WHO works to coordinate traditional medicine research

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 consultation sought questions relevant to medicine and health systems in the Western Pacific region.

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.

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