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Meeting on Harmonisation of Traditional and Complementary Medicine (T&CM) Blueprint
Draft with World Health Organization (WHO) Consultant

Traditional and Complementary Medicine (T&CM) Division received technical support from the World
Health Organization (WHO) to develop the T&CM Blueprint (Health Care) for year 2018 to 2027. The
main objective of this blueprint is to facilitate the development of T&CM industry and to strengthen
the T&CM health care system in Malaysia. T&CM Blueprint was drafted after a series of meetings
and workshops with the relevant stakeholders. T&CM Division had meetings with WHO Consultant,
Professor Alan Bensoussan to finalise the blueprint draft from 15 to 19 May 2017. The final blueprint
draft was produced and it is estimated to be launched in 2018.

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Meeting on Harmonisation of Traditional and Complementary Medicine (T&CM) Blueprint
Draft with World Health Organization (WHO) Consultant

The Director of T&CM Division, Dr. Goh Cheng Soon was presenting
the ‘Malaysia Herbal Monograph 2015’ to Professor Alan Bensoussa
Source: Traditional & Complementary Medicine Practice Section, MoH

The first T&CM Council Meeting
The T&CM Act 2016 [Act 775] was gazetted on 10 March 2016 and came into force in stages on 1 August
2016. This Act provides for the establishment of the T&CM Council to oversee the T&CM services in
Malaysia and to facilitate in determining relevant matters related to it.

The first T&CM Council Meeting was successfully held on 16 January 2017 at Meeting Room Level 2,
Block C, Ministry of Health Malaysia (MoH), Jalan Cenderasari, Kuala Lumpur. The inaugural meeting
was chaired by the Director General of Health as the Chairman of the T&CM Council. The meeting was
also attended by three (3) MoH representatives, two (2) academicians in the field of T&CM and five (5)
qualified and experienced industry representatives in the field of T&CM. The meeting highlighted the
importance of regulating the practices and T&CM practitioners in accordance with certain criteria that
focused on the aspects of safety, effectiveness and quality of treatment and practice.

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