Useful links and contacts

 

Social Science Studies of CAM and IM

The Social Science Studies of Complementary (CAM) and Integrative Medicine (IM) group is a recognized special interest group of Society for Medical Anthropology.

The website consists of an original bibliography of social science research in CAM and related fields prior to 2000, compiled and contributed by David Hess. An updated bibliography containing over 6000 citations followed later, developed by Ellen Salkeld.

http://fp.arizona.edu/SMACAMgroup/

 

Traditional Knowledge Digital Library

Traditional Knowledge Digital Library is a knowledge repository of the traditional knowledge. Set up by the Indian government, the objective of this library is to protect the ancient and traditional knowledge of the country from exploitation such as bio-piracy and unethical patents. Data on 65,000 formulations in Ayurveda, 70,000 in Unani and 3,000 in Siddha had already been put in the TKDL, and is being made available in five languages — English, German, French, Spanish and Japanese. The data relating to only 7,000 formulations each in Unani and Siddha, and 1,500 postures in yoga remained to be included and the entire process was expected to be completed by December, 2008.

TKDL is a collaborative project of

• NISCAIR,
• the Department of Ayurveda, Yoga & Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy (Dept of AYUSH), in the central Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and,
• the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion in the central Ministry of Commerce and Industry.

The project was taken up in 2001.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditional_Knowledge_Digital_Library