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Status
Active
Title of the centre:
  WHO Collaborating Centre for Radiation Emergency Assistance

Director / Head: 
  Dr Albert L. Wiley
  Dr Doran Christensen




Institution:
  Radiation Emergency Assistance Center/Training Site (REAC/TS)
  Oak Ridge Institute for Science & Education (ORISE)
Address:
  PO Box 117
  37831-0117
  TN
Town:
  Oak Ridge
Country:
  USA
Region:
  AMRO
Phone:
  (1-865) 576 3131
Fax:
  (1-865) 576 9522
Date of Designation:
  01/Aug/1980
Last Redesignation:
  30/Nov/2011
Expiry:
  30/Nov/2015
Terms of Reference:
  1. Cooperation in the area of strengthening preparedness to radiation emergencies 
  2. Cooperation and assistance to WHO in the area of response to radiation emergencies 
  3. Cooperation in the area of cytogenetic biodosimetry for radiation emergency response and research. 
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Subjects:
  1. Radiation 
  2. Emergency & humanitarian action 
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Types of activity:
  1. Training and education 
  2. Outbreaks and emergencies 
  3. Providing technical advise to WHO 
WHO organization wide expected result:
  5.5 - Support provided to Member States for strengthening national preparedness and for establishing alert and response mechanisms for food-safety and environmental health emergencies.
  1.6 - Support provided to Member States in order to achieve the minimum core capacities required by the International Health Regulations (2005) for the establishment and strengthening of alert and response systems for use in epidemics and other public health emergencies of international concern.
 
Responsible Officer:
  CARR Zhanat
Phone:
  +41 22 79 13483
Email:
  carrz@who.int

Technical Counterpart:
  JIMENEZ Pablo
Phone:
  1-202-974-3605
Email:
  jimenezp@paho.org
Access to annual progress reports and the current workplan (this is accessible to WHO Staff Members only):
  Link to eWork