Medicine summit report stresses research and access

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: WHO reported a debate on suitable integration of traditional health approaches into primary care.

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

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.

The findings called attention to housing, education, employment and social protections.

Member states approved a framework for improved preparation and more equitable responses.