Academy and other strategic partners.

Important takeaways for all competitive exams: 

• WHO Established: 7 April 1948;
• WHO Director General: Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus;
• WHO Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland.