International Conference on Standardisation of AYUSH Terminologies

International Conference on Standardisation of AYUSH Terminologies

Part of: GS Prelims and GS-II- Governance

In news:

• Two day International Conference on Standardisation of AYUSH Terminologies (ICoSDiTAUS-2020) was held in New Delhi. 
• The conference was jointly organized by the Ministry of AYUSH and the WHO 
• It adopted the “New Delhi Declaration on Collection and Classification of Traditional Medicine (TM) Diagnostic Data”.
• The New Delhi declaration emphasised the commitment of the countries to Traditional Medicine (TM) as a significant area of health care.
• It further sought the opportunity for including traditional systems of medicine like Ayurveda, Unani and Siddha in the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) 
• ICD published by WHO is the standard diagnostic tool for health management across the world. The ICD provides a method of classifying diseases, injuries, and causes of death.
• More than 100 countries use the ICD system to report mortality data, a primary indicator of health status.