Report from Tradmed International Conference, Sri Lanka 2017: Multidisciplinary research bringing together academia, clinical practice and industry from the region and beyond

摘要

An international symposium on traditional medicine (TM) and complementary medicine (CM), Tradmed International, took place in Sri Lanka on 23-25 November 2017. Organised by the Ministry of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine of the Government of Sri Lanka, the World Health Organization and the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, the symposium was a multinational platform where the latest research and production of TM and CM was presented and discussed. It ushered in the establishment of an integrative, evidence-based TM system in Sri Lanka. A wide scope of TM- and CM-related issues were covered under the two broad themes of 'TM and CM service delivery for health promotion, disease prevention and management' and 'Safety, quality, efficacy and regulation of TM and CM products'. Experts shared their research findings through oral and poster presentations. It was proposed that this initiative would pave the way towards multidisciplinary research, bringing together academia and industry from the region and beyond in an innovative platform.