Regional research discussion includes East Asian traditions

The WHO meeting was organized with Siriraj Center of Applied Thai Traditional Medicine at Mahidol University in Bangkok.

The Bangkok consultation considered which questions about traditional care warrant investigation across the region.

Participants commented on a draft global strategy alongside regional research priorities.

The WHO account lists a Western Pacific research consultation in Seoul on 28–29 August; this is its closing day.

The Western Pacific workshop formed part of a wider WHO exercise on research priorities.

The Seoul meeting contributed to an international process seeking a more coherent research agenda.

WHO lists a regional traditional medicine workshop in Riyadh on 17–19 September; this is the last day.

The Eastern Mediterranean consultation contributed to WHO’s broader priority-setting exercise.

The Riyadh workshop examined research needs in a region with its own inherited medical knowledge traditions.

The regional meeting was part of coordinated discussions about research, rather than an approval of particular therapies.