Union Minister for AYUSH Sarbananda Sonowal said the main outcomes of the global summit will be soon released by World Health Organisation (WHO) in the form of a Gujarat declaration. The ever-first global summit on traditional medicine organized by the World Health Organisation and co-hosted by the Ministry of Ayush was organized in Gujarat's Gandhinagar from August 17 to 18.

“The main outcomes of the global summit will be soon released by World Health Organisation in the form of a Gujarat declaration. In the summit, WHO also has shared the initial findings of the global survey on traditional medicine that clearly indicates that the reach of traditional medicine is on the rise across the globe,” Sonowal said, addressing a press conference. “Gujarat declaration will emphasize that the importance of traditional medicine is recognized for the attainment of UHC and WHO’s commitment to work toward it through evidence generation and policy support to member states.”

Talking about emerging fields in traditional medicine, Sonowal said: “Digital Health Services are in demand globally, and there is tremendous potential in traditional medicine to provide evidence-based health services to the entire mankind. These were discussed in detail in this summit.” He said that in the coming days, a lot of important work will happen through the Global Centre of Traditional Medicine of Jamnagar.