Eastern Mediterranean research consultation ends in Riyadh

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.

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

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.

Brazil eliminated lymphatic filariasis as a public health problem.

Public health action and monitoring reduced transmission in previously affected places.