Title of the centre:
WHO Collaborating Centre for Rehabilitation
Director / Head:
Professor Dahong Zhuo
Institution:
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine
Sun Yat-Sen University of Medical Sciences
Address:
58 Zhongshan Road 2
510080
Guangdong Province
Town:
Guangzhou
Country:
CHINA
Region:
WPRO
Phone:
(86-20) 8733 0193
Fax:
(86-20) 8775 0632
Date of Designation:
14/Jul/1987
Last Redesignation:
23/Apr/2012
Expiry:
23/Apr/2016
Date of Discontinuation:
Terms of Reference:
- To contribute to WHO’s work in the implementation of the CBR Guidelines.
- To work with WHO in development of appropriate technology in assistive devices.
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Subjects:
- Disabilities and rehabilitation (excluding accident prevention)
- Health legislation and human rights
- Health Technology (including laboratory services; but excluding blood safety)
Types of activity:
- Development and application of appropriate technology
- Product development (guidelines; manual; methodologies; etc.)
- Information dissemination
WHO organization wide expected result:
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3.1 - Advocacy and support provided to increase political, financial and technical commitment in Member States in order to tackle chronic noncommunicable diseases, mental and behavioural disorders, violence, injuries and disabilities together with visual impairment, including blindness. |
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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. |
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Responsible Officer:
KLEINITZ Pauline
Phone:
+63 2 5289865
Technical Counterpart:
OFFICER Alana Margaret
Phone:
+41 22 79 12977
Access to annual progress reports and the current workplan (this is accessible to WHO Staff Members only):
Link to eWork
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