A dated strategy sets goals for governments

The agreed protocol was intended to help African scientists generate comparable evidence under international clinical research standards.

Its endorsement applied to methods for testing potential therapies; safety and effectiveness remained to be established by research.

The global plan set vaccination, screening and treatment targets for 2030.

The strategy called for widespread immunization of girls by age 15.

WHO combined early detection and care with vaccination in its 90–70–90 targets.

Publication date: UNESCO described a webinar on traditional and complementary medicine during COVID-19.

Publication date: regional organizations discussed sharing and studying African traditional medicine; no COVID-19 remedy was proven.

Publication date: UNESCO placed inherited medicine within discussion of cultural heritage and biodiversity.

Publication date: participants addressed ethics, community knowledge and support for research during the pandemic.

The 2021–2030 plan set targets for diseases that disproportionately affect poorer communities.