EUROCAM news
World Health Assembly decides to develop new WHO Traditional Medicine Strategy
The World Health Assembly met for their 76th session in Geneva from May 21 to 30 and adopted a decision for WHO’s current Traditional Medicine Strategy to be extended until 2025 and for WHO to develop a new 2025-2034 global strategy in the meantime.
Read MorePeoples Declaration for Traditional, Complementary and Integrative Medicine
14 June was the website launch of ‘the People’s declaration for Traditional, Complementary and Integrative Healthcare. This declaration calls for the respectful collaboration between traditional, complementary and biomedical practices with the aim of achieving a person-centred and holistic approach to health. The healthcare we desire: Focuses on the whole person in its physical, mental, social…
Read MoreAustrian AMR Action Plan confirms the potential of homeopathy
The latest version of the Austrian government’s National Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance (NAP-AMR) confirms the potential of homeopathy and other complementary medicines in tackling antimicrobial resistance (AMR). AMR has been identified as one of the greatest health threats worldwide. The World Health Organization (WHO), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO),…
Read MoreMEP Interest Group on Integrative Medicine and Health, new members
EUROCAM, which runs the secretariat of the MEP Interest Group on Integrative Medicine and Health, welcomes two new members of the European Parliament who have recently joined the group: Romana JERKOVIĆ is a Croatian politician and member of the European Parliament for the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament…
Read MoreEstablishment of the WHO Global Centre for Traditional Medicine
March 25, 2022 | The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Government of India today signed an agreement to establish the WHO Global Centre for Traditional Medicine. This global knowledge centre for traditional medicine, supported by an investment of USD 250 million from the Government of India, aims to harness the potential of traditional medicine…
Read MorePosition Paper ‘Role of CAM and Integrative Oncology in the context of cancer’ published
March 21, 2022 | The publishing of EUROCAM’s Position paper on ‘The role of Complementary Medicine (CAM) and Integrative Oncology in the context of Cancer’ comes as the European Parliament adopts its report, highlighting the need for evidence-based Integrative Medicine to be included in the implementation of Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan. EUROCAM welcomes the recent adoption…
Read MoreHomeopathy for acute otitis media and upper respiratory infections in children
Homeopathic Medications as Clinical Alternatives for Symptomatic Care of Acute Otitis Media and Upper Respiratory Infections in Children The public health and individual risks of inappropriate antibiotic prescribing and conventional over-the-counter symptomatic drugs in the pediatric treatment of acute otitis media (AOM) and upper respiratory infections (URIs) are significant. Clinical research suggests that over-the-counter homeopathic…
Read MoreNIH-funded study on pain management
Chronic Low Back Pain most common source of chronic pain Chronic Low Back Pain (CLBP) is the most common source of chronic pain in the United States and globally. Though the use of surgery and pharmaceutical interventions to manage CLBP is rising, the body of evidence has led to pain education and cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT)…
Read MoreIntegrative medicine is indispensable in farm animal practice
Well-known speakers discussed during this “Day of Integrative Methods” the need for cooperation between conventional and complementary medicine; this is an innovative concept. Integrative medicine is indispensable in farm animal practice April 15, 2021, online – “A holistic approach is required!” Mag. Kurt Frühwirth, veterinarian and President of the Austrian Chamber of Veterinarians (ÖTK) opened this…
Read MorePluralism in veterinary medicine, with each other instead of against each other
For years we have been trying to promote cooperation between conventional veterinary medicine and complementary veterinary medical directions. The trench warfare between so-called conventional medicine and so-called complementary medicine should finally be overcome in favour of integrative veterinary medicine. The role and task of the ÖTK and also my task is not to polarize, but…
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