Traditional practitioners join health and biodiversity exchange

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: WHO recounted traditional medicine discussions at the COP16 biodiversity meeting in Colombia.

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 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.

Publication date: the Rio G20 discussion connected traditional care and global health planning.

The reported statements address the potential of evidence-based care, not an endorsement of every traditional product.

Women leaders, traditional midwives and health representatives met on 19–20 November.