Moruleng ceremony honours ancestral healing knowledge

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.

A national commemoration in Moruleng, Moses Kotane Municipality, took place on 29 August, ahead of the annual 31 August observance.

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.

WHO described traditional medicine as a dedicated subject at the 2025 Berlin meeting.