Nigeria considers recognition of inherited medicinal knowledge

At the Kumasi celebration, pharmacy lecturer Isaac Kingsley Amponsah urged stronger regulation to check herbal product quality and safety.

The celebration highlighted collaboration between researchers and traditional health practitioners to investigate efficacy and quality.

A WHO Africa report dated African Traditional Medicine Day describes assurances to Nigerian traditional medicine practitioners about protecting their intellectual property.

The Nigerian discussion emphasized that medicinal knowledge belongs to practitioners and requires appropriate protection when used in research or production.

An official discussion connected traditional practitioners with national health policy on African Traditional Medicine Day.

At a UN high-level meeting, governments set targets to expand TB prevention and care.

The political declaration urged better access to diagnosis and treatment.

Health leaders discussed funding, research and accountability for ending TB.

The 2018 pledges were policy commitments, not proof that tuberculosis had ended.

Governments endorsed a declaration committing to stronger primary health care.