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Ref.No. [Initiator]
CHN-30 [WPRO]
Status
Active
Title of the centre:
  WHO Collaborating Centre for Traditional Medicine

Director / Head: 
  Gen-Cheng Wu
 




Institution:
  Institute of Acupuncture Research, Shanghai Medical College
  Fudan University
Address:
  138 Yi -Xue-Yuan Road, 200032 - 200032 Shanghai
  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:
  28/Mar/2008
Expiry:
  28/Mar/2012
Terms of Reference:
  1. To carry out clinical research on acupuncture for validating its safety and efficacy. 
  2. To carry out experimental research on the action mechanisms of acupuncture in order to improve its usefulness, with particular reference to its neuroscientific aspects for setting up the scientific basis of acupuncture treatment. 
  3. To provide training opportunities for foreign scientists and medical doctors on both scientific research and clinical practice. 
  4. The above Terms of Reference were set up by our center with WHO officials in 1983. During the past years we have completed various activities and accumulated a lot of experiences on basic and clinic researches in the field of Chinese Traditional Medicine. We shall continue our effort to practice these terms in the next designation period. 
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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:
 
 
 
Responsible Officer:
  SAMDAN Narantuya
Phone:
 

Technical Counterpart:
  Xiaorui ZHANG
Phone:
  (41-22) 791 3639
Email:
  zhangx@who.int
Registry file Ref:
  T18/286/5
Access to annual progress reports and the current workplan (this is accessible to WHO Staff Members only):
  Link to eWork