WHO reports traditional knowledge at biodiversity COP

Travel-related cases remain possible, so surveillance remains necessary.

The country was acknowledged for eliminating trachoma as a public health problem.

Health programmes reduced the forms of trachoma that can damage sight.

WHO noted its earlier elimination of lymphatic filariasis as a public health problem.

The validation represents lasting public health action, with surveillance still needed.

Publication date: the WHO report emphasized direct participation of Indigenous rights holders.

Publication date: speakers linked medicinal knowledge with preserving the plants and environments on which it depends.

Publication date: WHO described a COP16 session involving knowledge holders and health policymakers.

Publication date: WHO described how G20 leaders in Brazil acknowledged potential contributions of evidence-based traditional medicine.

Publication date: the WHO account stresses science-based approaches in international health cooperation.