Title of the centre:
WHO Collaborating Centre for Nursing Development in Primary Health Care
Director / Head:
Director Masako YAMADA
Dr TASHIRO Junko
Institution:
Research Center for Development of Nursing Practice
St. Luke's College of Nursing
Address:
10-1, Akashi-Cho
104-0044
Tokyo
Town:
Tokyo
Country:
JAPAN
Region:
WPRO
Phone:
81-3-3543-6391
Fax:
81-3-3543-1626
Date of Designation:
10/May/1990
Last Redesignation:
19/Apr/2012
Expiry:
19/Apr/2016
Date of Discontinuation:
Terms of Reference:
- 1. In agreement with WHO, to evaluate and develop further nursing models of People-Centered Health, based on the values of PHC, to contribute to Millennium Development Goals and Address the needs of aging society.
- 2. To contribute to WHOs work in furthering maximal utilization of health workers through nursing leadership in People-Centered Care and capacity-building and advancement of interdisciplinary advanced nursing practice (APN) education and service delivery.
- 3. To support the work of WHO in implementing research and system changes which improve the education and advanced practice of nursing and midwives in Primary Health Care (PHC).
- 4. To further progress toward MDG, Maternal and Child Health targets through expanded regional and global partnerships.
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Types of activity:
- Research
- Product development (guidelines; manual; methodologies; etc.)
- Training and education
WHO organization wide expected result:
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10.8 - Health-workforce information and knowledge base strengthened, and country capacities for policy analysis, planning, implementation, information-sharing and research built up. |
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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:
FRITSCH Kathleen Louise
Phone:
+63 2 5289804
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
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