Abstract
Since 1979 Thailand started to follow the recommendation of the World Health Organization (WHO), articulated in the declaration of Alma Ata, to integrate traditional medicine into the national health system. Especially in remote rural areas public herbal clinics and traditional practitioners are important for the medical treatment of the people.
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In 1978 the World Health Organization (WHO) asked all countries in its declaration of Alma Ata to include medicinal plants into their primary health programs and also integrate traditional practitioners into the health system where ever possible to address all the medical needs of the people.[1]
In Thailand this project was started with a meeting in 1979 bringing together traditional practitioners as well as western practitioners and university professors in the Siriraj Hospital to strengthen the position of the traditional practitioners in the Thai health system once again.[2] 1980 Professor Dr. Quay Ketusingh, practising at the Siriraj Hospital organized a private foundation for the promotion of traditional Thai medicine.[3]
Also the Thai government had become a supporter of the combination of traditional Thai medicine and western medicine in the meantime.[4] A coherent structure was compiled from the theories, rivalling each other before, so that the modern traditional Thai medicine distinguishes itself from the ancient traditional Thai medicine due to its standardization.[5]
In the following years several official workshops and 1989 a special administration was created which was supposed to strengthen the revival of the traditional Thai medicine and its integration in the public health care system.[6]
Also in the seventh national economic and social plan, ranging from 1992 to 1996 the support of the traditional Thai medicine was named as a task.[7]
Especially in remote rural areas public herbal clinics and traditional practitioners are important for the medical treatment of the people, being supported by the government as well as by the WHO and UNICEF.[8]
© 2006 Thailin Thai Massage Berlin- Cf. WHO (1978)
- Cf. Chokevivat / Chuthaputti (2005), S. 5
- Cf. Chokevivat / Chuthaputti (2005), S. 6
- Cf. Brun (2003), S. 115; Salguero (2003), S. 14
- Cf. Brun (2003), S. 129
- Cf. Chokevivat / Chuthaputti (2005), S. 6
- Cf. Brun (2003), S. 129
- Cf. Salguero (2003), S. 14
Bibliography
Brun, V. (2003): Traditional Thai Medicine. In: Selin, H. / Shapiro, H. (Eds.): Medicine Across Cultures. History and Practice of Medicine in Non-Western Cultures. Boston / London 2003. P. 115-132.
Chokevivat, V. / Chuthaputti, A. (2005): The Role of Thai Traditional Medicine in Health Promotion. Working Paper. 6GCHP Bangkok Thailand 2005 7-11 August 2005 Bangkok, Thailand.
Salguero, C. P. (2003): A Thai Herbal. Traditional Recipes for Health and Harmony. Forres 2003.
WHO (1978): Declaration of Alma-Ata. International Conference on Primary Health Care, Alma-Ata, USSR, 6-12 September 1978. Internet: http://www.who.int/hpr/NPH/docs/declaration_almaata.pdf
