WHO recommends RTS,S malaria vaccine

The WHO event set future targets rather than claiming that diseases were already eliminated.

The federal health ministry hosted a commemoration on 13 September, according to a WHO report published four days later.

At the Abuja commemoration, WHO described support for domestic production including traditional medicine products.

The WHO account described work on traditional medicine policy, a pharmacopoeia and a proposed strategic plan.

The gathering discussed research and manufacturing, without declaring a traditional COVID-19 treatment effective.

The recommendation drew on pilot programmes in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi.

WHO framed RTS,S as an additional tool alongside nets, treatment and other preventive care.

Experience from delivery in three African countries contributed to WHO’s decision.

The eleventh International Classification of Diseases came into effect; it includes optional supplementary coding based on East Asian traditional medical concepts.

The ICD-11 traditional medicine chapter reflects concepts originating in Chinese medicine and used also in Japan, Korea and elsewhere.