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Naturopathic Medicine
HISTORY AND PROFESSIONAL FORMATION TIMELINE
A Living Chronicle: A Tapestry of People, Events and Institutions
strong, individualized success in the business of naturopathic medicine using approaches consistent with naturopathic principles and innovative practices. XX X
GLOBAL HEALTH PARTICIPATION
Global endorsements of declaration grow for the
Berlin Agreement: Self-Responsibility and Social Action in Practicing and Fostering Integrative Medicine and Health Globally. AIHM, IHPC, ACIMH and ACIH among the diverse organizations are endorsing the Agreement. XXX
Vatican Pontifical Academy of Sciences hosts stakeholder “Health of People, Health of Planet: Our Responsibility” summit leading to declaration Health of People, Health of Planet and Our Responsibility: Climate Change, Air Pollution and Health. Presenters and signatories include integrative cardiologist Mimi Guarneri, MD, founding president of AIHM. Pope Francis had been convening leaders on climate change and environmental degradation, beginning in 2015. Participants include global luminaries and leaders. Miraglo Foundation, co- founded by Dr. Guarneri and Rauni Prittinen King, RN, co-sponsors the gathering.
WHO-Pan American Health Organization
SA (PAHO) convenes leaders in “Traditional
and Complementary Medicine” (T and CM)
from 21 nations to explore national strategies
on traditional medicine. Includes government agency heads, village traditional practitioners, and complementary and integrative health and medicine representatives from North America, Australia and Europe. Emphasis on implementing recommendations in the WHO’s Traditional Medicine Strategy—2014-2023 and identifying best “products, practices and practitioners” to meet the WHO-PAHO goal of primary care for all. Participants include J. Wardle, T. Parker, J. Weeks, and H. Carrie.
World Naturopathic Federation publishes Defining the Global Naturopathic Profession. Three - page monograph summarizes and reports elements
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and characteristics of the global naturopathic profession. A detailed review of its concepts can be found in the White Papers on Naturopathic Philosophy, Principles and Theories on the WNF website Definición de la professíon naturopática. (WNF White Paper is translated into Spanish). XX
World Naturopathic Federation publishes White Paper on Naturopathic Philosophies, Principles
and Theories. Led by WNF Naturopathic Roots Committee. Members include heilpraktikers, naturopaths, and naturopathic doctors (ND); Tina Hausser, Heilpraktiker, Naturopath - Chair (Spain). Iva Lloyd, ND, (Canada), JoAnn Yánez, ND, MPH, CAE, (US), Phillip Cottingham, Naturopath, (New Zealand), Roger Newman Turner, ND, DO, LAc (UK), Alfredo Abascal, Naturopath, (Uruguay). Title listings evolve as WNF’s understanding of the global profession grows. Libro Blanco de Filosofias, Principios y Teorias Naturopaticas. (WNF White Paper is translated into Spanish). XX
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2018
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
AANP: Jacquel Patterson, ND, President; Annalisa Behling, ND, Speaker of the House of Delegates.
ANR Board restructures. Jonathan Bakker (Chair), Lauren Hacker (Secretary), Dominic Valdes (Treasurer), and Node Smith, ND (Master of Organizational Matters).
Blake Langley (ND candidate, MSOM candidate, NUNM) becomes president of NMSA.
The Naturopathic Medicine Collaborative (NMC)
Summit on the Future of Naturopathic Medicine,
July 11, 2018, AANP Convention San Diego, CA; spearheaded by Margaret Beeson, ND, with Michelle Simon, PhD, (INM), Laura Farr (AANP), and Jeana Kimball, ND, LM, MPH (the Vision Group). Felt by many as a “watershed moment” initiative to strengthen the culture of collaboration
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