Indigenous healing knowledge receives a public platform

WHO states that the ninth national observance was launched at Kanifing Municipal Council grounds on 7 September.

The traditional healers’ association helped coordinate the Kanifing celebration with the health ministry.

Fatim Badjie’s message at the national observance reiterated government support for traditional medicines.

The 2011 launch joined government and a national traditional healers’ association in one event.

The National Library of Medicine opened an exhibition on Indigenous perspectives on health and illness.

The exhibition highlighted traditions and contemporary experiences through Native participants.

The exhibition considered relationships among body, community, spirit and environment.

WHO’s event notice dates the tenth regional observance to 31 August 2012.

The tenth year’s event theme invited assessment of what the observance had achieved.

The 2012 event notice linked the annual observance to changes affecting practitioners, practices and products.