South Africa holds African Traditional Medicine Day ceremony

Publication date: the Peru reporting treats respectful dialogue as part of making care responsive to diverse communities.

WHO validated a national milestone against human African trypanosomiasis.

Surveillance and case management supported the achievement.

WHO reported that Kenya had earlier been certified free of Guinea worm transmission.

The validation concerns a measured disease threshold, with continued case detection important.

The South African event opened with a ritual involving Mphepho, presented as part of a living knowledge tradition.

Practitioners trained with WHO support gave a demonstration connected to management of noncommunicable diseases.

The event addressed integrating traditional health practitioners and knowledge within the wider national health system.

The 12 October panel discussed how to put the WHO global traditional medicine strategy into national practice.

At the World Health Summit, speakers examined the move from international strategy to country-level action.