Traditional Medicine Chapter in WHO ICD-11

摘要

The World Health Organization WHO has been developing an International Classification of Traditional Medicine (ICTM)which will be linked to ICD-11 through inclusion of a new ICD-11 Chapter on Traditional Medicine (TM) conditions.In October 2016, the first ICD revision conference was held in Tokyo and the Director General of WHO, Dr. Margaret Chan,articulated that it is a historical event to introduce traditional medicine into the international health care platform. Thenewly created traditional medicine chapter (chapter 26) consists of traditional disorders and patterns.