Traditional medicine digitization raises knowledge rights questions

WHO recognized elimination of trachoma as a public health problem.

Trachoma surgery and prevention have been part of the national effort.

WHO describes environmental improvement among the measures needed to reduce transmission.

The validation credited communities and health services after years of work.

Publication date: WHO described a session at the AI for Good Global Summit on artificial intelligence in health care and traditional medicine.

Publication date: WHO reported contributions by WHO, ITU and WIPO to a health and traditional medicine summit session.

Publication date: WHO described discussion of possible AI uses; it did not establish that an AI tool could validate treatments.

Publication date: PAHO described dialogues involving different systems of health knowledge in Peru.

Publication date: the PAHO account connects intercultural care with recognition of communities’ knowledge and experience.

Publication date: discussions on intercultural health examined communication between health services and local knowledge holders.