Traditional midwives contribute to a health manual

R21/Matrix-M joined RTS,S among WHO-recommended vaccines.

The recommendation created another option for countries seeking to expand immunization.

The recommendation complements bed nets, diagnosis and treatment.

Publication date: PAHO reported presenting its method for respectful discussion of ancestral and clinical health knowledge.

Publication date: the PAHO account described a participatory manual connecting traditional midwives and health workers.

Publication date: PAHO used the Global Indigenous Youth Forum to explain health knowledge dialogues.

Bangladesh became the first country to eliminate visceral leishmaniasis as a public health problem.

After its filariasis milestone, Bangladesh reached the WHO threshold for kala-azar.

Case detection, treatment and monitoring were essential to the elimination programme.

The WHO milestone is based on sustained low incidence and requires continued vigilance.