Nation celebrates Unani Day: A new arrow to a traditional bow

New Delhi, February 11: Today the nation celebrates as Unani Day as it is the 150th Birth Anniversary of Hakim Ajmal Khan, the contribution made by him to the traditional medicine and to the nation was remarkable. As a part of the celebration, a two-day International Conference on Unani Medicine is organized.

‘Lifestyle diseases are one of the major health challenges of the country, an area where integration of traditional and conventional medicine systems can play an important role’, said MoS Development of North Eastern Region, MoS PMO and D/o Atomic Energy and Space Dr Jitender Singh while inaugurating the conference.

Dr Singh emphasized the all-round development of indigenous systems of medicine with special focus on holistic management of diseases. He opined that all the physicians irrespective of the system of medicine whether modern or traditional may be co-located for addressing the requirement of patients in a holistic manner.

On this occasion, a MoU was signed between CCRUM and Hamdard University, Bangladesh to establish an “academic chair” in Unani System of medicine in Bangladesh. Hamdard University was represented by Dr Abdul Mannan, Vice Chancellor. The aim of this MoU is to provide academic leadership to the institution, primarily through demonstrating and fostering excellence in teaching, research, and policy development related to the Unani system of medicine at the varieties of levels within the discipline.

 

The Chief Guest also released the Conference Souvenir and Pictorial Album on Hakim Ajmal Khan depicting various aspects of his multidimensional personality published to pay tribute to him on his 150th birth anniversary.

In two day conference various national level eminent personalities and stakeholders from academia, industry, regulators, and researchers in the field of Unani Medicine are participating in deliberations. Besides national delegates, representatives from countries like South Africa, UK, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, China, USA, Portugal, UAE, Slovenia, Israel, Hungary, Bahrain, Tajikistan, etc are also attending the conference.

Speaking on the occasion, Joint Secretary, Ministry of AYUSH Pramod Kumar Pathak said that this international conference which is themed on Integration of Unani Medicine in Mainstream Healthcare is in line with the objectives of the ministry towards mainstreaming of AYUSH in national healthcare. Joint Secretary, Ministry of AYUSH, Roshan Jaggi in his address highlighted the efforts being made by the Ministry of AYUSH to promote rational medicine in national public health system through regulation of research and appropriate integration of quality products, practices, and practitioners into the health system so as to achieve universal health for all.