Berlin Agreement

This agreement was developed and first signed by the Congress Presidents and other members of the international organising committee of the World Congress on Integrative Medicine and Health 2017 in Berlin and was supported by various societies.

Faced by multiple challenges, including the rise of chronic, lifestyle related diseases, and grossly inequitable access to healthcare, the Berlin Agreement is a declaration to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals 2030 to foster healthy lives and promote well-being for all ages.

The signatory organisations are part of a global movement to orient care, and education, research and policy that support it, towards a model that draws on biomedical, complementary and traditional practices and respects multiple philosophies. This approach to medicine and healthcare:

“……reaffirms the importance of the relationship between the practitioner and patient, focuses on the whole person, is informed by evidence, and makes use of all appropriate therapeutic and lifestyle approaches, healthcare professionals and disciplines to achieve optimal health and healing.”

To read the agreement in full Berlin Agreement

 

 

What is integrative medicine and health?

“Integrative medicine and health reaffirms the importance of the relationship between practitioner and patient, focuses on the whole person, is informed by evidence, and makes use of all appropriate therapeutic and lifestyle approaches, healthcare professionals and disciplines to achieve optimal health and healing.” 
Consortium Academic Health Centers for Integrative Medicine, 2004, 2015