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The Evidence Maps on Traditional, Complementary, and Integrative Medicine (TCIM) aim to organize and assess scientific evidence, make it accessible, and identify knowledge gaps. Covering practices such as phytotherapy, meditation, acupuncture, yoga, aromatherapy, and more, the project has created 26 maps based on 1,400 systematic reviews. These maps associate over 460 TCIM interventions with more ...
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Data: 17/08/2023

The Brazilian Health and Nature Network was created in 2021 to strengthen the link between nature and health in Brazil, a country with exceptional biodiversity and many conservation areas. The network, with about 70 members from health, conservation, and communication fields, produced a 2023 manifesto advocating for the integration of nature-health relationships into public policies. The manifesto...
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Data: 17/08/2023

Planetary Health is a global movement and scientific field focused on how human impacts on the environment affect health and well-being. Traditional knowledge is vital to Planetary Health approaches. In Latin America, efforts are growing: the Latin American Hub connects 10 countries and 15 institutions, and the first Planetary Health Congress was held in Chile in 2023. In Brazil, the Planetary Hea...
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The American Public Health Association (APHA) and its Integrative, Complementary, and Traditional Health Practices (ICTHP) Section align with the Astana Declaration's commitments to strengthen primary healthcare. The ICTHP Section increases the visibility of integrative health practices within public health, welcomes a multidisciplinary membership, supports global partnerships, and promotes traini...
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Integrative Medicine for the Underserved (IM4US), a project of the Tides Center, is committed to advancing equitable, affordable, and accessible integrative healthcare for underserved communities. Focused on equity, diversity, and inclusion, IM4US supports a diverse network of health practitioners through outreach, education, research, and advocacy. Its philosophy emphasizes health care as a human...
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The statement on Cultural Misappropriation in Integrative Health addresses the need for integrative healthcare to honor whole-person healing through culturally respectful and equitable practices. It highlights the harms caused by colonization, capitalism, exploitation, biomedical dominance, and research bias, which have historically marginalized traditional healing systems. The document calls for ...
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The Alliance to Advance Comprehensive Integrative Pain Management (AACIPM) advocates for equitable access to multimodal, integrative care for pain management, especially for underserved populations. Although non-pharmacological, team-based therapies are recommended as first-line treatments in clinical guidelines, many barriers—particularly around reimbursement—prevent widespread access. AACIPM...
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Cancer patients use complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapies at significantly higher rates (48%–69%) than the general population. To address this, many U.S. cancer centers have developed Integrative Oncology (IO) programs. The Society for Integrative Oncology (SIO) leads efforts to advance evidence-based, comprehensive integrative care for people affected by cancer. IO approaches i...
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Data: 17/08/2023

The People’s Declaration for Traditional, Complementary and Integrative Healthcare (TCIH) is a global coalition of over 300 organizations representing practitioners, users, researchers, and educators. It calls for a healthcare system that is whole-person focused (physical, mental, social, spiritual), patient-centered, participatory, evidence-based, culturally respectful, community- and planet-ce...
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The Suriname Steering Committee for the Development of the Traditional Medical Systems Industry works to advance the economic and legal recognition of traditional medicine in Suriname. Drawing on the country's rich cultural diversity and abundant tropical forests, Suriname is harnessing centuries-old knowledge of medicinal plants for local use and global export. Growing local awareness sees the fo...
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