Research Centres and University - Departments for IM/CAM - Public Funding for IM/CAM - Networks
Scientifically based evidence regarding effectiveness and safety of integrative and complementary medical systems has rapidly increased over the last decades. State promoted research in Europe and the United States has significantly contributed to this development. Examples for state promoted research are amongst others:
Swiss "Programm Evaluation Komplementärmedizin" 2006 (PEK)
Final report(pdf)
Competence Network for Integrative Medicine (KIM)
www.kim-bw.de
The Competence Network for Integrative Medicine (KIM) is an innovative collaboration of hospitals, outpatient centres, and research institutes localised in Baden-Württemberg, the south-western Federal State in Germany. Since its foundation in November 2017, the KIM partners work for the development, implementation, and evaluation of integrative treatment concepts. Partners are hospitals, outpatient centres and research units. The vision behind their collaboration is to create a growing network that stands for efficacy, quality, and safety of integrative medicine.
KIM is funded by the Federal State of Baden-Württemberg (D) and closely collaborates with academic networks, such as AZIM.
Academic Centre for Complementary and Integrative Medicine (AZKIM) www.azkim.de
The “European Society for Integrative Oncology” is a Forum for the development of complementary and experience-based Therapies in oncology. https://esio.info/
Event: ESIO-Update 2020: Supportive Therapies in Oncology 2.0, Part 2 Nov 12, 16:00 – 18:15
Nordic Integrative Medicine NETWORK (NIM)
The vision of Nordic Integrative Medicine (NIM) is to create a NIM Center for Integrative Health and Research, a multidimensional green healthcare model for Scandinavia and Europe.
Brazilian Academic Consortium for Integrative Health
The Brazilian Academic Consortium of Integrative Health is a network of more than 500 researchers from more than 60 public and private universities throughout Brazil, working in partnership with international research institutions to promote scientific research of integrative and complementary approaches to health through the systematization and production of studies and research to expand, disseminate and make the systematization of scientific evidence more accessible.
The Traditional, Complementary, and Integrative Medicine Network for the Americas (TCIM Americas Network) is a collaborative initiative, created with the objective of interconnecting several stakeholders involved in the formulation of policies, regulation, training, promotion, practice, use and research of TCIM in the Americas. The aim is to develop a common agenda and advance in the integration of TCIM in healthcare systems and services according to each national context.
The Virtual Health Library on Traditional, Complementary, and Integrative Medicine of the Americas (VHL TCIM) is a thematic VHL which specializes in Traditional, Complementary, and Integrative Medicine (TCIM) and its related health practices.
The VHL TCIM aims to promote the presence, access, use, and publication of scientific, technical, and educational content that will contribute to the promotion, development and integration of the TCIM into health care services and systems in the Americas Region through the collaboration of stakeholders.
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (USA)
Office of Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine (OCCAM) (USA)
Chairs and Departments for Integrative Medicine have been established in several European universitys, for example:
University of Duisburg-Essen (D)
University of Berlin Charite: Forschungsinstitut Havelhöhe (D)
University of Southampton (GB)
University of Tromsø NAFKAM (N)
There are more and more high quality Peer-reviewed Journals available which publish high level studies in the field of CAM and intergrative medicine.
WHO has publishes several key publications on IM/CAM and Traditional Medicine