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Ayurvedic Physician
Dr. Vijay Kumar Srivastava
(Ayurvedic physician) in Port Dickson Hospital
Source: Traditional & Complementary Medicine Practice Section, MoH
Meeting on the Contribution of Traditional Medicine (TM) in Strengthening Primary Health
Care (PHC) organized by the World Health Organization (WHO)
Regional Office for the Western Pacific, WHO had organised the Meeting on the Contribution of
Traditional Medicine (TM) in Strengthening Primary Health Care (PHC) on 14 and 15 September 2017,
at Manila, Philippines. Countries from Western Pacific Region such as Cambodia, Laos, Philippines,
Vietnam, Mongolia and Malaysia had attended the meeting. The experts from Australia, Japan, Republic
of Korea, People’s Republic of China, Hong Kong and Macao were invited to be the consultants for
the discussions.
Meeting objectives are:
i. To share national experiences in implementing national policies on the use of TM products and
practices in PHC;
ii. To identify enabling factors, barriers and priorities in implementing national policies on TM; and
iii. To agree on next steps and practical approaches to strengthen implementation of national policies
on TM in PHC to advance universal healthcare (UHC).
The Director of T&CMD, Dr. Goh Cheng Soon and Dr. Nor Asmah binti Hassan, a Family Medicine
Specialist from Meranti Health Clinic, Pasir Mas, Kelantan had attended the meeting. Meranti Health
Clinic is one of the public health care facilities which offer T&CM services in the primary health care
setting.
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