Colombian communities help stop river blindness

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.

A dated epidemiological report describes verification that onchocerciasis transmission had ended in Colombia.

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.

Publication date: the regional committee report treated traditional care alongside public health systems and other concerns.