WHO launches a neglected diseases road map

Its publication was a call for future action, not a declaration that cervical cancer had ended.

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 road map emphasized country leadership, coordination and access to care.

The plan addressed conditions that allow neglected tropical diseases to spread.

The WHO event set future targets rather than claiming that diseases were already eliminated.

The federal health ministry hosted a commemoration on 13 September, according to a WHO report published four days later.

At the Abuja commemoration, WHO described support for domestic production including traditional medicine products.