Global Ayush Summit: Minister Sarbananda Sonowal Answers 8 Big Questions
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The Global Ayush Summit is being organised in Gujarat, which will also see the presence of WHO chief Tedros Ghebreyesus.
The Ministry of Ayush, along with the Government of Gujarat, is organising the Global Ayush Investment and Innovation Summit (GAIIS) from April 20-22. The event will be graced by the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Mauritius PM Pravind Jugnauth and the Director General of World health Organisation (WHO), Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus.
Ahead of the summit, Union Minister (Ayush), Sarbananda Sonowal, spoke to NDTV.com where he talked about the need for organising a global summit, the challenges traditional Indian medicines are facing and the role Ayush played during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Q: What is the need for organising a Global Ayush Summit?
Sarbananda Sonowal: In the aftermath of the pandemic, the collective belief in traditional medicines has increased all over the world. Even today, in most countries of the world a large portion of the population still relies on traditional medicine as their first point of cure.
