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CHN-34 [WPRO]
Status
Active
Title of the centre:
  WHO Collaborating Centre for Traditional Medicine

Director / Head: 
  Professor Shilin CHEN
 




Institution:
 
  Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences
Address:
  No. 16 Nanxiaojie
  100700
  Dongcheng District
Town:
  Beijing
Country:
  CHINA
Region:
  WPRO
Phone:
  (86-10) 6401 3996 / 6403 2658
Fax:
  (86-10) 6401 3996
Date of Designation:
  05/Aug/1983
Last Redesignation:
  24/Jul/2012
Expiry:
  24/Jul/2016
Terms of Reference:
  1. Provide training opportunities for capacity building at the selected WHO Member States relating to herbal medicines as requested by WHO  
  2. Provide technical support to development of a WHO technical document on medicinal plants to be published by WHO/WPRO  
  3. Provide technical discussion fora on Chinese Materia Medica  
  4. Provide technical support and technical advice to WHO for implementation of WPRO Regional Strategy on Traditional Medicine: 2011-2020 and for development and implementation of WHO Traditional Medicine Strategy: 2014-2023  
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Subjects:
  1. Traditional medicine 
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Types of activity:
  1. Research 
  2. Training and education 
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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