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        "id": 1149340,
        "msgid": "safety-standards-needed-for-traditional-cures-1447893297",
        "date": "2005-03-27 00:00:00",
        "title": "Safety standards needed for traditional cures",
        "author": null,
        "source": "DPA",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Safety standards needed for traditional cures More than 80 percent of people in developing countries use traditional medicine for primary health care, but are at risk because of a lack of safety standards, research carried out by Consumer International (CI) said on Monday. The organization of consumer watchdogs noted the annual global market for traditional medicine has grown to an estimated US$60 billion from $43 billion in 1995.",
        "content": "<p>Safety standards needed for traditional cures<\/p>\n<p>More than 80 percent of people in developing countries use<br>\ntraditional medicine for primary health care, but are at risk<br>\nbecause of a lack of safety standards, research carried out by<br>\nConsumer International (CI) said on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The organization of consumer watchdogs noted the annual global<br>\nmarket for traditional medicine has grown to an estimated US$60<br>\nbillion from $43 billion in 1995.<\/p>\n<p>CI has documented more than 100 traditional therapies across<br>\nthe Asia Pacific, including acupuncture, reflexology and Tibetan<br>\nmedicine.<\/p>\n<p>\"Despite its enormous commercial potential, traditional and<br>\ncomplementary medicine is still not regulated by any law,\" Dr<br>\nSothi Rachagan, CI's regional director for the Asia Pacific, told<br>\na weekend meeting in Singapore.<\/p>\n<p>\"Moreover, its products are neither categorized as a food<br>\nsubstance nor medicine in many countries.\"<\/p>\n<p>CI is seeking to develop proposals for the protection of<br>\nconsumers of traditional medicine products. -- DPA<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/safety-standards-needed-for-traditional-cures-1447893297",
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