Pre-coordination meeting held for 18th Myanmar Traditional Practitioners’ Conference

January 11, 2018

A pre-coordination meeting for the 18th Myanmar Traditional Medicine Practitioners’ Conference was held at the Myanmar International Convention Centre-II in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday morning.

The conference was attended by Director-General of the Department of Traditional Medicine Dr. Ye Ye Myint, officials from Myanmar Traditional Medicine Practitioners’ Association (Central), officials from Myanmar Traditional Medicine Council, representatives of the Myanmar traditional practitioner conference and other responsible departmental officials.

During the meeting, Dr. Ye Ye Myint acted as the chairman, while U Thaung Naing from Myanmar Traditional Association (Yangon) and U Sai Soe Thet Naing and U Hla Myint from Myanmar Traditional Association (Shan State) acted as members. Dr. Ye Ye Myint delivered the opening speech, following which representative groups from the states and regions discussed their proposals and chose two proposal makers and two proposal approvers for each proposal. The chairman of the conference then selected a proposal maker and a proposal from the earlier selections made by the groups of representatives.

In the afternoon, procedures for each proposal were discussed by the group, and these procedures were explained by the representatives who had selected them.

The 18th Traditional Medicine Practitioners’ Conference is being held to ensure the all-round development of Myanmar’s traditional medicine practitioners community and to improve the quality of Myanmar’s traditional medicine, raise the ethics and dignity of traditional medicine practitioners, provide more public health protection through traditional medicine, and develop and improve Myanmar’s traditional medicine offerings. The five proposals for the development of Myanmar’s traditional medicine will also be presented during today’s meeting.

Myanmar News Agency

Ref; The Global New Light of Myanmar