South Africa discusses traditional care in health services

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.

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 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.

The session discussed practical collaboration and responsible integration of traditional care.

BIREME and PAHO pre-launched the WHO library at a Rio de Janeiro congress on 17 October, before its December official launch.