Evidence-based traditional medicine for transforming global health and well-being

• Bhushan Patwardhan,
• L. Susan Wieland,
• Obijiofor Aginam,
• Anchalee Chuthaputti,
• Ricardo Ghelman,
• Roshanak Ghods,
• Goh Cheng Soon,
• Motlalepula G. Matsabisa,
• Georg Seifert,
• Sione Tu’itahi,
• Kim Sung Chol,
• Shyama Kuruvilla,
• Kathi Kemper,
• Holger Cramer,
• H.R. Nagendra,
• Anup Thakar,
• Tanuja Nesari,
• Sanjeev Sharma,
• Narayanam Srikanth,
• Rabinarayan Acharya

Affiliations

Bhushan Patwardhan

Corresponding author at: Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine, Ramkumar Rathi Patanjali Yoga Chair at School of Health Sciences, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, India.; Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine, Ramkumar Rathi Patanjali Yoga Chair at School of Health Sciences, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, India; External Advisory Group for the WHO Traditional Medicine Global Summit, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

L. Susan Wieland

External Advisory Group for the WHO Traditional Medicine Global Summit, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland; Department of Family & Community Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, United States

Obijiofor Aginam

External Advisory Group for the WHO Traditional Medicine Global Summit, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland; United Nations University International Institute for Global Health, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Anchalee Chuthaputti

External Advisory Group for the WHO Traditional Medicine Global Summit, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland; Institute of Thai Traditional Medicine, Nonthaburi, Thailand

Ricardo Ghelman

External Advisory Group for the WHO Traditional Medicine Global Summit, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland; Department of Medicine and Primary Care, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Roshanak Ghods

External Advisory Group for the WHO Traditional Medicine Global Summit, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland; Department of Persian Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Goh Cheng Soon

External Advisory Group for the WHO Traditional Medicine Global Summit, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland; Traditional and Complementary Medicine Division, Ministry of Health, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Motlalepula G. Matsabisa

External Advisory Group for the WHO Traditional Medicine Global Summit, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland; Department of Health Sciences, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa

Georg Seifert

External Advisory Group for the WHO Traditional Medicine Global Summit, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland; Department of Pediatrics, Division of Oncology and Hematology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Sione Tu’itahi

External Advisory Group for the WHO Traditional Medicine Global Summit, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland; Health Promotion Forum, Auckland, New Zealand

Kim Sung Chol

TCI Unit, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Shyama Kuruvilla

World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Kathi Kemper

Journal Editors endorsing Editorial, USA; Complementary Therapies in Medicine, Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH, United States

Holger Cramer

Journal Editors endorsing Editorial, USA; Journal of Complementary and Integrative Medicine, University of Duisburg-Essen Chair of Complementary and Integrative Medicine, Essen, Germany

H.R. Nagendra

Journal Editors endorsing Editorial, USA; Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge, S-VYASA Yoga University, Bengaluru, India

Anup Thakar

Journal Editors endorsing Editorial, USA; AYU Journal, Institute of Teaching and Research in Ayurveda, Jamnagar, India

Tanuja Nesari

Journal Editors endorsing Editorial, USA; International Journal of Ayurveda Research, All India Institute of Ayurveda, New Delhi, India

Sanjeev Sharma

Journal Editors endorsing Editorial, USA; Journal of Ayurveda, National Institute of Ayurveda, Jaipur, India

Narayanam Srikanth

Journal Editors endorsing Editorial, USA; Journal of Research in Ayurvedic Sciences, Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences, New Delhi, India

Rabinarayan Acharya

Journal Editors endorsing Editorial, USA; Journal of Drug Research in Ayurvedic Sciences, Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences, New Delhi, India