the
globalization of unhealthy lifestyles, rapid unplanned urbanization, and
demographic ageing.
These are global trends with global consequences
for health, most notably seen in the universal rise of chronic
noncommunicable diseases, such as heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and
mental disorders.
For these diseases and many other conditions, traditional
medicine has much to offer in terms of prevention, comfort, compassion,
and care.
This congress comes at an opportune time. The time has never
been better, and the reasons never greater, for giving traditional
medicine its proper place in addressing the many ills that face all our
modern – and our traditional – societies.
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