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.
