Indian Council of Medical Research - National Institute of Traditional Medicine (ICMR-NITM) will organise a two-day stakeholders convention on Integrative Health Solutions for Infectious Diseases in Belagavi from Thursday.
It is aimed at identifying promising traditional medicine solutions from AYUSH systems against infectious diseases with a focus on viral hepatitis, dengue and chikungunya and for combating antimicrobial resistance.
“It is well known that Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani, Sowa-Rigpa, Homoeopathy and other forms of traditional medicinal practices are well appreciated for treating non-communicable and lifestyle diseases. However, the potential of drugs used in these systems against the most concerning communicable diseases has, by and large, remained underestimated. The convention aims to initiate a fresh discussion,” ICMR-NITM director Subarna Roy has said in a release.
