A WHO Meeting on the Promotion and Development of Traditional
medicine was held in Geneva from 28 November to 2 December 1977.
The consultation was convened in response to the considerable
interest evinced in traditional medicine at the Thirtieth World
Health Assembly in 1977 and in the subsequent requests by Member
States for technical collaboration in organizing educational and
research activities in this field. The aim of the Meeting was to
assemble expert representatives of the major systems of
traditional medicine to work together and suggest a plan of
action to promote and develop various aspects of traditional
medicine. The specific objectives were to make practical
suggestions on policy guidelines for the provision of materials
and techniques, collaboration among different systems of health
care, health education of the public, manpower development,
organization of health services, the future development of
traditional medicine and its utilization, particularly in the
national health services, and rel