Traditional medicine should be incorporated into the world of public health service system

Time: 2015-11-05

Source: China's traditional Chinese medicine

Author: Zhao Weiting

The world within the scope of universal health coverage has not been achieved. According to the world health organization and the world bank jointly issued on June 12 this year, the report says the global 400 million people lack access to basic health services, 6% of the population of low and middle income countries for medical expenses in extreme poverty. The world health organization and the world bank advice, the pursuit of universal health coverage in the country should at least provide basic medical services for 80% of the population. At the same time, countries around the world medical expenses obvious rising trend in recent years.

At last Saturday, \"international symposium on traditional medicine explore\" on one of the organizers of the IAMP (international academy of medical sciences group), chairman of the LeiLiMing believe that traditional medicine can offer more cost-effective for human health solutions. The world health organization's general representative ShiHeDe, says the world health organization fully recognize and respect in traditional medicine in the important role of the national health system. From 21 countries such as China, India, South Africa, more than 260 traditional medicine experts have also recognized should speed up the steps of excavation, research and application of traditional medicine.

Chinese way or can solve the world's health problems

Indeed, even for the world's economic superpower the United States, universal health care is also a national unbearable heavy burden. On the issue of health care, Democrats and republicans have huge differences. The main reason why the republicans oppose obamacare policy is \"no money\". It is reported that the U.S. department of health inputs has been accounted for 17.9% of GDP, China health investment accounted for 5.1% of GDP, America's population is only a fraction of the in our country, while America's GDP is about 1.5 times of our country. America's health care policy may not be duplicated in other developing countries, including our country.

Li keqiang, prime minister, to use Chinese to solve good health reform this worldwide problem. And the practice of our country also has been proved that traditional medicine can provide medical resources can't keep up with the problems of medical expenses growth with a way to solve. Bill released according to the 2013 national health and family planning commission, the country at or above the county level accounted for 4.5% of the national medical institutions, medical institutions of traditional Chinese medicine of traditional Chinese medicine personnel accounted for 7.5%, the national investment accounted for 7%, but took 11.9% of hospitalized patients, 15.4% of outpatients. A Chinese medicine prescription cheap RMB 29, a 2051 yuan cheaper hospitalized patients. According to member of Chinese academy of traditional Chinese medicine dean zhang bl, also in the high-speed development of Chinese medicine industry in recent years, the modernization of traditional Chinese medicine, the start of the year only 23.4 billion, traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) industry output value reached 640 billion yuan last year.\" In our country, traditional medicine has become one indispensable part of the healthcare system.

Chinese traditional medicine into the practice of medical and health system in the world also has a certain popularization value. According to ShiHeDe, in Africa, there are more than 80% of the population will use traditional medicine to meet their health needs. The 67th world health assembly, held last year urged member states according to the state of adjustment, adopt and implement the who traditional medicine strategy in 2014-2023 \", in order to promote health protection service system and the family in the fusion of traditional and modern medicine service of universal health coverage. In June this year the international organization for standardization to TC249 committee officially named as \"technical committee of Chinese medicine\". According to incomplete statistics, Russia, France and so on more than 30 countries have offered to open a center of Chinese medicine in its territory, to carry out the cooperation of Chinese medicine.

South Africa explore traditional medicine practitioners involved in CDC

Former South African President nelson mandela said, traditional medical workers often can better access to the ordinary people, and accepted by the people, should be involved in health promotion. South Africa is the world's HIV/AIDS in battered countries. Now, the traditional medical workers is becoming an important part of public health service system, jointly cope with the threat of HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis.

Durban polytechnic university research professor honor Nceba Gqalen introduction, South Africa's traditional medical practitioners formed a wide range of network, in the community, serving the people can make people better access to all kinds of disease prevention, care and treatment. \"Traditional medicine workers with equal status to join the public health system is very important.\" He thinks that the traditional medical workers and the degree of disease control of the whole country and strategic combination, unified caliber and smooth communication is very important. Nceba Gqalen team long term cooperation with local AIDS committee and local clinics, and kept close contact with the traditional medicine practitioners, mutual help countries sexually transmitted diseases such as AIDS and tuberculosis. They adopted the referral, registration, and develop training materials and other measures to establish contact with traditional medicine practitioners, with the picture of the vivid and easy to understand and sign to show symptoms, help with no education system of traditional medicine practitioners to master modern epidemic prevention knowledge quickly, with traditional medicine staff training after the completion of their work, understanding the effect of training. \"Our project has trained over 800 staff engaged in traditional medicine, they serve more than 2000 patients with HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis\".

The main challenge now lies in information communication is not smooth, many traditional medicine practitioners is almost illiterate, after the realization of patient referral, these private clinics are few feedback. \"A lot of traditional medicine and treatment of tuberculosis (TB) is very effective in South Africa\", Nceba Gqalen is introduced, the next step they will collect more evidence and data in this area.

Sri Lanka: traditional and modern medicine together ramming familiarizing at the grass-roots level

Sri Lanka is more than one thousand years of history, traditional medicine system numerous schools, in the areas of health promotion and disease prevention and control plays a very important role. Traditional medicine practitioners training have 3 channels, one is through university, 2 it is through the ministry of health of the certification body training and get the certificate, and the third is the family, if the family from generation to generation in traditional medicine, can also go to the government registration.

\"In our projects, 1300 communities of traditional medicine staff only 300 got the certificate, the government is officially recognised\", Sri Lanka RAJARATA university education and research, director of the center for complementary and alternative medicine Senaka Pilapitiya is introduced, the center has been established for nine years, are main research institutions in the traditional medicine in Sri Lanka. Senaka Pilapitiya learned medical board in Sri Lanka to these traditional medicine practitioners of management is relatively loose.

Indigenous medicine, Sri Lanka established a health promotion services, in order to promote the community level of medical service, health officials in every community. The national system is based on Sri Lanka's own system set up medical institutions, belongs to the ministry of public health agency. And Senaka Pilapitiya teams are exploring involved in health promotion staff through training of combining the traditional medicine and modern medicine together to participate in the national public health services.

\"Involved in health promotion staff, if the lack of a good training is working very hard, will face many challenges, it is hard to put our ideas, so the beginning of the project we carried out the integration of the training course, certificate program design for six months.\" Senaka Pilapitiya introduction, to their traditional medical practitioners training methodology of modern medicine, and to carry out the practice of research, including how to carry out investigation and research, the community also taught data storage, data management technology, so that the community in the traditional medicine and modern medicine cooperation in the future study can also collect the relevant evidence.

This exploration of traditional medicine and modern medicine service public health efforts is faced with many challenges and questions about a lack of understanding between scientific and traditional medicine, such as a lot of very modern medical practitioners of traditional medicine do not understand, there are also fears that traditional medicine will squeeze the living space of modern medicine.

\"When making this kind of fusion, not challenge each other's principles, can't discriminate against the other party, be sure to maintain a fair attitude.\" Senaka Pilapitiya think, for a long time of modern medicine and traditional medicine practitioners lack of cooperation in Sri Lanka, should have an open mind, to recognize each other there are professional advantages, the final design of the integration of health courses is an innovative experience, participate in the training of scholars also gradually realize the fusion is achievable.

Through the university training, and issue certificates, health promotion staff have more professional identity, can work better, more and more willing to participate in the training of traditional medicine practitioners. RAJARATA university in Sri Lanka for the fusion of two kinds of medicine system provides a strong support, the project also won the good feedback of community medical officer.

\"There have been more and more people show his interest for traditional medicine, take part in our activity, we are preparing the traditional medicine workshop, hope to further promote herbal application, to make into the national health system.\" Senaka Pilapitiya said with confidence. (China press of traditional Chinese medicine Zhao Weiting)