WHO Invitation: 3 July 2023 CSO-WHO DG Dialogue: Priorities on Traditional, Complementary and Integrative Healthcare at global, regional, and country levels

[The message below is forwarded from WHO. Please feel free to pass on to your contacts. By TCIH Declaration Coalition, organisers]

“Dear Civil Society Organizations,

We have the pleasure to invite you to participate in an interactive Dialogue with the WHO Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, on the theme “: Priorities on Traditional, Complementary and Integrative Medicine at global, regional, and country levels”. The Dialogue will be virtual and take place on Monday 3 July 2023 at 1:00-2:30 pm CEST (Paris, Amsterdam, Berlin, GMT + 02:00). This invitation is open to all civil society members, please share this invitation with your networks.

This dialogue is part of a series of CSO Dialogues with the WHO Director General to better understand civil society priorities and strengthen the important relationship between WHO and Civil Society Organizations.

Organized by the “The People’s Declaration for Traditional, Complementary and Integrative Healthcare” (TCIH Declaration), a worldwide civil society coalition of users and practitioners of traditional, complementary and integrative healthcare, this dialogue will aim to:

  • Re-affirm WHO’s commitment to CSO voices and priorities around Traditional, Complementary and Integrative Healthcare
  • Discuss CSO priorities for TCIH
  • Propose concrete actions to WHO engagement with CSOs working on TCIH

It is organized in the lead up of and contributing to the WHO Traditional Medicine Global Summit on 17 and 18 August 2023 in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India, and in support of the work of the WHO Global Centre for Traditional Medicine to harness the potential of traditional medicine from across the world to improve the health of people and the planet.

Please find the link to register in advance to the dialogue “: Priorities on Traditional, Complementary and Integrative Medicine at global, regional, and country levels ” on Monday 3 July 2023 at 1:00-2:30 pm CEST below:

https://who.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_cKrU62IXTkGxmBMjp0Bh3w

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

You may wish to download the Zoom application.

Kindly note that the dialogue will have interpretation in all the UN official languages (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish). Once you have connected, you can choose your language.

Kind regards, Gaudenz

Dr. Gaudenz Silberschmidt
Director Health and Multilateral Partnerships External Relations, World Health Organization”

Source: Invitation sent out by the WHO Secretariat on 21 June 2023

Civil society contacts: info@tcih.org