Traditional care appears in primary care discussion

A WHO keynote and plenary panel in New Delhi addressed access to evidence-based traditional medicine on this date.

A regional health summit session examined how evidence-based traditional care might be made available within health systems.

A scheduled WHO meeting placed traditions of health care in an international policy discussion in India.

The session title explicitly tied expanded access to an evidence base, rather than an assumption that all traditional methods are effective.

Publication date: WHO described a New Delhi World Health Summit regional session on access to evidence-based care.

Publication date: regional officials considered the draft global traditional medicine strategy.

Publication date: the WHO account tied wider access to evidence, safety and health system design.

The report connected avoidable illness and early death to living and working conditions.

WHO described differences in access and risks within and between countries.

The report highlighted a heavy burden of maternal death in lower-income countries.