Ghana celebration highlights traditional medicine research

Publication date: WHO released its Global Report on Traditional and Complementary Medicine 2019 to address gaps in official country data.

Publication date: the WHO report summarized contributions from 179 member states, showing a global rather than single-country history.

Publication date: WHO described its report as the first to cover these three facets of traditional medicine together.

Publication date: compiling official national information made it easier to compare policies and research needs across countries.

WHO reports that the seventeenth observance in Ghana took place on 3 September 2019.

The WHO account notes research on traditional remedies proposed for malaria, diabetes and other conditions; it does not establish efficacy.

The 2019 national commemoration put research, practitioners and public health in conversation.

The vaccine met WHO standards for quality, safety and efficacy for procurement by health agencies.

Prequalification helped pave the way for vaccine access in countries at risk of outbreaks.

Clinical research and public health response informed the vaccine’s path to prequalification.