Title of the centre:
WHO Collaborating Centre for Public Health Workforce Development
Director / Head:
Dr. L. T. Gamlath
Institution:
Public Health Training, Management & Research Unit
National Institute of Health Sciences
Address:
P.O. Box: 28, Nagoda Road
KL12000
Western Province
Town:
Kalutara
Country:
SRI LANKA
Region:
SEARO
Phone:
0094 2222264
Fax:
0094 2226319
Date of Designation:
11/Sep/2012
Last Redesignation:
11/Sep/2012
Expiry:
11/Sep/2016
Date of Discontinuation:
Terms of Reference:
- To develop, monitor and evaluate training programmes targeting public health workforce for national and regional public health staff.
- To conduct training programmes, for local and regional public health staff on
“ICD 10 & Health Information Management”,
“Community Health Management”
“Health System Research”,
"Orientation Courses on Public Health – for primary care staff”
- To build advocacy for strengthening the public health workforce
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Subjects:
- Health promotion & education
- Health systems research & development
- Classifications of diseases
Types of activity:
- Training and education
- Information dissemination
- Organization of events (e.g. conferences; summits)
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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10.8 - Health-workforce information and knowledge base strengthened, and country capacities for policy analysis, planning, implementation, information-sharing and research built up. |
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10.9 - Technical support provided to Member States, with a focus on those facing severe health-workforce difficulties in order to improve the production, distribution, skill mix and retention of the health workforce. |
Responsible Officer:
MALHOTRA Sudhansh
Phone:
+911123370804
Technical Counterpart:
KAWAR Rania K.T.
Phone:
+41 22 79 14603
Access to annual progress reports and the current workplan (this is accessible to WHO Staff Members only):
Link to eWork
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