Berlin panel raises cooperation between health systems

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.

At the World Health Summit, speakers examined the move from international strategy to country-level action.

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

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.

This date marks a public preview of the WHO Traditional Medicine Global Library, distinct from its official December launch.

WHO reports a quality and safety training workshop in Macao on 22–24 October; this is its closing date.