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Ref.No. [Initiator]
BAN-5 [SEARO]
Status
Active
Title of the centre:
  WHO Collaborating Centre for Training and Development of Public Health Workforce

Director / Head: 
  Director Dr. Saroj Kumar Mazumder
 
 
director@nipsom.org




Institution:
  Occupation and Environment Health
  National Institute of Preventive and Social Medicine (NIPSOM)
Address:
  Airport Road, Mohakhali, Dhaka-1212
  1212
  Not applicable
Town:
  Dhaka
Country:
  BANGLADESH
Region:
  SEARO
Phone:
  (880-2) 882 1236
Fax:
  (880-2) 9898798
Web Site:
  www.nipsom.org
Date of Designation:
  12/May/2006
Last Redesignation:
  07/Jul/2010
Expiry:
  07/Jul/2014
Terms of Reference:
  1. • Serve as a resource centre for research and development in the area of human resources for public health specialists, such as physicians, epidemiologists, nurses, midwives and technicians, particularly for creating an evidence base for the national and international communities. 
  2. • Serve as a centre of excellence for training of health professionals to develop leadership in public health in Preventive and Social Medicine and to develop leadership among health professionals working in the areas of Public Health 
  3. • Promote and support research aimed at creation and collection of evidence base for services; education and policy in the area of public health and their dissemination among the relevant forums. 
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Subjects:
  1. Human resources for health (excluding Nursing) 
  2. Health systems research & development 
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Types of activity:
  1. Implementation of WHO programmes and activities at country level 
  2. Information dissemination 
  3. Product development (guidelines; manual; methodologies; etc.) 
WHO organization wide expected result:
  10.7 - Knowledge management and eHealth policies and strategies developed and implemented in order to strengthen health systems.
  10.7 - Knowledge management and eHealth policies and strategies developed and implemented in order to strengthen health systems.
  10.7 - Knowledge management and eHealth policies and strategies developed and implemented in order to strengthen health systems.
Responsible Officer:
  SINGGIH Budihardja Moehammad
Phone:
 
Email:
  singgihb@who.int

Technical Counterpart:
  KUNJUMEN Teena
Phone:
  +41 22 79 11404
Email:
  kunjument@who.int
Access to annual progress reports and the current workplan (this is accessible to WHO Staff Members only):
  Link to eWork
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