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AUS-61 [WPRO]
Status
Active
Title of the centre:
  WHO Collaborating Centre for Women's Health

Director / Head: 
  Professor Anne KAVANAGH
 




Institution:
  Centre for Women's Health, Gender and Society, School of Population Health
  University of Melbourne
Address:
  Level 2, 723 Swanston Street,
  3010
  Victoria
Town:
  Melbourne
Country:
  AUSTRALIA
Region:
  WPRO
Phone:
  (61-3) 8344 0717
Fax:
  (61-3) 9347 9824
Date of Designation:
  17/Sep/1993
Last Redesignation:
  13/Oct/2010
Expiry:
  13/Oct/2014
Terms of Reference:
  1. 1. To undertake research on gender and women's health, and to disseminate research findings. 
  2. 2. To collaborate with Centres, internationally and in the Region in order to strengthen research and research training capacity in women's health. 
  3. 3. : To provide expert technical advice to WPRO on women’s health 
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Subjects:
  1. Gender; Women & health 
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Types of activity:
  1. Information dissemination 
  2. Research 
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WHO organization wide expected result:
  7.5 - Gender analysis and responsive actions incorporated into WHO's normative work and support provided to Member States for formulation of gendersensitive policies and programmes
 
 
Responsible Officer:
  OBARA Hiromi
Phone:
  +63 2 5289878

Technical Counterpart:
  AMIN Avni
Phone:
  +41 22 79 12306
Email:
  amina@who.int
Access to annual progress reports and the current workplan (this is accessible to WHO Staff Members only):
  Link to eWork