annual report 2025 WHO Global TraditionalMedicine Centre annual report 2025 WHO Global Traditional Medicine Centre annual report 2025 ISBN 00000000000000000 (electronic version) ISBN 00000000000000000 (print version) © World Health Organization 2026 Some rights reserved. This work is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 IGO licence (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/igo). Under the terms of this licence, you may copy, redistribute and adapt the work for non-commercial purposes,provided the work is appropriately cited, as indicated below. In any use of this work, there should be no suggestionthat WHO endorses any specific organization, products or services. The use of the WHO logo is not permitted. If youadapt the work, then you must license your work under the same or equivalent Creative Commons licence. If youcreate a translation of this work, you should add the following disclaimer along with the suggested citation: “Thistranslation was not created by the World Health Organization (WHO). WHO is not responsible for the content oraccuracy of this translation. The original English edition shall be the binding and authentic edition.” Any mediation relating to disputes arising under the licence shall be conducted in accordance with the mediationrules of the World Intellectual Property Organization (https://www.wipo.int/amc/en/mediation/rules/). Suggested citation.WHO Global Traditional Medicine Centre annual report 2025. Geneva: World HealthOrganization; 2026. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO. Cataloguing-in-Publication (CIP) data.CIP data are available at https://iris.who.int/. Sales, rights and licensing.To purchase WHO publications, see https://www.who.int/publications/book-orders.To submit requests for commercial use and queries on rights and licensing, see https://www.who.int/copyright. Third-party materials.If you wish to reuse material from this work that is attributed to a third party, such astables, figures or images, it is your responsibility to determine whether permission is needed for that reuse andto obtain permission from the copyright holder. The risk of claims resulting from infringement of any third-party- General disclaimers.The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this annual reportdo not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of WHO concerning the legal status of anycountry, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. The mention of specific companies or of certain manufacturers’ products does not imply that they are endorsedor recommended by WHO in preference to others of a similar nature that are not mentioned. Errors and All reasonable precautions have been taken by WHO to verify the information contained in this annual report.However, the published material is being distributed without warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied.The responsibility for the interpretation and use of the material lies with the reader. In no event shall WHO be Editing and design by Scriptoria.Cover photos: © WHO/Abi Girma Tsigie; © WHO/Harrison Thane; © WHO/Sila Unlu; © WHO/Thilo Hub Contents ForewordVI AcronymsVII Global Traditional Medicine Strategy 2025–2034: The foundational framework Results Director’s Office: Leadership, strategy and governanceTraditional Medicine Research, Data and Innovation UnitTraditional Medicine Norms, Standards, Regulation and Systems Integration Unit Second WHO Global Summit on Traditional Medicine Other high-level events WHO regional achievements Regional Office for AfricaRegional Office for the AmericasRegional Office for the Eastern MediterraneanRegional Office for Europe Priorities and plans for 2026 Foreword This 2025 annual report reflects a year of strategy,solidarity and scaling up. The Global TraditionalMedicine Centre and partners are laying the scientific,normative, institutional and partnership foundationsneeded to implement the Strategy at scale. It alsolooks ahead, highlighting priorities for the coming The year 2025 marked a pivotal moment forTraditional Medicine* within global health. MemberStates and partners have reaffirmed that Traditional Medicine is essential to achieving universal healthcoverage and promoting inclusive and sustainabledevelopment. The adoption of theGlobal Traditional The Global Strategy reflects a consensus that thewidespread use of Traditional Medicine must bematched by stronger evidence, norms, standardsand regulation; appropriate integration within healthsystems; and inclusive cross-sectoral partnership and Against this backdrop, 2025 was both a culminationand a new beginning. It marked the transition fromagenda-setting and strategy to implementation andimpact, requiring renewed leadership, cooperationand investment. As part of the extensive WHOprioritization effort in 2025, the consolidation ofWHO’s Traditional M