(REOPENS DEL90)

The Declaration sought to pursue harmonised approach for education, practice, research, documentation and regulation of traditional medicine and involvement of traditional medicine practitioners in health services. It also sought to explore possibility of promoting mutual recognition of educational qualifications awarded by recognised Universities, pharmacopoeias, monographs and relevant databases of traditional medicine and to develop common reference documents of traditional medicine for South East Asian countries. The member nations also decided to encourage sustainable development and resource augmentation of medicinal plants in the South East Asian regional countries and to exchange views, experiences and experts for integration of traditional medicine into national health systems in accordance with national policies and regulations.