Kenyan health workers monitor a tsetse-borne illness

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.

WHO validated a national milestone against human African trypanosomiasis.

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.

Practitioners trained with WHO support gave a demonstration connected to management of noncommunicable diseases.