Intercultural care connects midwives and clinics

PAHO’s Brazil-based BIREME developed the library in coordination with the WHO Global Traditional Medicine Centre.

The resource was intended to improve access to information on traditional, complementary and integrative medicine.

The 19 December global release followed an October pre-launch by BIREME at a congress in Rio de Janeiro.

Publication date: PAHO described a virtual seminar with Central American health cooperation partners.

Publication date: PAHO discussed building health worker and traditional midwife skills in care for Indigenous pregnancies.

Publication date: the seminar considered culturally safe care as part of reducing maternal and newborn health gaps.

A regional exchange brought examples from Latin America into discussion of traditional care and self-care.

The dialogue considered how local traditions can inform public health services.

Speakers discussed experience in Bolivia, Mexico and Peru.

The event took place on 13 May; WHO published its account on 25 May.