International convention on World Homoeopathy Day: Integrating Homoeopathy in health care delivery

Abstract

An International Convention on World Homoeopathy Day was held to commemorate the 261st birth anniversary of Dr. Samuel Hahnemann on 9th–10th April 2016, at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi, India. The theme of the Convention was “Integrating Homoeopathy in Healthcare” for achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC) as advocated by the World Health Organization (WHO). The Convention made for an ideal platform for extensive deliberations on the existing global scenario of Homoeopathy, with particular reference to India, strategy building and formulation of national policies for worldwide promotion, safety, quality, and effectiveness of medicines, evolving standards of education, international cooperation, and evidence-based practice of Homoeopathy. Organized jointly by Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy (CCRH), an autonomous research organization of Ministry of AYUSH, Government of India, and Liga Medicorum Homoeopathica Internationalis (LMHI), the Convention witnessed presentations of more than 100 papers during 21 technical sessions held in parallel in four halls, each named after homoeopathic stalwarts, viz., Hahnemann, Boenninghansen, Hering, and Kent.