Traditional Complementary and Integrative Healthcare Coalition

09/10/2025

🔛Your perspective matters - help shape the future of Traditional, Complementary, and Integrative Healthcare ( ).

👉The TCIH Coalition is leading the development of the Global Advocacy Roadmap (GAR), a civil society–driven framework that builds on the WHO Traditional Medicine Strategy 2025–2034 to guide advocacy and coordinated action for integrating TCIH into national and global health systems.

✍️We invite practitioners, patients, researchers, policymakers, and advocates to share their perspectives through the Global Stakeholder Survey, which remains open until October 20, 2025. Every response helps ensure the roadmap reflects real experiences, local priorities, and global needs.

🗳️ Take the survey: https://tinyurl.com/59rtbs2x
ℹ️ Learn more: https://tinyurl.com/5n72th2p

06/10/2025

🌍✨ Last days to register for the 3rd World Congress of Traditional, Complementary and Integrative Medicine!

Can’t make it to Rio? Don’t miss out! The ONLINE option is now available with a 50% DISCOUNT!

05/10/2025

🗓️ The 3rd World Congress on Traditional, Complementary and Integrative Medicine (WCTCIM) is coming soon! The TCIH Coalition is a Supporting Network for this key event advancing holistic and people-centered approaches to global health.

⏳ Registration is open for 10 more days, don’t miss out!⤵️

03/09/2025

🆕This week, the WHO AFRO Regional Consultations on Research Priority Setting for Traditional Medicine are taking place in Addis Ababa| 🇪🇹, bringing together experts, policymakers, and advocates from around the world to discuss the future of research in Africa.

The TCIH Coalition is glad to be part of these crucial consultations. Today, Elisa Baldini, member of the TCIH Coalition Council, presented our advocacy efforts for supporting the implementation of the WHO Traditional Medicine Strategy 2025–2034 at the national level. This Strategy represents a key framework to support universal access to healthcare and to ensure that Africa’s rich traditional medicine benefits everyone.

👏Congratulations to the World Health Organization African Region for fostering these constructive discussions and creating new opportunities for collaboration.

03/09/2025

🌿African Traditional Medicine Week reminds us, once again, of the crucial role plays in the lives of millions across this continent.
This year’s theme, “Strengthen the evidence base for traditional medicine,” highlights the importance of building knowledge, research, and integration to ensure equitable access to healthcare for all.
Our TCIH Coalition members and representatives are in Addis Ababa this week, working closely with partners to explore how the WHO Traditional Medicine Strategy 2025–2034 can help strengthen primary healthcare systems across Africa.

08/07/2025

👏 Hats off to Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin for opening the Charité Competence Centre for Traditional and Integrative Medicine (CCCTIM), a new academic research centre in Europe dedicated to traditional, integrative, and naturopathic medicine.
Details⤵️

Pressemitteilungen der Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin

27/05/2025

🆕From managing chronic diseases to reducing unnecessary antibiotic use, the newly adopted WHO Traditional Medicine Strategy supports traditional and integrative approaches that work for people and the planet.

📢 At the in Geneva (19–27 May 2025), WHO Member States adopted the Traditional Medicine Strategy for the next decade, marking a milestone for inclusive, culturally respectful, and person-centered healthcare.

🗣 Dr. Tido von Schoen-Angerer, President of TCIH Coalition: Traditional and complementary medicine is increasingly finding its place alongside conventional care, not as an alternative, but as a partner in healing.

📌 In its official position, the TCIH Coalition expresses strong support for the Strategy, outlining four key priorities:
🔹 Widespread use of traditional and complementary medicine for prevention and chronic conditions
🔹 Clear pathways to assess safety and effectiveness
🔹 Protection of Indigenous knowledge and fair benefit-sharing
🔹 Greater public investment in underfunded TCIH research.

🎤“The communities who hold this knowledge must be appropriately recognized and included,” considers Dr Alana Gall, a TCIH Coalition board member.

👉 Read our official position on the adoption of the TM Strategy here: https://tinyurl.com/2jyvw72f

In a milestone decision, the member states of the World Health Organization (WHO) today adopted the Traditional Medicine Strategy 2025-2034. This decision offers a potential new way forward for health systems: one that moves away from a narrow focus on the diagnosis and treatment of disease, to inst...

26/05/2025

📍Geneva | Switzerland
🗓️26/05: Traditional Medicine Strategy
🌿Traditional, complementary & integrative medicine can strengthen healthcare and well-being worldwide.
🌍 Every country sees high use - no one should be left out.
🛡️ The new Traditional Medicine Strategy provides a safe, effective path for integration into health systems.

One of the co-signatories of the TCIH Declaration, Knowledge Ecology International🗣️: We urge Member States to approve it. It's time to bridge the gap between demand and investment, especially in research.

22/05/2025

👍By launching its first-ever Traditional, Complementary, and Integrative Medicine (TCIM) Dashboards, the World Health Organization is taking another big step forward in strengthening global collaboration in the field of . ⤵️

🔗 https://www.who.int/news/item/21-05-2025-who-unveils-groundbreaking-global-dashboards-for-traditional--complementary-and-integrative-medicine

21/05/2025

👋“Collaboration across traditional, Indigenous, complementary, and biomedical health systems isn’t optional - it’s essential.”

That was the powerful message shared by Dr. Tido von Schoen-Angerer, President of the TCIH Coalition and co-author of the WHO Traditional Medicine Strategy 2025–2034, during the side event “Improving UHC through the implementation of WHO Traditional Medicine Strategy 2025–2034” at the 78th World Health Assembly.
Hosted by China and other countries, the event brought together policymakers and global health leaders to explore how the new Strategy can support countries in broadening access to care and strengthening universal health coverage.

As Dr. von Schoen-Angerer highlighted in his intervention, real integration starts with mutual respect and shared learning. He exemplified Switzerland’s model, where various traditional medicine systems are officially recognized and fully integrated into the national health system, demonstrating that collaboration isn’t only feasible but also highly effective.

📹Watch his intervention here⤵️
https://vimeo.com/1086267763/111a79cb33

Dr. Tido von Schoen-Angerer, President of the TCIH Coalition and co-author of the WHO Traditional Medicine Strategy 2025-2034, shared his views on fostering respectful…

20/05/2025

🌿 Dr. Tido von Schoen-Angerer, President of the TCIH Coalition and co-author of the World Health Organization (WHO) Traditional Medicine Strategy 2025-2034, will speak at a high-level side event on traditional medicine during the 78th World Health Assembly.
🗓 Date: 20 May 20, 2025
📃Title: Improving through the implementation of WHO Traditional Medicine Strategy 2025–2034
📌 Organized by: National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine (China)

He will share his views on:
✅ Integrating TCIH into healthcare systems to achieve UHC
✅ Strengthening research to shape national health policies
✅ Fostering respectful collaboration across traditional, Indigenous, and biomedical systems

19/05/2025

We’ve launched our new website! 🌐✨
The TCIH Coalition has entered a new chapter—now officially a global NGO promoting Traditional, Complementary, and Integrative Healthcare (TCIH).
Our new site is your gateway to our mission, values, and global community.

• 🌍 Explore our journey
• 📬 Sign up for updates
• 🤝 Connect with people who believe in inclusive, person-centered care

👉 Check it out: https://tinyurl.com/ytbchsfu

Let’s shape the future of healthcare—together. 💫