Jamnagar centre plans work on Indigenous knowledge

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.

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

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.

The Bangkok consultation considered which questions about traditional care warrant investigation across the region.