Medicine policy discussion includes national implementation

A national commemoration in Moruleng, Moses Kotane Municipality, took place on 29 August, ahead of the annual 31 August observance.

The South African event opened with a ritual involving Mphepho, presented as part of a living knowledge tradition.

Practitioners trained with WHO support gave a demonstration connected to management of noncommunicable diseases.

The event addressed integrating traditional health practitioners and knowledge within the wider national health system.

The 12 October panel discussed how to put the WHO global traditional medicine strategy into national practice.

WHO described traditional medicine as a dedicated subject at the 2025 Berlin meeting.

The session discussed practical collaboration and responsible integration of traditional care.

BIREME and PAHO pre-launched the WHO library at a Rio de Janeiro congress on 17 October, before its December official launch.

At the Rio congress, director João Paulo Souza presented the resource and requested suggestions from practitioners and specialists.

The preview highlighted plans to gather and organize health information across traditional and integrative medicine topics.