<span style="color: #222222;">Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that Bangladesh is looking forward to partnering with the WHO Global Centre for Traditional Medicine (GCTM) on critical issues like quality control, curriculum development and evidence based research. In her video message during the opening of the WHO Global Centre for Traditional Medicine (GCTM) at Jamnagar in Gujarat today, Prime Minister Hasina said that practising traditional medicine with modern medicine can be expected to give better outcomes in providing basic healthcare for all.<br />''<br />''The foundation stone for the first of its kind WHO Global Centre for Traditional Medicine (GCTM) was laid by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Jamnagar in Gujarat in the presence of the Prime Minister of Mauritius Pravind Kumar Jugnauth and the World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus today. Video messages from the Prime Ministers of Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal and the President of Maldives were played on the occasion.<br />''<br />''Prime Minister Hasina expressed the hope that the Global Centre for Traditional Medicine will emerge as a global hub for evidence-based research and standard for traditional medicine. Appreciating the setting up of GCTM, she said that it is important that the ancient knowledge-based traditional medicine be combined with modern science and technologies to optimise its benefits.<br />''<br />''Sheikh Hasina also lauded the effort of the government of India under the leadership of Prime Minister Modi in controlling the Covid 19 pandemic and achieving massive vaccination coverage. She said that the engagement, collaboration and exchange of Covid-19 related medicines and medical equipment between Bangladesh and India during the surge of pandemic is a role-model of 'good neighbourhood' diplomacy. She added that the world has seen how two neighbours support each other and work together during the time of crisis.</span><br />