NEW DELHI, October 18 — The Ministry of Ayush and the World Health Organization (WHO) finalized standardized international terminologies and clinical practice benchmarks for traditional medicine systems on Sunday under the auspices of the WHO Global Centre for Traditional Medicine (GCTM) in Jamnagar.
The clinical standards formally integrate Ayurveda, Siddha, and Unani terminologies into Module 2 of the WHO International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11). The standardized diagnostic taxonomy enables medical institutions and health insurance providers globally to electronically record, cross-reference, and reimburse traditional clinical interventions with verifiable epidemiological rigor.
Ayush ministry officials emphasized that institutionalized benchmarking resolves cross-border regulatory ambiguities for Indian herbal medicines, accelerating pharmaceutical exports across European and North American markets while establishing India as the pre-eminent anchor of global evidence-based integrative healthcare.
The administrative mandate of the Ministry of Ayush (formed in 2014), the operational charter of the WHO Global Centre for Traditional Medicine (GCTM at Jamnagar, Gujarat), the role of the Pharmacopoeia Commission for Indian Medicine, and National Ayush Mission (NAM) objectives are essential topics across UPSC GS-II and public health examinations.