Siriraj Center of Applied Thai Traditional Medicine Designated as WHOCC

Congratulations to the Center of Applied Thai Traditional Medicine (CATTM), Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University on the designation as the World Health Organization Collaborating Center (WHOCC). Siriraj CATTM is now working together with WHO to support WHO Traditional Medicine Strategy 2014 – 2023 in organizing collaborative inter-regional or regional meetings/workshops once a year guided by WHO Regional Office.

The designation has been set for four years starting from February 8th, 2018. The CATTM agreed to work together with WHO by agreeing on 3 agendas as the following;

  1. Follow the WHO-CC-TM road map
  2. Set up at least one international conference on Applied Thai Traditional Medicine
  3. Encourage Applied Thai Traditional Medicine Research, Manual, as well as WHO WHO Benchmark for the Practice in Nuad Thai และ WHO terminology in Thai Traditional Medicine

The Outcomes of the Project

  1. Thai Traditional Medicine will be well recognized in the International Level
  2. Promotion of the Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital to be well recognized as the World Health Organization Collaborating Center and Professional in Applied Thai Traditional Medicine in the International Level
  3. Continuously being a Collaborating Center for Thai Traditional Medicine
  4. Promotion of Collaboration between Thailand, WHO, SEARO, etc.