Traditional medicine and public health share a regional forum

Publication date: a speaker explained how the survival of medicinal plants depends on healthy and diverse ecosystems.

Publication date: WHO reported a discussion of Indigenous Peoples’ role in protecting biodiversity and health knowledge.

Publication date: WHO discussed respectful engagement with Indigenous Peoples over biodiversity, health and knowledge systems.

Publication date: WHO described a 13 May regional dialogue about traditional and integrative medicine in the Americas.

Publication date: the WHO account considered how health services could listen to community approaches and self-care.

Publication date: the report framed integration as a matter for health system design and evidence rather than automatic approval.

Publication date: WHO discussed yoga in the context of ageing, movement and well-being; this is not an announcement of a cure.

Publication date: the WHO feature presents yoga, whose traditions originated in South Asia, within a global conversation about well-being.

Publication date: WHO described a discussion about how yoga practices may relate to mobility and healthy ageing.

This date records the WHO article, not the origin of yoga or the first time it was used for health.