WHO publishes Colombia river blindness verification

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.

The tenth observance provided a dated point in ongoing African discussion of traditional care.

Years of treatment with ivermectin and surveillance preceded the first national verification.

Onchocerciasis, carried by black flies, can cause skin disease and loss of vision.

The date is the publication of WHO’s verification report, not the day the last person was treated.

Publication date: WHO described health ministers’ regional decisions covering traditional medicine as well as women’s health and other priorities.

Publication date: WHO reported that its regional committee endorsed a report on traditional medicine.