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Brazil: Health Ministry hosts 1st International Congress of Complementary and Integrative Medicine in Public Health / 3rd International Ayurveda Congress

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11 July 2018

First International Congress of
COMPLEMENTARY AND INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE
IN PUBLIC HEALTH

Third International Ayurveda Congress

March 12 - 15, 2018
Rio de Janeiro

From 12-15 March 2018, 4,000 delegates participated in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, at the historic 1st International Congress of Complementary and Integrative Medicine in Public Health, in which the 3rd International Ayurveda Congress formed a key part.

The Ministry of Health of Brazil, while promoting the 1st International Congress of Complementary and Integrative Medicine in Public Health, had the honour to host and support the 3rd International Ayurveda Congress in the city of Rio de Janeiro.

The congresses were intended to constitute forums for international discussion, for integration and exchange of experiences between professionals and managers of the various integrative practices, in Brazil and in other countries. The objective was to broaden the debate about the use and propagation of these practices in the National Health Systems, to deepen the knowledge and to discuss the advances of the incorporations of the integrative and complementary practices.

The 1st International Congress of Complementary and Integrative Medicine in Public Health marked the collaboration of important organizations: the Ministry of Health and the Chamber of Deputies, through the Joint Parliamentary Fronts of Integrative Practices in Health and Education. It also received support from the All India Ayurveda Congress, the International Academy of Ayurveda, the International Maharishi AyurVeda Foundation (IMAVF), and the Fundación Maharishi de Latino America.

The Congress was inaugurated in the presence of Brazil's Health Minister (Ricardo Barros), the Health Minister of Curacao, Vice-Minister of Health from Nicaragua, three Brazilian Congressmen (Saraiva Felipe, Giovani Cherini and Alex Canziani), the Director of Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and WHO, the President of the co-organizers Dr. Rainer Picha (IMAVF), and Padmabhushan Vaidya Devendra Triguna (AIAC) and many more dignitaries.

This Congress made it possible to deepen the knowledge and to discuss the progress of the ICPH incorporations in the international and national scenarios, allowing the sharing of experiences regarding their implementation and management by the countries that already have them in their official health systems. In the four days of the event a wide variety of information was disseminated and shared knowledge through lectures, workshops and round tables, experiences, spaces of care in integrative and complementary practices.

The Ministry of Health believed that this event would be successful and would allow advances in the field of a world society that recognizes the Integrative and Complementary Practices and their practitioners, guaranteeing safety, efficacy, effectiveness and valuing the culture of traditional peoples.

Watch video (16 minutes) of the address by Tony Nader, MD, PhD, MARR, to the 3rd International Ayurveda Congress in Rio.

Over 80 renowned speakers presented latest research results and in-depth speeches to over 500 participants from many different countries during the 3rd International Ayurveda Congress.

The leaders of all major Ayurveda organizations in Brazil, for the first time ever, sat together for a panel discussion and decided to join and develop programmes and strategies to implement Ayurveda into the Public Health System (SUS). Ayurveda—together with 28 more alternative healthcare systems—have been officially included into SUS and every city and community can choose itself which of them they want to offer.

Click here for a complete overview of these Congress events in Rio de Janeiro, March 2018—including the purpose and rationale for the 1st International Congress of Complementary and Integrative Medicine in Public Health and the 3rd International Ayurveda Congress.

About International Ayurveda Congresses

All India Ayurvedic Congress, International Academy of Ayurveda and International Maharishi AyurVeda Foundation jointly are organizing International Ayurveda Congresses in different parts of the world.

Internationally renowned scholars are keynote speakers at these congresses and present scientifically verified solutions to showcase the effectiveness of Ayurveda towards fulfilling the human pursuit of health, happiness and long life and showing the way to create a disease-free society.

These International Ayurveda Congresses offer a prestigious platform for research scholars to present their findings in various fields of Ayurveda. The latest innovative and pioneering work is presented in these congresses together with planning sessions how to implement Ayurveda into the mainstream setup of public health care.

Past International Ayurveda Congresses

500 delegates, including eighty Ayurvedic experts from India, participated in the 1st International Ayurveda Congress in The Netherlands 2015.

80 speakers and 300 delegates from 54 countries made the 2nd International Ayurveda Congress in London 2017 a huge success, in the presence of Dr Tony Nader, MD, PhD, MARR, the presidents of the 3 organizers and Shri Shripad Naik, Minister of AYUSH, Government of India.

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