Agreements and Commitments

  • Draft a legislative initiative on public policy regarding intercultural health in the Ucayali region.

  • Establish a technical commission to systematise ancestral knowledge relating to traditional medicine.

  • Compile a regional list of plants with medicinal properties used in traditional medicine.

  • Declare an international Ayahuasca festival day and week.

  • Promote training programmes in intercultural health with the participation of the National Intercultural University of the Amazon.

  • Approve and implement the regional indigenous health plan.

  • Convene the first national congress on traditional medicine in November 2024.

'The Regional Conference on Traditional Medicine and Indigenous Ancestral Knowledge' was organised by:

DIRESA Ucayali logo featuring a family silhouette over a map of the Ucayali region.
DIRESA Ucayali logo featuring a family silhouette over a map of the Ucayali region.
Official logo of the Ministerio de Cultura del Perú featuring the national coat of arms.
Official logo of the Ministerio de Cultura del Perú featuring the national coat of arms.
Official emblem of the Regional Government of Ucayali Peru featuring a coat of arms and text.
Official emblem of the Regional Government of Ucayali Peru featuring a coat of arms and text.
Embajada Indígena Amazónica logo featuring two hummingbirds and a pink flower over traditional geometric patterns.
Embajada Indígena Amazónica logo featuring two hummingbirds and a pink flower over traditional geometric patterns.
Official seal of Gerencia Regional de Desarrollo de los Pueblos Indigenas with indigenous symbols.
Official seal of Gerencia Regional de Desarrollo de los Pueblos Indigenas with indigenous symbols.

Regional Health Directorate (DIRESA)

Peruvian Ministry of Culture

Ucayalí Regional Government

Regional Directorate for the Development of Indigenous Peoples of Ucayalí

Amazonian Indigenous Embassy with the Shipibo-Conibo Ambassador Roger Bardales