Govt funds review of complementary and alternative medicines
The Commonwealth Government will provide $5 million in funding through the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) to investigate the use and effectiveness of complementary and alternative medicines.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare statistics show that Australians spend around $1 billion annually on complementary and alternative medicines including vitamin supplements, homeopathic medicines and traditional Asian and indigenous medicines.
This new funding is in addition to the Commonwealth Government’s recent $529 million investment in NHMRC grants for health and medical research.
