African Traditional Medicine Day focuses on regulation

The Benin president connected traditional and conventional care with partnerships among countries of the Global South.

Cuba became the first country validated for eliminating mother-to-child HIV and syphilis transmission as public-health problems.

Testing and treatment during pregnancy formed part of the services WHO assessed.

The validation recognized work to prevent both infections passing from mother to child.

The finding does not mean that every possible individual transmission had become impossible.

WHO’s event notice advocated identifying and supporting qualified traditional health practitioners.

The 2015 event called for systems to protect patients from potentially harmful practices.

The observance raised how countries might recognize practitioners while safeguarding the public.

The prize announcement recognized her discovery of a novel malaria therapy.

Tu’s research had consulted old medical literature while combining it with modern laboratory testing.