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eCAM Advance Access published online on June 23, 2008
eCAM, doi:10.1093/ecam/nen042
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Meeting Report

The World Summit of Harmonization on Traditional, Alternative and Complementary Medicine (TACM) in Lima, Peru

Gustavo F. Gonzales1, José Aguilar1 and Martha Villar2

1Faculty of Sciences and Philosophy, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, PO Box 4314, Lima 100 and 2EsSalud, Lima, Peru

The World Summit of Harmonization on Traditional, Alternative and Complementary Medicine (TACM) was held in Lima, Peru, November 7–11, 2007, with almost 600 worldwide participants. This meeting was organized by Peruvian Medical College, the institution that affiliates and authorizes all physicians to practice medicine in Peru. The meeting included seven sections starting with an overview on the current status of the TACM. The second section included experiences from different countries on regulations and quality control in products and services used in the TACM. The worldwide experience of education and training in TACM was a very important part of the meeting in which speakers from Spain, Germany, Argentina, Italy, Brazil, Cuba and Peru shared their experience. The meeting included topics on homeopathy, acupuncture, mind–body medicine, neural therapy, chiropraxis, among others. Two final sessions were related to the ways of linking Traditional medicine to the national Health Systems in the Latin America countries and also the association between bio-commerce and TACM including intellectual properties and bio-piracy.

Keywords: TACM – traditional medicine – world summit

For reprints and all correspondence: Gustavo F. Gonzales, Faculty of Sciences and Philosophy, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, PO Box 4314, Lima 100, Peru. Tel: +00511 3190000 (2535); Fax: +00511 3821762; E-mail: ggr{at}upch.edu.pe

Received March 6, 2008; accepted May 15, 2008


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