According to Fars news agency’s health group, Nafiseh Hosseini Yekta said at the “Plan for the Integration of Iranian Medicine Teachings in the Country’s Health System” meeting: From 2000 to 2015, we witnessed a 400 percent growth in the publication of Iranian articles in the field of traditional medicine globally. Iran currently holds the fourth scientific rank in the world after China, India and America in this field.
Pointing out that the Islamic Republic of Iran has a scientific authority in the field of traditional and complementary medicine in the world, he added: a two-unit traditional medicine course for the fields of medicine, dentistry, midwifery, nursing, pharmacy and nutrition in 8 universities and 13 educational groups. Medical sciences are offered nationwide.
Ardakan’s good practice in the field of integration
The Director General of the Iranian Medicine Office and the Ministry of Health’s complement, referring to the good programs that have been carried out since 1993 in Ardakan, Yazd, in the field of traditional medicine, continued: These programs have led to a 30-90% improvement in the living standards of the people of the region. .
Hosseini stated that the general goal of integrating the teachings of Iranian medicine at the level of a country’s health system is to increase the level of health literacy of the people and develop a healthy lifestyle in order to reduce the burden of non-communicable diseases. Traditional will be done in the target group that includes the country’s population over 6 years old.
Strange methods have no place in traditional medicine
He clarified: the strange methods that are sometimes presented do not fit into the framework of Iranian and traditional medicine. Iranian traditional medicine is a school based on written sources and transmission from generation to generation within the definition of the World Health Organization, which is recognized by this organization.
He clarified: According to the World Health Organization’s view, traditional medicine is a collection of all theoretical and practical sciences and experiences that are used in various medicinal forms to maintain health as well as prevent, diagnose and treat diseases and are passed down from generation to generation in oral or written form. It is transmitted to the next generation in a geographical area and has the ability to be updated while maintaining the basic framework.
The director general of the Iranian Medicine Office and the Ministry of Health’s supplement noted that the integration plan will be implemented in the first phase at the level of 1 and 14 faculties and universities of medical sciences of the country, and in the next phases, the integration plan will be implemented at higher levels and in the field of treatment.
Hosseini stated that the upstream documents and the 5th and 6th development plans of the country specify this merger, and said: Currently, there are 40 organizational positions in the deputy departments of food and drug, health and treatment in 61 universities of medical sciences in the country, of which a small number of They are active and should be activated after merging.
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