India and WHO sign traditional medicine cooperation agreement

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.

The agreement included developing benchmarks for training and practice in the South Indian Siddha system.

The WHO–India cooperation includes training material on herbal product quality and safety.

WHO described an international herbal pharmacopoeia among the planned five-year activities.

The country received WHO certification after interrupting indigenous malaria transmission.

Prevention and rapid response helped Cabo Verde maintain its malaria-free status.