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Ref.No. [Initiator]
PUR-263 [AMRO]
Status
Active
Title of the centre:
  WHO Collaborating Centre for Training and Research in Health Promotion and Health Education

Director / Head: 
  Dr. Hiram V. Arroyo
 




Institution:
  Department of Social Sciences, School of Public Health
  School of Public Health, Medical Sciences Campus, University of Puerto Rico
Address:
  PO BOX 365067, - Puerto Rico 009336-5067
  Puerto Rico 009336-5067
 
Town:
  San Juan
Country:
  PUERTO RICO
Region:
  AMRO
Phone:
  787-274-0582
Fax:
  787- 754-6621
Web Site:
  www.rcm.upr.edu
Date of Designation:
  29/Nov/2007
Last Redesignation:
  06/Mar/2012
Expiry:
  06/Mar/2016
Terms of Reference:
  1. Develop regional capacity in the area of training of Human Resources in Health Promotion (HP) and Health Education (HE) in Latin America and the Caribbean. 
  2. Support the development of regional capacity and leadership in the areas of School Health Promotion (SHP) and Health Promoting Universities (HPU). 
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Subjects:
  1. Health promotion & education 
  2. Human resources for health (excluding Nursing) 
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Types of activity:
  1. Training and education 
  2. Research 
  3. Providing technical advise to WHO 
WHO organization wide expected result:
  6.1 - Advice and support provided to Member States to build their capacity for health promotion across all relevant programmes, and to establish effective multisectoral and multidisciplinary collaborations for promoting health and preventing or reducing major risk factors.
 
 
Responsible Officer:
  MORALES Sofia Leticia
Phone:
 
Email:
  moraless@paho.org

Technical Counterpart:
  TANG Kwok-Cho
Phone:
  +41 22 79 13299
Email:
  tangkc@who.int
Access to annual progress reports and the current workplan (this is accessible to WHO Staff Members only):
  Link to eWork