Traditional medicine becomes a journal focus

Government regulators and researchers discussed safety monitoring and quality assurance for traditional products.

WHO reported participation by more than 40 people from 18 countries and two special administrative regions.

The workshop addressed evidence generation and oversight rather than approving a particular remedy.

Publication date: WHO introduced a Bulletin issue devoted to traditional medicine and its place in health policy and research.

Publication date: the special issue brought questions about the evidence behind traditional practices into scholarly discussion.

Publication date: the issue drew attention to the relationship between longstanding knowledge traditions and contemporary health systems.

Publication date: PAHO reported a meeting of Indigenous youth from Latin America and the Caribbean to revise health priorities.

Publication date: participants discussed how ancestral knowledge and scientific medicine can interact in culturally suitable care.

Publication date: the PAHO account highlighted communication in Indigenous languages.

Publication date: the meeting related climate change and biodiversity loss to the right to culturally appropriate care.