Goemkarponn desk
PANAJI: Ministry of AYUSH, Secretary Vaidya Rajesh Kotecha today informed that in a study conducted on impact assessment, the ministry had found that 89.9 per cent of the Indian population has used Ayush modalities during Covid as profile excess, treatment or prevention.
Kotecha was addressing the gathering on the occasion of the World Ayurveda Congress at Panaji.
”Based on the study conducted on impact assessment, the ministry has found that 89.9 per cent of the Indian population has used Ayush modalities during Covid as profile excess, treatment or prevention,” said Kotecha.
He further said that as an outcome, AYUSH has made a lot of contributions to the Covid management in our country.
“14.2 million sample size was taken, which is more than 1 per cent of the total population. This shows how much undercurrent is there in our country for AYUSH,” he added.
Kotecha said that during Covid, with the help of various universities, IITs, and research institutions, the ministry had instituted more than 160 studies, out of which more than 55 publications came out, and some are in the review process.
Organised by the World Ayurveda Foundation, an initiative of Vijnana Bharati, with the support of the Union Ministry of AYUSH and the Government of Goa, it will strive to hammer out a roadmap leading to the globalisation of Ayurveda and harness its potential as a reliable, scientific and prevention-oriented healthcare system.
The conclave, being attended by the United Nation’s World Health Organization (WHO) for the first time, is packed with six plenary sessions and as many numbers of concurrent sessions in addition to 20 associate events, such as International Delegates Assembly, WHO events on Traditional Medicines, and Guru-Shishya Meet.
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