India pledges funding for WHO traditional medicine centre

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.

Cenaida Pana of La Guajira joined a meeting on culturally adapted care for mothers and newborns.

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

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

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.

The donor agreement supported centre work on primary health care, access and appropriate study of traditional knowledge.

The WHO South-East Asia regional consultation met on 20–22 August; this entry records its closing day.

The WHO meeting was organized with Siriraj Center of Applied Thai Traditional Medicine at Mahidol University in Bangkok.