Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Indigenous Systems of Medicine

Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Indigenous Systems of Medicine

Ayurveda and other traditional systems of health care have been used for over two thousand years in Sri Lanka. Indigenous systems such as Ayurveda are based on the country's cultural, social, economic, and religious characteristics. In additio...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	CLINICAL TRIALS DOCTORS HEALTH CARE HEALTH POLICY ILLNESSES INFECTIOUS DISEASES LEARNING MEDICINAL PLANTS MEDICINE MEDICINES PARTNERSHIP PROGRAMS QUALITY ASSURANCE QUALITY OF LIFE SAFETY SCHOOLS SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA TRADITIONAL MEDICINE TRADITIONAL MEDICINES
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/08/6082335/sri-lankas-ministry-indigenous-systems-medicine http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10751

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Summary:	Ayurveda and other traditional systems of health care have been used for over two thousand years in Sri Lanka. Indigenous systems such as Ayurveda are based on the country's cultural, social, economic, and religious characteristics. In addition, Sri Lankans utilizing knowledge of these indigenous systems of medicine were the first in the world to develop the concept of a hospital and established a highly scientific public healthcare system.