Indigenous languages become part of health access debate

Publication date: the special issue brought questions about the evidence behind traditional practices into scholarly discussion.

Publication date: a WHO Bulletin special issue collected perspectives on traditional, complementary and integrative medicine.

Publication date: the issue drew attention to the relationship between longstanding knowledge traditions and contemporary health systems.

Publication date: PAHO reported a meeting of Indigenous youth from Latin America and the Caribbean to revise health priorities.

Publication date: participants discussed how ancestral knowledge and scientific medicine can interact in culturally suitable care.

Publication date: the meeting related climate change and biodiversity loss to the right to culturally appropriate care.

The three-day New Delhi summit opened on 17 December with a focus on evidence and health systems.

The opening announcement connected study of medicine with Indigenous rights and fair sharing of benefits.

WHO called for scientific rigour, product quality and regulation in discussions of traditional practices.

The announcement described plans for wider access to documented research on traditional medicine.