The World is currently facing a health crisis from the rise of chronic Non-communicable diseases (NCDs). The existing treatment cannot control the disease as needed. The demand for traditional medical treatment is increasing. But, the problem is the lack of proven evidence of effectiveness and safety issues, including the lack of example about the integrated care in the hospital.
Therefore, Center of Applied Thai Traditional Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University organized the International Symposium on Traditional Medicines under the theme of non-communicable disease from September 11th–12th, 2019 under the objectives to share and discuss on the challenges of the integration of Translational medicine into Non-Communicable diseases care, clinical practices, researches, including providing a chance for networking and collaboration between Siriraj and international institutions.
The target group of this symposium was to share and discuss the challenges of the integration of Translational medicine into Non-Communicable diseases care, clinical practices, researches, including providing a chance for networking and collaboration between Siriraj and international institutions.
The symposium was well attended by 129 participants from 11 countries such as South Korea, Taiwan, China, Malaysia, Indonesia, Japan, India, Cambodia, USA, UK, and Thailand.