Helps support countries to establish systems for the qualification, accreditation or licensing of practitioners of traditional medicine and assist practitioners in upgrading their knowledge and skills in collaboration with providers of conventional care.

This resource reflects what the community of practitioners in each of the disciplines in this series considers to be reasonable practice in training professionals to practice the respective discipline, considering consumer protection and patient safety as core to professional practice. They provide a reference point to which actual practice can be compared and evaluated.

This series is helps to support countries to establish systems for the qualification, accreditation or licensing of practitioners of traditional medicine and assist practitioners in upgrading their knowledge and skills in collaboration with providers of conventional care. This should also help to allow for better communication between providers of conventional and traditional care as well as other health professionals, medical students and relevant researchers through appropriate training programmes. This should also support integration of traditional medicine into the national health system.

The documents describe models of training for trainees with different backgrounds. They list contraindications identified by the community of practitioners, so as to promote safe practice and minimize the risk of accidents.

This resource specifically covers the origin and principles of naturopathy, training of naturopathy practitioners, and safety issues.