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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.

WHO reported participation by more than 40 people from 18 countries and two special administrative regions.

The workshop addressed evidence generation and oversight rather than approving a particular remedy.

Publication date: WHO introduced a Bulletin issue devoted to traditional medicine and its place in health policy and research.

Publication date: the special issue brought questions about the evidence behind traditional practices into scholarly discussion.

Publication date: a WHO Bulletin special issue collected perspectives on traditional, complementary and integrative medicine.