BRICS Backs Expert Working Group on Traditional Medicine

The correct answer is the BRICS Health Track. A key outcome of the New Delhi Declaration adopted at the 18th BRICS Summit is the welcome given to the proposed establishment of an Expert Working Group on Traditional, Complementary and Integrative Medicine under this track. The group is planned as a structured mechanism for dialogue, collaboration and exchange among member states in the field of traditional medicine. Option A is wrong because the release places the group with health cooperation and not with science and technology cooperation, even though research is a part of its work. Option C is wrong because the finance track deals with economic and financial matters and not with medicine. Option D is wrong because the Sherpa track handles the overall preparation of summits rather than a specialised subject. Link the subject of a working group to the track that matches it.

The correct answer is Chandigarh, on 21 July 2026. The release records that the development in the New Delhi Declaration follows the BRICS meeting on Traditional, Complementary and Integrative Medicine held in that city under India's BRICS Chairship. Senior government officials, technical experts and delegates from member states attended, and the meeting advanced cooperation on research, education, knowledge exchange and regulatory frameworks. It also produced consensus on the Terms of Reference for the proposed working group. Option A is wrong because New Delhi is where the Summit and the declaration came later, not where the Terms of Reference were settled. Options C and D name cities and dates that do not appear in the release at all. In examinations the city and the date of a preparatory meeting are asked as often as the summit itself, so remember both.

The correct answer is the WHO Global Traditional Medicine Strategy 2025-2034. The release says that international attention to the role of traditional medicine in health systems is growing, and that this strategy places emphasis on strengthening the evidence base, on ensuring safety and quality, and on supporting the appropriate integration of traditional medicine into health systems. The World Health Organization has also described the BRICS initiative as a significant development in advancing international cooperation in this field. Options B, C and D name documents that do not appear in the release and that do not exist under those titles. Candidates should note the exact period covered by the strategy, because a question may replace the years with a close but wrong span. The declaration itself ties traditional medicine to Universal Health Coverage.