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CAN-59 [AMRO]
Status
Active
Title of the centre:
  WHO Collaborating Centre for Nursing and Mental Health

Director / Head: 
  Dr. Judy Mill
 




Institution:
  Faculty of Nursing
  University of Alberta
Address:
  3rd Floor, Clinical Sciences Building
  T6G 2G3
  Alberta
Town:
  Edmonton
Country:
  CANADA
Region:
  AMRO
Phone:
  (1-780) 492 7556
Fax:
  (1-780) 492 1926
Date of Designation:
  17/Jul/2002
Last Redesignation:
  15/Jul/2010
Expiry:
  15/Jul/2014
Terms of Reference:
  1. To collaborate with WHO and PAHO to build and strengthen health human resources through educational initiatives in nursing and mental health 
  2. To support human resource development through research capacity building in nursing and mental health 
  3. To conduct and disseminate research in support of enhancing human resources management and evidence-based practice in nursing and mental health 
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Subjects:
  1. Nursing 
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Types of activity:
  1. Information dissemination 
  2. Research 
  3. Training and education 
WHO organization wide expected result:
  10.8 - Health-workforce information and knowledge base strengthened, and country capacities for policy analysis, planning, implementation, information-sharing and research built up.
  10.9 - Technical support provided to Member States, with a focus on those facing severe health-workforce difficulties in order to improve the production, distribution, skill mix and retention of the health workforce.
 
Responsible Officer:
  CASSIANI Silvia
Phone:
 
Email:
  cassianis@paho.org

Technical Counterpart:
  NKOWANE Annette Mwansa
Phone:
  +41 22 79 14314
Access to annual progress reports and the current workplan (this is accessible to WHO Staff Members only):
  Link to eWork