At the 16th BRICS Health Ministers' Meeting, under India's chairmanship, traditional medicine received formal recognition for the first time.

For African countries, where traditional medicine is also widely practised, this presents an opportunity.

This brief argues that if India and African countries can build a shared ecosystem of research, regulation, education, manufacturing, and innovation in traditional medicine, this would create a new example of South-South scientific cooperation, economic diplomacy, and local industrial development: https://www.orfonline.org/expert-speak/traditional-medicine-as-a-new-frontier-for-india-africa-cooperation