WHO Traditional Medicine Strategy: 2002-2005: Annex Two: Selected WHO publications and documents on traditional medicine: Quality, safety and efficacy

WHO Traditional Medicine Strategy: 2002-2005
(2002; 70 pages) [French] [Spanish]

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	Acknowledgements
	Acronyms, abbreviations and WHO Regions
	Key points: WHO Traditional Medicine Strategy 2002 - 2005
		What is traditional medicine?
		Widespread and growing use
		Why such broad use?
		Uncritical enthusiasm versus uninformed scepticism
		Challenges in developing TM/CAM potential
		The current role of WHO
		Framework for action
		Strategy implementation
	Chapter One: Global review
		1.1 What is traditional medicine? Towards a working definition
		1.2 Broad use and appeal
		1.3 Expenditure
		1.4 Accounting for use and increasing interest
		1.5 Responding to the popularity of TM/CAM
	Chapter Two: Challenges
		2.1 What needs to be done?
		2.2 National policies and legal framework
		2.3 Safety, efficacy, quality
		2.4 Access
		2.5 Rational use
	Chapter Three: The current role of WHO
		3.1 Developing TM/CAM and integrating it into national health care systems
		3.2 Ensuring appropriate, safe and effective use of traditional medicine
		3.3 Increasing access to TM/CAM information
	Chapter Four: International and national resources for traditional medicine
		4.1 UN Agencies
		4.2 International organizations
		4.3 Nongovernmental organizations
		4.4 Global professional associations
		4.5 International and national professional associations
		4.6 Specific initiatives
	Chapter Five: Strategy and plan of action 2002 - 2005
		5.1 Policy: Integrate TM/CAM with national health care systems, as appropriate, by developing and implementing national TM/CAM policies and programmes
		5.2 Safety, efficacy and quality: Promote the safety, efficacy and quality of TM/CAM by expanding the knowledge-base on TM/CAM, and by providing guidance on regulatory and quality assurance standards
		5.3 Access: Increase the availability and affordability of TM/CAM, as appropriate, with an emphasis on access for poor populations
		5.4 Rational use: Promote therapeutically sound use of appropriate TM/CAM by providers and consumers
	Annex One: List of WHO Collaborating Centres for Traditional Medicine
	Annex Two: Selected WHO publications and documents on traditional medicine
		National policy and monitoring
		Quality, safety and efficacy
		Rational use
		WHO Collaborating Centres for Traditional Medicine
	References
	Back Cover

Quality, safety and efficacy

Medicinal plants

Basic Tests for Drugs: Pharmaceutical Substances, Medicinal Plant Materials and Dosage Forms. Geneva, World Health Organization, 1998 (F/S).

Good Manufacturing Practices: Supplementary Guidelines for the Manufacture of Herbal Medicinal Products. Annex 8 of WHO Expert Committee on Specifications for Pharmaceutical Preparations. Thirty-fourth Report. Geneva, World Health Organization, 1996 (WHO Technical Report Series, No. 863) (F/S).

Guidelines for the Appropriate Use of Herbal Medicines. Manila, WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific, 1998 (WHO Regional Publications, Western Pacific Series No. 23).

Guidelines for the Assessment of Herbal Medicines. Annex 11 of WHO Expert Committee on Specifications for Pharmaceutical Preparations. Thirty-fourth Report. Geneva, World Health Organization, 1996 (WHO Technical Report Series, No. 863) (F/S).

Quality Control Methods for Medicinal Plant Materials. Geneva, World Health Organization, 1998.

Medicinal Plants in China. Manila, WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific, 1989 (WHO Regional Publications, Western Pacific Series No. 2).

Medicinal Plants in the Republic of Korea. Manila, WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific, 1998 (WHO Regional Publications, Western Pacific Series No. 21).

Medicinal Plants in the South Pacific. Manila, WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific, 1998 (WHO Regional Publications, Western Pacific Series No. 19).

Medicinal Plants in Viet Nam. Manila, WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific, 1990 (WHO Regional Publications, Western Pacific Series No. 3).

WHO Monographs on Selected Medicinal Plants. Vol. 1. Geneva, World Health Organization, 1999.

WHO Monographs on Selected Medicinal Plants. Vol. 2. Geneva, World Health Organization, 2001.

Research

Clinical Evaluation of Traditional Medicines and Natural Products. Report of a WHO Consultation on Traditional Medicine and AIDS, Geneva, 26 - 28 September 1990. Geneva, World Health Organization, 1990 (document reference WHO/TM/GPA/90.2).

General Guidelines for Methodologies on Research and Evaluation of Traditional Medicine. Geneva, World Health Organization, in press (document reference WHO/EDM/TRM/2000.1).

Guidelines for Clinical Research on Acupuncture. Manila, WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific, 1995 (WHO Regional Publications, Western Pacific Series No. 15).

In Vitro Screening for Anti-HIV Activities. Report of an Informal WHO Consultation on Traditional Medicine and AIDS, Geneva, 6 - 8 February 1989. WHO Geneva, 1989 (document reference WHO/GPA/BMR/89.5).

Research Guidelines for Evaluating the Safety and Efficacy of Herbal Medicines. Manila, WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific, 1993.

Traditional and Modern Medicine: Harmonizing the Two Approaches. Manila, WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific, 2000.