Global traditional medicine strategy 2025-2034

WHO recognizes the growing role of traditional medicine worldwide and the need for evidence-based integration into health systems. In 2023, the World Health Assembly requested the development of a new global strategy for 2025–2034. Through extensive consultations with Member States, experts and stakeholders, WHO crafted a vision for universal access to safe, effective and people-centred traditional, complementary and integrative medicine. The strategy sets guiding principles and four objectives: strengthen evidence, ensure safety and regulation, integrate TCIM into health systems, and optimize its cross-sectoral value. This comprehensive process culminated in the adoption of the Global Traditional Medicine Strategy 2025–2034 by the Seventy-eighth World Health Assembly.