At around 5:50 onwards in the NHK World documentary [How Acupuncture Helps Heal a Quake-Stricken Nepal][1], it's claimed that the World Health Organization recognises the effectiveness of acupuncture in providing anaesthetic effects and treating many ailments.

Does the WHO recognise the effectiveness of acupuncture, either in providing anaesthetic effects or in any other manner?

Related question on whether acupuncture actually does work, as opposed to statements by the WHO: https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/402/is-acupuncture-an-effective-treatment


  [1]: http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/vod/sidebyside/20160803.html