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International Statistical Classification of Diseases and data gaps in traditional medicine
Bulletin of the World Health Organization, Vol.103(11), pp.744-746
14/10/2025
PMCID: PMC12578526
PMID: 41180267
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Abstract
Traditional, complementary and integrative medicine, as defined in the World Health Organization’s (WHO) new Global traditional medicine strategy 2025–2034,1, is widely used globally, yet remains weakly represented in routine data collection.2. In the absence of standardized data fields for traditional medicine diagnoses and encounters, policy-makers and researchers lack reliable insights into real-world use, costs, outcomes and harms, therefore hampering integration, regulation and evaluation within broader health systems.3. The 11th Revision of the international statistical classification of diseases and related health problems (ICD-11) addresses part of this gap via the supplementary chapter for traditional medicine conditions (Chapter 26), which enables optional dual coding of traditional medicine disorders and patterns alongside conventional diagnoses.4,5.
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- Title
- International Statistical Classification of Diseases and data gaps in traditional medicine
- Creators
- Ye-Seul Lee - Jaseng Medical FoundationYangmu Huang - Peking UniversityJon Wardle - Southern Cross UniversityClaudia M Witt - University of ZurichMyeong Soo Lee - Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine
- Publication Details
- Bulletin of the World Health Organization, Vol.103(11), pp.744-746
- Publisher
- World Health Organization; GENEVA 27
- Identifiers
- 991013328528702368
- Copyright
- © 2025 The authors; licensee World Health Organization. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution IGO License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/legalcode), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. In any reproduction of this article there should not be any suggestion that WHO or this article endorse any specific organization or products. The use of the WHO logo is not permitted. This notice should be preserved along with the article’s original URL.
- Academic Unit
- National Centre for Naturopathic Medicine
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article