Key developments at summit 

• Launch of Traditional Medicine Global Library: Ensures equitable global access to scientific data, policy resources and validated knowledge.
• WHO South-East Asia Regional Office (SEARO) building inaugurated in New Delhi.
• Launch of My Ayush Integrated Services Portal (MAISP): A Master digital portal for Ayush sector.
• Launch of Ayush Mark: Proposed global quality benchmark for AYUSH products/services.
• Adoption of Delhi Declaration: Recognises traditional medicine as shared biocultural heritage and aligned with WHO Global Traditional Medicine Strategy 2025–2034. 

About Traditional Medicines

• Definition: Traditional medicine encompasses codified and non-codified healthcare systems rooted in historical and cultural traditions that predate biomedicine. 
• India’s Traditional Medicine Systems: India's AYUSH sector (Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha, and Homoeopathy) is valued at $43.4 billion and has expanded nearly eight-fold in the past decade.
• Initiatives for traditional medicine in India
  • National AYUSH Mission (NAM) 2014: Centrally Sponsored Scheme strengthens infrastructure, services & co-location of AYUSH facilities.
  • Ayurgyan: For research & capacity building, drug standardisation, medicinal plant research etc.
  • AOGUSY (AYUSH Oushadhi Gunvatta evum Uttapadan Samvardhan Yojana):  Focus on drug quality, standardisation & pharmacovigilance.
  • Other Initiatives: IEC campaigns, Medical Value Travel (MVT) and Digitisation like Ayush Grid, Traditional Knowledge Digital Library.