Second WHO traditional medicine summit opens in India

Publication date: the issue drew attention to the relationship between longstanding knowledge traditions and contemporary health systems.

Publication date: PAHO reported a meeting of Indigenous youth from Latin America and the Caribbean to revise health priorities.

Publication date: participants discussed how ancestral knowledge and scientific medicine can interact in culturally suitable care.

Publication date: the PAHO account highlighted communication in Indigenous languages.

Publication date: the meeting related climate change and biodiversity loss to the right to culturally appropriate care.

The opening announcement connected study of medicine with Indigenous rights and fair sharing of benefits.

WHO called for scientific rigour, product quality and regulation in discussions of traditional practices.

The announcement described plans for wider access to documented research on traditional medicine.

Brazil met the criteria for eliminating vertical transmission of HIV as a public health problem.

Testing and timely treatment during pregnancy supported Brazil’s validation.