WHO Bulletin places community knowledge in a health debate

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: a WHO Bulletin special issue collected perspectives on traditional, complementary and integrative medicine.

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.

The three-day New Delhi summit opened on 17 December with a focus on evidence and health systems.