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CHN-30 [WPRO]
Status
Active
Title of the centre:
  WHO Collaborating Centre for Traditional Medicine

Director / Head: 
  Dr. Gen-Cheng Wu
 




Institution:
  Institute of Acupuncture Research, Shanghai Medical College
  Fudan University
Address:
  138 Yi -Xue-Yuan Road
  200032
  Shanghai
Town:
  Shanghai
Country:
  CHINA
Region:
  WPRO
Phone:
  (86-21) 5423 7526
Fax:
  (86-21) 5423 7526
Web Site:
  http://www.shmu.edu.cn
Date of Designation:
  08/May/1983
Last Redesignation:
  09/Apr/2012
Expiry:
  09/Apr/2016
Terms of Reference:
  1. To work with WHO in the dissemination of information on acupuncture safety and efficacy. 
  2. On request of WHO, to provide training opportunities for foreign scientists, medical doctors and acupuncturists on both scientific research and clinical practice of TM. 
  3. To explore the approaches of developing traditional medicine/integrative medicine (TM/IM) in the modern medical colleges in China. 
  4. To provide support to WHO in the process of formulating WHO TM policies, strategies,and regulatory frameworks. 
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Subjects:
  1. Traditional medicine 
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Types of activity:
  1. Research 
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WHO organization wide expected result:
  10.1 - Management and organization of integrated, population-based health-service delivery through public and nonpublic providers and networks improved, reflecting the primary health care strategy, scaling up coverage, equity, quality and safety of personal and population-based health services, and enhancing health outcomes.
  10.2 - National capacities for governance and leadership improved through evidence-based policy dialogue, institutional capacity-building for policy analysis and development, strategy-based health system performance assessment, greater transparency and accountability for performance, and more effective intersectoral collaboration.
  11.3 - Evidence based policy guidance on promoting scientifically sound and cost-effective use of medical products and technologies by health workers and consumers developed and supported within the Secretariat and regional and national programmes.
Responsible Officer:
  SAMDAN Narantuya
Phone:
  +63 2 5289844

Technical Counterpart:
  ZHANG Qi
Phone:
  +41 22 79 13698
Email:
  zhangqi@who.int
Access to annual progress reports and the current workplan (this is accessible to WHO Staff Members only):
  Link to eWork