Certification concerns wild poliovirus transmission

Publication date: institute director Felisbela Gaspar took part in the Lichinga gathering described by WHO.

Publication date: WHO described training practitioners to recognize serious illness and refer patients to formal care.

The region’s member states received certification of interrupted indigenous wild poliovirus transmission.

India’s last wild case was in 2011, and regional certification followed sustained surveillance.

Vaccination campaigns and case monitoring supported the certification decision.

The World Health Assembly approved the WHO Traditional Medicine Strategy 2014–2023 on this date, acknowledging that practices differ across regions.

The strategy sought a stronger evidence base to help countries make informed decisions about traditional and complementary medicine.

The Assembly-backed strategy called for quality assurance, safety, proper use and regulation rather than blanket endorsement of treatments.

Assessing whether traditional and complementary practices work was explicitly among the strategy’s stated aims.

WHO announced a Public Health Emergency of International Concern after emergency committee advice.