A midwife’s knowledge joins health planning

A dated report examines discussions during June G20 health meetings in Brazil.

Participants discussed incorporating well-studied practices into health systems.

The article describes questions of preserving knowledge and working with communities.

The 10 July date identifies WHO’s publication, not the date of the G20 event.

Traditional midwives and health institutions discussed community perinatal tools in Valledupar.

The workshop explored ways to link local experience and clinical support.

The meeting concluded on 26 July; PAHO reported on it on 1 August.

At a signing ceremony in Geneva, India committed US$85 million over ten years toward work at the WHO centre in Jamnagar.

The WHO centre named Indigenous knowledges and biodiversity among its connected areas of work.

The India-supported centre identified research and evidence as one of its core areas rather than assuming all inherited treatments work.