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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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
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spelling okr-10986-107512021-04-23T14:02:52Z Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Indigenous Systems of Medicine World Bank 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 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. 2012-08-13T13:01:56Z 2012-08-13T13:01:56Z 2005-08 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/08/6082335/sri-lankas-ministry-indigenous-systems-medicine http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10751 English Indigenous Knowledge (IK) Notes; No. 83 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research South Asia Sri Lanka
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topic 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
spellingShingle 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
World Bank
Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Indigenous Systems of Medicine
geographic_facet South Asia
Sri Lanka
relation Indigenous Knowledge (IK) Notes; No. 83
description 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.
format Publications & Research :: Brief
author World Bank
author_facet World Bank
author_sort World Bank
title Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Indigenous Systems of Medicine
title_short Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Indigenous Systems of Medicine
title_full Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Indigenous Systems of Medicine
title_fullStr Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Indigenous Systems of Medicine
title_full_unstemmed Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Indigenous Systems of Medicine
title_sort sri lanka’s ministry of indigenous systems of medicine
publisher Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url 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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