TEHRAN – The World Health Organization (WHO) has admitted the Persian Medicine National Coding for International Classification of Diseases (ICD).

Hosted by the Ministry of Traditional Medicine of India in New Delhi, ICD-11 traditional medicine module 2 was launched on January 10 in the presence of senior officials of the World Health Organization and representatives of countries including Iran, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan, the United States, Argentina, Brazil, Malaysia, Mauritius, Indonesia, England, Philippines, and South Africa.