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WHO Congress on Traditional Medicine was held in Beijing, China from 7 to10 November 2008. Dr. Margaret Chan, Secretary General of WHO addressed a speech at the opening ceremony, emphasizing the role of traditional medicine (TM) /complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in primary health care and preventive medicine. During the congress, the Beijing Declaration was adopted. The Declaration affirms the importance of government action to promote the integration of TM /CAM into their health care system.<BR>In addition, there were four satellite symposia, including the symposium of the World Federation of Acupuncture and Moxibustion Societies (WFAS). In line with the principle of the congress, a session regarding the present status of legislation, education and research in each member country was presented. In the executive committee meeting of WFAS, revision of the constitution and other issues were discussed. The university cooperation working committee of WFAS proposed a project editing an international textbook on acupuncture and moxibustion.
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The 20th annual symposium of the American Academy of Medical Acupuncture (AAMA) was held at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington D.C. in the US on 11-13April 2008. In addition, pre-symposium workshops were held on 10 April 2008.<BR>The number of pre-registered participants was 289. Final number has not been published as of 3August2008.<BR>Lectures and the related workshops were delivered by 17 faculty members. Also, a poster session was prepared. It was impressive that new 'promising'conditions for acupuncture were recommended. The workshop to encourage the insurance reimbursement as well.
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On 9-11 November 2007 Annual Conference of the Society for Acupuncture Research (SAR) was held at Baltimore in Maryland in the US. In addition, Pre-Conference workshops were prepared on the 8th November 2007.<BR>The conference was organized by SAR, Center for Integrative Medicine (CIM), the University of Maryland at Baltimore, with the theme "The Status and Future of Acupuncture Research: 10 Years Post-NIH Consensus Conference"<BR>The number of people who paid to attend the conference was 324. They were from 22 countries and regions as below;USA (179 paid), China (49), Korea (25), Japan (16), England (13), etc.<BR>The conference unveiled the process of expanding NIH funds on the variable objects of acupuncture research, the current status of researches and issues to solve to develop the evidence, and made suggestions for future directions.