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
Date of Discontinuation:
Terms of Reference:
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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:
- 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:
Responsible Officer:
SAMDAN Narantuya
Phone:
Technical Counterpart:
Xiaorui ZHANG
Phone:
(41-22) 791 3639
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
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