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Ref.No. [Initiator]
KOR-18 [WPRO]
Status
Active
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 Guanak-ro, Guanak-ku - 151-742
  151-742
 
Town:
  Seoul
Country:
  REPUBLIC OF KOREA
Region:
  WPRO
Phone:
  (82-2) 880 2478
Fax:
  (82-2) 745 1015
Date of Designation:
  18/Apr/1988
Last Redesignation:
  27/Mar/2008
Expiry:
  27/Mar/2012
Terms of Reference:
  1. Standardization of traditional processing methodologies of TOM herbal materials -no standard and guidelines are available at present -comparative investigation on raw and processed materials available in markets will be made 
  2. 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 
  3. Developmnet of the ATC coding system for TOM formulae -Titles of multi-herbs formulae will be converted to proto-typed ATC coding system in English 
  4. Continuous support of the Forum on Harmaonization of Herbal Medicines (FHH) -harmonization of various regulations on quality control for TOM medicines 
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Subjects:
  1. Traditional medicine 
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Types of activity:
  1. Research 
  2. Product development (guidelines; manual; methodologies; etc.) 
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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:
  T18/286/1
Access to annual progress reports and the current workplan (this is accessible to WHO Staff Members only):
  Link to eWork