Kenya eliminates sleeping sickness as a public health problem

Publication date: WHO described discussion of possible AI uses; it did not establish that an AI tool could validate treatments.

Publication date: PAHO described dialogues involving different systems of health knowledge in Peru.

Publication date: the PAHO account connects intercultural care with recognition of communities’ knowledge and experience.

Publication date: discussions on intercultural health examined communication between health services and local knowledge holders.

Publication date: the Peru reporting treats respectful dialogue as part of making care responsive to diverse communities.

Surveillance and case management supported the achievement.

WHO reported that Kenya had earlier been certified free of Guinea worm transmission.

The validation concerns a measured disease threshold, with continued case detection important.

A national commemoration in Moruleng, Moses Kotane Municipality, took place on 29 August, ahead of the annual 31 August observance.

The South African event opened with a ritual involving Mphepho, presented as part of a living knowledge tradition.