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Report about the special event on 17.6. framed of the 1st TEM Forum in Switzerland, St. Gallen - 12.6.-18.6.2023, by Nora Laubstein

For one week it was all about "Traditional European Medicine": In the five-day online forum, in the well-attended hybrid conference on Saturday in the monastery's Abbey Library, and very practically on Sunday in the botanical garden of the historically significant town of St. Gallen, which has a population of around 80,000. The presidium of the TEM Forum, Dr. Karl-Heinz Steinmetz, Christina Thum and Louis Hutter, had made it their task to present the centuries of history, the cultural heritage, and the current situation in seven European countries and Iran.

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Dear Regional Director Dr. Kluge,

on the WHO-Europe website, when searching on the topic of Traditional Medicine (TM), there is NO single entry! – On the other hand, the new Global Center for T&CM in India refers to your website as "Naturopathy" and "Homeopathy". When I enter these search terms on the WHO-Europe website, no result is found. This is not acceptable...

Report from the SALUS Network event in the EU Parliament in Brussels

The international conference "Promoting health and sustainability: the natural way out of the permanent state of emergency" was held on 28 and 29 September at the European Parliament in Brussels. Thanks to the MEPs Rosa D'Amato and Manuela Ripa and the Greens / Efa group, it was possible to bring the theme of health promotion linked to environmental sustainability to an institutional place.

Report of the two-day symposium in Unken near Salzburg, September 9 + 10, 2022.

In cooperation with the Austrian associations TEH and TEM, ANME accompanied a very intensive and successful two-day event in theory and practice.

At the Campus Oberrain in Unken, about 60 people from all health professions, as well as interested lay people, exchanged views on the topic of "Traditional European Medicine and Healing". One focus was on the difficult situation for a health profession with permission to diagnose alongside that of the physician. In contrast to Switzerland and Germany, only a medical doctor is currently allowed to do this in Austria. However, the current development in the health sector shows that, in addition to scientific and business-oriented guideline medicine, a separate field for traditional medicine and healing has emerged, which is enjoying an ever-increasing demand. Actually, it should be a matter of course to establish an umbrella profession for this field in Austria as well.

As part of the "WHO Strategy* on Traditional Medicine 2014 to 2023," the Indian government reached an agreement with WHO on March 25. This global knowledge center for traditional medicine, supported by the Indian government with an investment of $250 million, will harness the potential of traditional medicine around the world through modern science and technology to improve the health of people and the planet.

The term traditional medicine describes the body of knowledge, skills and practices that indigenous and other cultures have used throughout time to maintain health and prevent diagnose and treat physical and mental illness. It includes ancient practices such as acupuncture, Ayurvedic medicine and herbal mixtures, as well as modern medicines.

The new center focuses on four main strategic areas: Evidence and Learning, Data and Analysis, Sustainability and Equity, and Innovation and Technology to optimize the contribution of traditional medicine to global health and sustainable development.

*Link: https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789241506096

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Laudation by Nora Laubstein, ANME-President

Dr. Anton "Ton" Nicolai, born in Amsterdam in 1942, began his medical practice as a family doctor in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. There he worked extensively with various complementary and alternative medical procedures, such as Acupuncture, Homeopathy, manual therapy and classical Naturopathy.

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In October 2021, BKTD issued a contribution to the “EU-Conference on the Future of Europe” on the future of CAM therapists in animal health care. You can support it by liking and sharing this declaration on the Conference's website:

https://futureu.europa.eu/

The text is as follows:

Preservation and promotion of complementary and alternative medicine for animals in the EU

Complementary and alternative medicine for animals contributes to

  • ensuring animal health, thus making it a valuable addition to veterinary care
  • the prevention of animal diseases
  • the prevention of AMR (antimicrobial resistances)
  • the protection of the environment.

Professions practicing CAM must be given legal frameworks that allow them to practice freely within the EU.

The member states of the EU should therefore

  • value and recognize animal health practitioners as an independent profession,
  • guarantee freedom of therapy to animal health practitioners,
  • preserve the availability of human medicines that have proven harmless to humans, animals and the environment (in particular homeopathic and herbal remedies) as well as their use to animal health practitioners,
  • preserve CAM treatments (in particular leeches, TEN, TCM, neural therapy) and promote them as contributing to animal health,
  • recognize animal health practitioners as a (state-recognized) profession that requires training,
  • allow animal owners to choose between CAM and conventional medicine in accordance with animal welfare laws,
  • fully involve animal health practitioners as stakeholders in public deliberation processes regarding animal health and pharmacovigilance,
  • maintain and promote the quality of remedies intended for use in animals, e. g. by defining manufacturing standards and keeping homeopathic remedies compulsory in pharmacies.

Translation: Max Helmich

Berufsverband klassischer Tierhomöopathen Deutschlands e.V., engl. Professional Association of Homeopathic Practitioners for Animals in Germany, https://www.bktd.com