Title of the centre:
WHO Collaborating Centre for Traditional Medicine
Director / Head:
Professor Yeong Shik Kim
Institution:
Natural Products Research Institute
Seoul National University
Address:
599 Gwanangro, Gwanakgu,151-742,
151-742
Town:
Seoul
Country:
REPUBLIC OF KOREA
Region:
WPRO
Phone:
(82-2) 880 2479
Fax:
(82-2) 765 4768
Date of Designation:
18/Apr/1988
Last Redesignation:
28/Mar/2012
Expiry:
28/Mar/2016
Date of Discontinuation:
Terms of Reference:
- Standardization of herbal medicines for the revision of Korean Pharmacopeia
- Keep the close relationship with the KFDA
- Management of Center for Herbal Medicines
- Bilateral collaboration with other W.H.O. CCs
-development of new herbal remediy based on TOM herbal medicines
-technology transfer of phytochemcial, non-clinical test methods to member states
- Joint symposium with other collaboration centres including local and international ones.
- Continuous support of the Forum on Harmaonization of Herbal Medicines (FHH)
-harmonization of various regulations on quality control for TOM medicines
- Research on Korean ginseng and platycodn roots
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Subjects:
- Traditional medicine
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Types of activity:
- Research
- Product development (guidelines; manual; methodologies; etc.)
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WHO organization wide expected result:
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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. |
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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. |
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Responsible Officer:
SAMDAN Narantuya
Phone:
+63 2 5289844
Technical Counterpart:
ZHANG Qi
Phone:
+41 22 79 13698
Access to annual progress reports and the current workplan (this is accessible to WHO Staff Members only):
Link to eWork
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