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‘AROGYA-2005’, the fifth in the series of comprehensive health fairs being organized by the Department of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH) under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare is scheduled to be inaugurated by the Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Dr. Anbumani Ramadoss here tomorrow. AROGYA 2005 (23rd to 27th September, 2005) attempts to answer the growing interest in traditional therapies like Panchkarma, Yoga and Meditation, Nadi Partiksha to name a few.
More than 100 stakeholders from various units of the Department of AYUSH will participate in the 5-day event. For the first time, a delegation of Thai officials will also visit the health fair. Thirteen State Directorates of Indian Systems of Medicine and Homoeopathy are also to participate apart from the private manufacturers from all over the country.
Research Councils, National Institutes and Laboratories under the Department of AYUSH will project their achievements in the field of research besides participating in the fair. The main highlights of the fair would be live Yoga demonstrations by experts with personal counseling for treatment of various diseases through Yoga and Naturopathy. People will have the benefit of free health check up besides attending to lectures and counseling in Ayurveda, Unani and Homoeopathy, Siddha, Yoga and Naturopathy. There will also be display on reproductive and child health systems and family welfare. Sale of medicinal plants and know how on cultivation of medicinal plants shall be a novel feature of AROGYA 2005. There will also be display of books and other information material on Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy sector.
The fair will be open for general public daily between 1200 noon to 7.00 p.m. on the working days and from 10.00 a.m. to 7.00 p.m. on Saturday, Sunday and holiday. For the first time business hours on working days have been introduced to enable the drug manufacturing companies to interact with each other. Special lectures for the industry regarding Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and other related topics have been introduced for the first time during the business hours.
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