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Indonesia and WHO team up on herbal medicine safety
Indonesia and the World Health Organization partner to strengthen oversight of traditional medicines, aiming to unlock a vast untapped market while protecting consumers from dangerous counterfeits.
In brief
Indonesia and the World Health Organization partner to strengthen oversight of traditional medicines, aiming to unlock a vast untapped market while protecting consumers from dangerous counterfeits. Indonesia and WHO are strengthening post-market surveillance of traditional medicines to ensure safety and tap a market…
Indonesia and WHO join forces on herbal safety
The Indonesian government and World Health Organization have partnered to strengthen post-market surveillance of traditional medicines and health supplements, aiming to ensure consumer safety and unlock bioeconomic potential.
Indonesia's vast medicinal plant potential
Indonesia possesses approximately thirty-one thousand plant species with potential medicinal applications.Jamu, Indonesia's traditional herbal wellness system, is inscribed on UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list.BPOM has issued around twenty-seven thousand distribution permits for natural medicinal products.
Massive gap between potential and reality
The global traditional medicine market is projected to reach US six hundred six billion dollars.
Counterfeit drugs pose serious health risks
Illicit adulteration of traditional remedies with synthetic chemical drugs poses severe public health risks including organ failure and chronic complications.
“BPOM bears the fundamental duty of ensuring robust oversight so that all products in circulation are strictly monitored and safe for consumption.”
WHO partnership to align safety standards
WHO Indonesia National Professional Officer for Essential Drugs and Medicines Liyana Rakinaturia said the partnership is expected to boost BPOM's regulatory capacity.
The headline
Indonesia and WHO are strengthening post-market surveillance of traditional medicines to ensure safety and tap a market worth up to twenty billion dollars.
