Title of the centre:
WHO Collaborating Centre for Traditional Medicine
Director / Head:
Professor Vinjar Fonnebo
Institution:
National Research Center in Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NAFKAM)
University of Tromso
Address:
University of Tromso
N-9037
Troms
Town:
Tromso
Country:
NORWAY
Region:
EURO
Phone:
(47 77) 64 66 50
Fax:
(47 77) 64 68 66
Date of Designation:
11/Feb/2008
Last Redesignation:
11/Feb/2012
Expiry:
11/Feb/2016
Date of Discontinuation:
Terms of Reference:
- To promote global communications and information exchange in the field of Traditional Medicine/Complementary and Alternative Medicine (TM/CAM)
- To develop appropriate methodology for, and promote biological, clinical and epidemiological research of TM/CAM.
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Subjects:
- Traditional medicine
- Research policy & development
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Types of activity:
- Training and education
- Information dissemination
- Collection; collation and dissemination of information
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:
ZHANG Qi
Phone:
+41 22 79 13698
Technical Counterpart:
PEDERSEN Hanne Bak
Phone:
+45 39171432
Access to annual progress reports and the current workplan (this is accessible to WHO Staff Members only):
Link to eWork
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