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Integration of Traditional, Complementary, and Integrative Medicine in the Institutionalization of Evidence-Informed Decision-Making: The World Health Organization Meeting Report
Journal of integrative and complementary medicine (Print), Vol.31(4), pp.388-394
02/04/2025
PMCID: PMC7617372
PMID: 39819104
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Abstract
The use of evidence in policy and decision-making has exponentially grown, and it is now considered standard practice within health systems.(1,2) However, the gap between research and practice persists. Seeking to translate health research findings into policy and practice, the World Health Organization (WHO) has advanced initiatives that promote the institutionalization of Evidence-informed decision/policy-making (EIDM).(3,4) The WHO Secretariat of the Evidence-Informed Policy Network (EVIPNet) has developed an EIDM institutionalization checklist that provides a structuring framework.5 The checklist, currently pilot-tested to assess its validity and feasibility,6 highlights six domains (governance; standards and routinized processes; leadership and commitment; resources and capacity-building/strengthening; partnership, collective action, and support; and culture) and five processes of EIDM institutionalization.(5)
Both EIDM and the structuring of health systems based on Primary Health Care (PHC) have been recognized as essential for advancing toward universal health coverage and health-related Sustainable Development Goals.(5,7,8) PHC is a whole-of-society approach that was initially characterized as context-specific, based on research and experience, health needs-focused, intersectoral, and delivered by health teams that include traditional medicine practitioners.(9) The Alma Ata conference recommended studying the contribution of “traditional systems of medicine.”(9) The Astana Declaration, in turn, recognized the importance of traditional knowledge, in conjunction with scientific knowledge, to “strengthen PHC, improve health outcomes and ensure access for all people to the right care.”(8)
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- Title
- Integration of Traditional, Complementary, and Integrative Medicine in the Institutionalization of Evidence-Informed Decision-Making: The World Health Organization Meeting Report
- Creators
- Amie Steel - University of Technology SydneyDaniel F Gallego-Perez - University of North Carolina at Chapel HillNadine Ijaz - Carleton UniversityAlana Gall - World Federation of Public Health Associations Indigenous Working Group (Geneva, Switzerland)Mukdarut Bangpan - University College LondonLaura Dos Santos Boeira - Veredas Institute, São Paulo, BrazilMariana Cabral Schveitzer - Universidade Federal de São PauloAnchalee Chutaputti - Royal Thai Government Ministry of Public HealthLaurenz Mahlanza-Langer - Pan-African Collective for EvidenceGeetha Krishnan G Pillai - World Health OrganizationTipicha Posayanonda - National Health Commission Office (Bangkok, Thailand)Kim Sungchol - World Health OrganizationDarshan Shankar - Trans-Disciplinary University (Bangalore, India)Tanja Kuchenmüller - World Health Organization
- Publication Details
- Journal of integrative and complementary medicine (Print), Vol.31(4), pp.388-394
- Publisher
- Mary Ann Liebert, Inc; NEW ROCHELLE
- Grant note
- Funding for the PMAC side event was provided by the WHO Global Traditional Medicine Center (GTMC).
- Identifiers
- 991013252650702368
- Copyright
- © 2025, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.
- Academic Unit
- National Centre for Naturopathic Medicine
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article