The previous NDA government had adopted a policy in 2002 for meaningful integration of Indian System of Medicine and Homeopathy and a department called AYUSH was created for giving impetus to the new policy. Now again the NDA is enthusiastic about AYUSH services. Last year in October it launched National AYUSH Mission to promote AYUSH medical systems. The mission will be implemented in cooperation with states and union territories. Interestingly, there has been a global trend of integrative medicine. India can contribute immensely in this integration and emerge a global leader in this provided the government allocates sufficient funds for research and development. The incidence of non-communicable disease is increasing and AYUSH has shown better results in tackling this. Indian system of medicine is capable of offering many preventive solutions which could be cost-effective and make the national health system cost-effective.
(Note: The article was first published in the Lokayat magazine:April, 2015)
No comments:
Post a Comment