WHO Designates Hyderabad-based NIIMH as Collaborating Centre for Traditional Medicine Research

Hyderabad: The World Health Organization has designated the National Institute of Indian Medical Heritage, Hyderabad, a unit under the Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences, Ministry of Ayush as a WHO Collaborating Centre for "Fundamental and Literary Research in Traditional Medicine". Notably, CCRAS-NIIMH, Hyderabad, joins the ranks as the third WHO Collaborating Centre in the domain of traditional medicine, following the Institute for Teaching & Research in Ayurveda, Jamnagar, and the Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga, New Delhi. As the first WHO Collaborating Centre for "Fundamental and Literary Research in Traditional Medicine," NIIMH is tasked with assisting WHO in standardizing terminologies for Ayurveda, Unani, Siddha, and Sowa-Rigpa, and updating the Traditional Medicine Module-II for the Eleventh edition of the International Classification of Diseases. The WHO Collaborating Centre for "Fundamental and Literary Research in Traditional Medicine" will be led by Prof. Vaidya Rabinarayan Acharya, Director General, CCRAS, along with a dedicated team including Dr. G. P. Prasad, Assistant Director I/c and Unit Head, Vaidya Saketh Ram Thrigulla, Research Officer, and Dr. Santosh Mane, Research Officer, NIIMH, Hyderabad, in coordination with the Literary and Fundamental Research team of CCRAS Headquarters.