Title of the centre:
WHO Collaborating Centre for Environmental Health
Director / Head:
Associate Professor Brent Powis
Institution:
Centre of Environmental Health Development
University of Western Sydney
Address:
University of Western Sydney, Building L8, Hawkesbury Campus Locked Bag 1797
2750
New South Wales
Town:
Penrith South
Country:
AUSTRALIA
Region:
WPRO
Phone:
(61-2) 4570 1479
Fax:
(61-2) 4570 1660
Date of Designation:
12/Sep/1995
Last Redesignation:
24/Mar/2008
Expiry:
24/Mar/2012
Date of Discontinuation:
29/May/2012
Terms of Reference:
- To develop & transfer environmental health technology, curriculum & knowledge from the University of Western Sydney-Hawkesbury to the Western Pacific Region.
- To develop distance learning materials & strategies in environmental & occupational health for application to the Western Pacific Region.
- To develop strategies to integrate environmental & health considerations into tourism policy, planning & practice.
- To develop integrative models of healthy settings, particularly in workplaces & in rural & urban environments.
- To transfer knowledge of sustainable water management & food safety practices for health & development in the Asia/Pacific Region.
- To transfer strategic management theory & practice of development of national & local environmental health plans of action in selected WHO member countries.
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Subjects:
- Environmental health and hazards other than those specifically mentioned
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Types of activity:
- Collection; collation and dissemination of information
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WHO organization wide expected result:
Responsible Officer:
HASSAN Mohd Nasir
Phone:
+855 23 216610
Technical Counterpart:
NEIRA Maria Purificacion
Phone:
+41 22 79 15526
Access to annual progress reports and the current workplan (this is accessible to WHO Staff Members only):
Link to eWork
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