Cuba exhibits results in traditional medicine at the Summit of India

Havana, Aug 18 (RHC) Cuba exhibited this Friday its results in natural and traditional medicine during the First Global Summit of that discipline, in Gujarat, India, sponsored by the World Health Organization (WHO).

Johan Perdomo, from the Cuban Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP), explained that Cuba participates in the exhibition area for the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), where the progress of the nations of the Americas region in the integration of traditional practices in the health sector is shown.

According to the head of MINSAP's Department of Natural and Traditional Medicine, a digital poster was presented on the inclusion of this knowledge within the Cuban health system, and another related to the regulation of herbal products in Cuba by the Medicines Regulatory Authority, Equipment and Medical Devices of the country.

The official specified that as a collateral activity, there was a meeting with the Ministry of Ayush, in which the memoranda of understanding signed between MINSAP and the Indian entity on traditional and homeopathic medical systems were reviewed.

The association between the University of Medical Sciences of Havana and the All India Institute of Ayurveda was also analyzed in terms of promoting traditional medicine and academic exchange in the Caribbean nation.

Perdomo described the meeting as very positive, as the next steps to follow for the progressive strengthening of the development of Ayurveda in Cuba were marked, mainly from training and professional exchange. (Source: PL)