Relevance of WHO traditional medicine strategy (2014-2023) with traditional health care policy in the perspective of national law and international law

Abstract

Traditional Medicine has recently attracted the attention of health experts and decision makers in the health sector. The World Health Organization (WHO) has paid attention to the development of traditional medicine as evidenced by the publication of "WHO Traditional Medicine Strategy 2014-2023”, which serve as guidelines for good practice as well as guidelines for research and development in the field of traditional medicine for WHO member countries in general, and Indonesia in particular. The purpose of this research is to analyze relevance of the WHO strategy on traditional medicine with traditional health services policies in the perspective of national law and international law, with normative juridical methods. The implementation of traditional health services in Indonesia has a legal basis, from national law as well as international law, namely "WHO Strategy On Traditional Medicine”. The results showed that herbal medicine has been widely accepted in almost all countries in the world. According to WHO, countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America use herbal medicine as a complement to primary treatment. As well as Indonesia as one of the member countries of WHO has implemented the "WHO Strategy On Traditional Medicine" in the implementation of traditional health services, and integrating traditional medicine in the National Health System (SKN).
 KEYWORDS: traditional medicine; WHO Strategy on Traditional Medicine; national law; international law; National Health System (SKN).