Traditional medicine conference in Beijing closes with global health outcomes

The World Conference on Traditional Medicine 2026 ended in Beijing on 18 October with several outcomes intended to deepen international cooperation on health. Organisers also set up the Global Alliance for Traditional and Integrative Medicine to support joint scientific work across borders. The programme included a government forum, a ministerial round table and eight parallel forums, all linked to the WHO Global Traditional Medicine Strategy 2025 to 2034.

The reporting frames the meeting around four aims of that strategy: building evidence, ensuring safety through regulation, bringing traditional, complementary and integrative medicine into health systems, and linking it to action in other sectors. It does not describe India-specific measures or outcomes. Indian clinicians and hospital leaders may find the strategy's health-system aims the most relevant part for future planning.