India seeks to promote alternative medicine

India seeks better cooperation with the UAE to promote traditional, complementary and alternative medicines, a senior Indian diplomat said here at a conference on Ayush (Ayurveda, yoga, naturopathy, unani, siddha and homeopathy).

“Ayush is essentially based on the premise that health, disease and treatment are holistic and that every individual is unique and no aspect can be ignored. With UAE’s focus on health care and high health consciousness amongst people, as evident by huge turnout at our international yoga day, I am hopeful that both sides will have meaningful discussions on quality health care, research and enhancing cooperation in capacity building and training,” said Smita Pant, deputy head of the mission at the Indian Embassy in Abu Dhabi.

Science India Forum in the UAE and the Indian Ministry of Ayush organised the conference on Wednesday as a run up to the second World Ayush Conference to in UAE in 2019. The first Ayush Conference last year in Dubai received enthusiastic response and attracted participation of over 20 countries, 700 delegates and 25,000 visitors.