Charité Center becomes WHO hub for Integrative Medicine
As the largest facility of its kind in Europe, the Berlin University Hospital's Competence Center, which will open in the summer of 2025, combines academic excellence with a wide range of integrative therapy methods. As part of the four-year WHO cooperation, it will serve as a European hub supporting the activities of the Global Traditional Medicine Center (Gujarat, India) to strengthen traditional and integrative healing practices.
The aim of the collaboration is to systematically review and further develop the scientific evidence for complementary therapeutic approaches and make it internationally accessible. The focus is on clinical research, the integration of proven practices into existing health systems, health policy research, and knowledge transfer. Plans include pilot studies, the evaluation of healthcare data, and the development of practical framework concepts for decision-makers. The center is headed by Prof. Georg Seifert, MD, and Dr. Hiba Boujnah.
SAGST has been supporting work in the field of integrative medicine for many years and is one of the main sponsors of CCCTIM. "The collaboration with the WHO shows that integrative medicine is not a marginal issue, but a forward-looking approach to patient-oriented healthcare," says SAGST board member Dr. Johannes Stellmann. "By bringing different bodies of medical knowledge into a constructive dialogue, we are creating an understanding of health that respects cultural diversity while maintaining high scientific standards – for the benefit of patients worldwide."
