Brazil G20 agenda gives traditional knowledge visibility

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.

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.

The regional dialogue asked how services could better meet communities’ health needs.

Participants called for practical tools to support maternal and neonatal care in Indigenous communities.

The meeting ended on 20 November; PAHO published its account on the following day.