Mission
As defined in the Terms of Reference, the Strategic and Technical Advisory Group on Traditional Medicine will:
- advise WHO on strategic direction for traditional medicine at global level;
- provide scientific advice to shape global research priorities;
- provide technical support to develop norms and standards;
- recommend approaches to integration of TM into health systems; and
- assist WHO in articulating policy options for Member States.
These functions directly support implementation of the Global Traditional Medicine Strategy 2025–2034.
Terms of reference
Members
Vice‑President (Research and Development) and Dr. Kennedy Y. H. Wong Endowed Professor in Chinese Medicine at Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU)
Advisor, Department of Thai Traditional and Alternative Medicine (DTAM)
Prof An-Wen Chan
Professor at the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto
Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Medical Sciences (India)
Professor of Clinical Epidemiology and the Director of the Centre for Evidence-Based Chinese Medicine at Beijing University of Chinese Medicine
Associate Professor in Integrated Medicine at the University of West London
Dr Kerstin Andrae-Marobela
Associate Professor for Molecular Cell Biology at the Department of Biological Sciences, University of Botswana
Former Vice-Chancellor of Maharashtra University of Health Sciences
Director-General of the Nigeria Natural Medicine Development Agency (NNMDA)
Independent International Advisor on Traditional, Complementary and Integrative Medicine (TCIM) research and policy
Director of the African Medicines Innovations and Technology Development
Principal Researcher at the Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine in South Korea
Associate Professor, Western Research Chair, and Director of Indigenous Planetary Health at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry at Western University
Professor at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro Medical School
Associate Professor in the Department of Persian Medicine at Iran University of Medical Sciences (IUMS)
Executive Director of the Health Promotion Forum of New Zealand
Director of the Cochrane Complementary Medicine Field, Georgetown University
Editor in Chief of the Campbell Collaboration
Rector of the Swiss TCM University