222537 Developing the strategies and objectives for TCAM for WHO-Western Pacific Region Member States 2010-2015

Sunday, November 7, 2010

Paul Kadetz, PhD, MSN, MPH , Department of International Development, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
The Western Pacific Region Office (WPRO) of the World Health Organization has recently re-evaluated its 2002-2010 strategies and objectives for Traditional, Complementary, and Alternative Medicine (TCAM) for Western Pacific Region Member States. This evaluation was conducted utilising a new assessment tool seeking evidence-based data on the current state of TCAM in WPRO Member States.

This study will assess the appropriateness of this survey and the subsequent findings that formed the 2010-2015 WPRO strategy report. Assessments of the appropriateness of these policy changes for WPRO Member States will be offered. Specific emphasis will be placed on the marked changes from former strategies especially as a result in the problematisation of the WHO typology of TCAM integration in the 2010-2015 WPRO strategy report.

Learning Areas:
Administration, management, leadership
Public health or related public policy

Learning Objectives:
Discuss how WHO strategies and objectives for TCAM in the Western Pacific Region are formulated Identify how the assessment survey for this region affected the development of strategies and objectives Analyse the importance of an evidence base in this policy formation

Keywords: Alternative Medicine/Therapies, Health Care Politics

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I conducted this research on my own
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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