WHO report counts products, practices and practitioners

The pilot tested how to provide a new prevention tool through existing health services.

RTS,S supplemented other preventive measures such as insecticide-treated nets.

The pilot monitored safety and impact before later recommendations for wider use.

Publication date: WHO released its Global Report on Traditional and Complementary Medicine 2019 to address gaps in official country data.

Publication date: the WHO report summarized contributions from 179 member states, showing a global rather than single-country history.

Publication date: compiling official national information made it easier to compare policies and research needs across countries.

WHO reports that the seventeenth observance in Ghana took place on 3 September 2019.

At the gathering, WHO discussed African institutions evaluating safety and quality of traditional treatments.

The WHO account notes research on traditional remedies proposed for malaria, diabetes and other conditions; it does not establish efficacy.

The 2019 national commemoration put research, practitioners and public health in conversation.