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Harare to host Consultation, Workshop on Traditional Medicine

Harare to host Consultation, Workshop on Traditional Medicine

Brazzaville, 14 May 2012 -- This month, Harare, the Zimbabwean Capital, will host two events organized by the World Health Organization (WHO) to advance the cause of African traditional medicine. From 16 to 18 May, more than 50 participants from across the region will take part in a “Regional Consultation on African Traditional Medicine: Practices Practitioners and Products”. read more

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Upcoming events

16 May 2012 - 18 May 2012 Regional Consultation on African Traditional Medicine: Practices, Practitioners and Products
21 May 2012 - 23 May 2012 Regional Workshop on Traditional Medicine Research and Development
21 May 2012 - 26 May 2012 Sixty-fifth World Health Assembly - Geneva, Switzerland
31 May 2012 World No Tobacco Day, 31 May 2012

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Keynote Address by Dr L. G. Sambo, Regional Director of WHO Regional Office for Africa at the 13th World Congress on Public Health Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: 23-27 April, 2012

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