Integrating Traditional and Complementary Medicine with National Healthcare Systems for Universal Health Coverage in Asia and the Western Pacific

AbstractIn the WHO Western Pacific Region, traditional medicine has extensively been used by communities as part of primary health care which is critical foundation for achieving universal health coverage (UHC).This paper conceptualizes integration of traditional and complementary medicine (TC ‘in-process of developing and implementing integration policies’; ‘mixed-level of integration’; or ‘indigenous traditional medicine practiced outside the national healthcare system’.Integrat...