Title of the centre:
WHO Collaborating Centre in adolescent and school health
Director / Head:
prof. Pierre-Andre Michaud
Institution:
Département Médico-chirurgical de pédiatrie, Unité multidisciplinaire de santé des adolescents
Centre hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV)
Address:
Beaumont 48
1011
Vaud
Town:
Lausanne
Country:
SWITZERLAND
Region:
EURO
Phone:
41 (0)21 314 37 60
Fax:
41 (0)21 314 37 69
Date of Designation:
20/Mar/2012
Last Redesignation:
20/Mar/2012
Expiry:
20/Mar/2016
Date of Discontinuation:
Terms of Reference:
- To support the WHO Regional Office for Europe in promoting human rights based approaches and gender responsive evidence based interventions for adolescent health and development within the framework of the European Child and Adolescent Health and Development Strategy, European health policy Health 2020, and national health strategies, policies and plans
- To support the WHO Regional Office for Europe in building regional and national capacity of policy makers and health care providers in adolescent’ and school health related issues, through development and implementation of European training programmes, and advocacy tools and interventions
- To support the WHO Regional Office for Europe in developing norms, standards and tools to support actions in countries in promoting equitable, effective and appropriate services for adolescents including school health services
- To support WHO Regional Office for Europe in documenting best practices in the area of adolescent and school health, international analyses and syntheses of experiences, and organization of regional events to share these
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Subjects:
- Adolescent health
- Health promotion & education
- Health systems research & development
Types of activity:
- Training and education
- Product development (guidelines; manual; methodologies; etc.)
- Evaluation
WHO organization wide expected result:
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4.6 - Technical support provided to Member States for the implementation of evidence-based policies and strategies on adolescent health and development, and for the scaling up of a package of prevention, treatment and care interventions in accordance with established standards. |
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4.1 - Support provided to Member States to formulate a comprehensive policy, plan and strategy for scaling up towards universal access to effective interventions in collaboration with other programmes, paying attention to reducing gender inequality and health inequities, providing a continuum of care throughout the life course, integrating service delivery across different levels of the health system and strengthening coordination with civil society and the private sector. |
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4.7 - Guidelines, approaches and tools made available, with provision of technical support to Member States for accelerated action towards implementing the strategy to accelerate progress towards the attainment of international development goals and targets related to reproductive health, with particular emphasis on ensuring equitable access to good-quality sexual and reproductive health services, particularly in areas of unmet need, and with respect for human rights as they relate to sexual and reproductive health. |
Responsible Officer:
BARNEKOW Vivian Birgitte
Phone:
+ 45 39171410
Technical Counterpart:
BALTAG Valentina
Phone:
+41 22 79 13616
Access to annual progress reports and the current workplan (this is accessible to WHO Staff Members only):
Link to eWork
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