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The following is an updated list of WHO publications on Traditional Medicine. For additional information and to obtain copies of these documents, please visit:

 

 

Acupuncture

  1. Acupuncture: Review and Analysis of Reports on Controlled Clinical Trials (WHO; 2003; 87 pages) 
  2. General Guidelines for Methodologies on Research and Evaluation of Traditional Medicine (WHO, WHO MD; 2000; 80 pages)
  3. Guidelines for Clinical Research on Acupuncture (WHO/WPRO; 1995; 68 pages)
  4. Guidelines on Basic Training and Safety in Acupuncture (WHO, WHO MD; 1999; 35 pages)
  5. International standard terminology on acupuncture for basic training in preparation (WHO; 1 page)
  6. A Proposed Standard International Acupuncture Nomenclature: Report of a WHO Scientific Group (WHO; 1991; 36 pages)
  7. Report of the Working Group on Auricular Acupuncture Nomenclature (WHO MD; 1991; 25 pages)
  8. Standard Acupuncture Nomenclature (WHO/WPRO; 1984; 1 page)
  9. Standard Acupuncture Nomenclature, Second Edition (WHO/WPRO; 1993; 1 page)

General

  1. The promotion and development of traditional medicine: Report of a WHO Meeting (WHO MD; 1978; 44 pages)
  2. Traditional medicine and health care coverage (WHO; 1983; 1 page)
  3. WHO Strategy on Traditional Medicine: 2002-2005 (WHO; 2002; 70 pages)
  4. WHO Global Atlas of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicine (WHO; 2005; Text volume 216 pages; Map volume 98 pages)
  5. WHO Medicine Strategy (Countries at the core) 2004-2007 (Component 2, National Policies on Traditional Medicine and Complementary and Alternative Medicine)

Guidelines and Standards

  1. Annex 08 - Good Manufacturing Practices: Supplementary Guidelines for the Manufacture of Herbal Medicinal Products (WHO; 1996; 6 pages)
  2. Annex 11 - Guidelines for the Assessment of Herbal Medicines (WHO; 1996; 8 pages)
  3. General Guidelines for Methodologies on Research and Evaluation of Traditional Medicine (WHO, WHO MD; 2000; 80 pages)
  4. Guidelines for Clinical Research on Acupuncture (WHO/WPRO; 1995; 68 pages)
  5. Guidelines for the Appropriate use of Herbal Medicines (WHO/WPRO; 1998; 88 pages)
  6. Guidelines for Training Traditional Health Practitioners in Primary Health Care (WHO/TRM; 1995; 86 pages) 
  7. Guidelines on Basic Training and Safety in Acupuncture (WHO, WHO MD; 1999; 35 pages)
  8. International standard terminology on acupuncture for basic training in preparation (WHO; 1 page)
  9. A Proposed Standard International Acupuncture Nomenclature: Report of a WHO Scientific Group (WHO; 1991; 36 pages)
  10. Report of the Consultation on AIDS and Traditional Medicine: Prospects for Involving Traditional Health Practitioners (Francistown, Botswana, 23-27 July 1990) (WHO; 1990; 48 pages)
  11. Research Guidelines for Evaluating the Safety and Efficacy of Herbal Medicines (WHO/WPRO; 1993; 94 pages)
  12. WHO guidelines on developing consumer information on proper use of traditional, complementary and alternative medicine (WHO; 2004; 109 pages)
  13. WHO Guidelines on Good Agricultural and Collection Practices (GACP) for Medicinal Plants (WHO; 2003; 80 pages)
  14. WHO guidelines on safety monitoring of herbal medicines in pharmacovigilance systems (WHO; 2004; 82 pages)
  15. WHO/IUCN/WWF Guidelines on the Conservation of Medicinal Plants (IUCN; 1993; 1 page)

 Herbal Medicines

Assessment of safety and efficacy

  1. Annex 11 - Guidelines for the Assessment of Herbal Medicines (WHO; 1996; 8 pages)
  2. General Guidelines for Methodologies on Research and Evaluation of Traditional Medicine (WHO, WHO MD; 2000; 80 pages)
  3. Guidelines for the Appropriate use of Herbal Medicines (WHO/WPRO; 1998; 88 pages)
  4. Regulatory Situation of Herbal Medicines - A Worldwide Review (WHO/TRM; 1998; 49 pages)
  5. Report of a WHO Consultation on Traditional Medicine and AIDS: Clinical Evaluation of Traditional Medicines and Natural Products (Geneva, 26-28 September 1990) (WHO; 1990; 20 pages) 
  6. Report of a WHO Informal Consultation on Traditional Medicine and AIDS: In vitro Screening for Anti-HIV Activity (WHO; 1989; 18 pages)
  7. Research Guidelines for Evaluating the Safety and Efficacy of Herbal Medicines (WHO/WPRO; 1993; 94 pages)
  8. WHO guidelines on safety monitoring of herbal medicines in pharmacovigilance systems (WHO; 2004; 82 pages)
  9. WHO Monographs on Selected Medicinal Plants - Volume 1 (WHO; 1999; 295 pages) 
  10. WHO Monographs on Selected Medicinal Plants - Volume 2 (WHO; 2004; 358 pages) 
  11. WHO/DANIDA Intercountry Course on the Appropriate Methodology for the Selection and Use of Traditional Remedies in National Health Care Programme (WHO MD; 1991; 26 pages)
  12. WHO/DANIDA Training Course: the Selection and Use of Traditional Remedies in Primary Health Care (Report of an Inter-Regional Workshop held in Bangkok, Thailand (WHO MD; 1986; 24 pages)

Conservation

  1. Conservation of Medicinal Plants (Proceedings of an International Consultation, Chiang Mai, Thailand (Cambridge University Press; 1991; 1 page)
  2. Natural Resources and Human Health: Plants of Medicinal and Nutritional Value (Proceedings of the first WHO Symposium on Plants and Health for All: Scientific Advancement, Kobe, Japan (Elsevier; 1992; 1 page)
  3. WHO Guidelines on Good Agricultural and Collection Practices (GACP) for Medicinal Plants (WHO; 2003; 80 pages)
  4. WHO/IUCN/WWF Guidelines on the Conservation of Medicinal Plants (IUCN; 1993; 1 page)

 

Medicinal plants

  1. Medicinal plants in China (WHO/WPRO; 1989; 1 page)
  2. Medicinal plants in the Republic of Korea (WHO/WPRO; 1998; 1 page)
  3. Medicinal plants in the South Pacific (WHO/WPRO; 1998; 1 page)
  4. Medicinal plants in Viet Nam (WHO/WPRO; 1990; 1 page)
  5. WHO Guidelines on Good Agricultural and Collection Practices (GACP) for Medicinal Plants (WHO; 2003; 80 pages) 
  6. WHO Monographs on Selected Medicinal Plants - Volume 1 (WHO; 1999; 295 pages) 
  7. WHO Monographs on Selected Medicinal Plants - Volume 2 (WHO; 2004; 358 pages)

Quality control

  1. Annex 08 - Good Manufacturing Practices: Supplementary Guidelines for the Manufacture of Herbal Medicinal Products (WHO; 1996; 6 pages)
  2. Annex 11 - Guidelines for the Assessment of Herbal Medicines (WHO; 1996; 8 pages)
  3. Basic Tests for Drugs - Pharmaceutical Substances, Medicinal Plant Materials and Dosage Forms (WHO; 1998; 100 pages)
  4. Guidelines for the Appropriate use of Herbal Medicines (WHO/WPRO; 1998; 88 pages)
  5. Quality Control Methods for Medicinal Plant Materials (WHO; 1998; 128 pages) 
  6. Regulatory Situation of Herbal Medicines - A Worldwide Review (WHO/TRM; 1998; 49 pages)
  7. WHO Guidelines on Good Agricultural and Collection Practices (GACP) for Medicinal Plants (WHO; 2003; 80 pages)
  8. WHO Monographs on Selected Medicinal Plants - Volume 1 (WHO; 1999; 295 pages) 
  9. WHO Monographs on Selected Medicinal Plants - Volume 2 (WHO; 2004; 358 pages)

National policy

  1. Legal Status of Traditional Medicine and Complementary/Alternative Medicine: A Worldwide Review (WHO; 2001; 200 pages) 
  2. National Policy on Traditional Medicine and Regulation of Herbal Medicines - Report of a WHO Global Survey (WHO; 2005; 168 pages)
  3. Regulatory Situation of Herbal Medicines - A Worldwide Review (WHO/TRM; 1998; 49 pages)
  4. Report of the Inter-Regional Workshop on Intellectual Property Rights in the Context of Traditional Medicine (Bangkok, Thailand, 6-8 December 2000) (WHO/SEARO, WHO/TRM; 2001; 52 pages)

Primary health care

  1. Guidelines for Training Traditional Health Practitioners in Primary Health Care (WHO/TRM; 1995; 86 pages) 
  2. Report of the Consultation on AIDS and Traditional Medicine: Prospects for Involving Traditional Health Practitioners (Francistown, Botswana, 23-27 July 1990) (WHO; 1990; 48 pages)
  3. The Role of Traditional Medicine in Primary Health Care in China (WHO MD; 1986; 90 pages)
  4. Traditional Practitioners as Primary Health Care Workers (WHO/TRM; 1995; 146 pages) 
  5. WHO/DANIDA Intercountry Course on the Appropriate Methodology for the Selection and Use of Traditional Remedies in National Health Care Programme (WHO MD; 1991; 26 pages)
  6. WHO/DANIDA Training Course: the Selection and Use of Traditional Remedies in Primary Health Care (Report of an Inter-Regional Workshop held in Bangkok, Thailand (WHO MD; 1986; 24 pages)

Research and training

  1. Acupuncture: Review and Analysis of Reports on Controlled Clinical Trials (WHO; 2003; 87 pages) 
  2. General Guidelines for Methodologies on Research and Evaluation of Traditional Medicine (WHO, WHO MD; 2000; 80 pages)
  3. Guidelines for Clinical Research on Acupuncture (WHO/WPRO; 1995; 68 pages)
  4. Guidelines for Training Traditional Health Practitioners in Primary Health Care (WHO/TRM; 1995; 86 pages) 
  5. Guidelines on Basic Training and Safety in Acupuncture (WHO, WHO MD; 1999; 35 pages)
  6. International standard terminology on acupuncture for basic training in preparation (WHO; 1 page)
  7. Natural Resources and Human Health: Plants of Medicinal and Nutritional Value (Proceedings of the first WHO Symposium on Plants and Health for All: Scientific Advancement, Kobe, Japan (Elsevier; 1992; 1 page)
  8. Report of a WHO Consultation on Traditional Medicine and AIDS: Clinical Evaluation of Traditional Medicines and Natural Products (Geneva, 26-28 September 1990) (WHO; 1990; 20 pages) 
  9. Report of a WHO Informal Consultation on Traditional Medicine and AIDS: In vitro Screening for Anti-HIV Activity (WHO; 1989; 18 pages)
  10. Report of the Consultation on AIDS and Traditional Medicine: Prospects for Involving Traditional Health Practitioners (Francistown, Botswana, 23-27 July 1990) (WHO; 1990; 48 pages)
  11. Report of the Inter-Regional Workshop on Intellectual Property Rights in the Context of Traditional Medicine (Bangkok, Thailand, 6-8 December 2000) (WHO/SEARO, WHO/TRM; 2001; 52 pages) 
  12. Report of the Second Meeting of Directors of WHO Collaborating Centres for Traditional Medicine (WHO; 1988; 49 pages)
  13. Report of the Third Meeting of Directors of WHO Collaborating Centres for Traditional Medicine (WHO; 1996; 65 pages)
  14. Research Guidelines for Evaluating the Safety and Efficacy of Herbal Medicines (WHO/WPRO; 1993; 94 pages)
  15. SARS: Clinical Trials on Treatment Using a Combination of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Western Medicine (WHO; 2004; 194 pages) 
  16. Traditional Practitioners as Primary Health Care Workers (WHO/TRM; 1995; 146 pages) 
  17. WHO/DANIDA Intercountry Course on the Appropriate Methodology for the Selection and Use of Traditional Remedies in National Health Care Programme (WHO MD; 1991; 26 pages)
  18. WHO/DANIDA Training Course: the Selection and Use of Traditional Remedies in Primary Health Care (Report of an Inter-Regional Workshop held in Bangkok, Thailand (WHO MD; 1986; 24 pages)
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