Title of the centre:
WHO Collaborating Centre for Tropical Diseases
Director / Head:
Dr David WALKER
Institution:
Center for Tropical Diseases
University of Texas Medical Branch
Address:
301 University Boulevard
77555-0609
Texas
Town:
Galveston
Country:
USA
Region:
AMRO
Phone:
(1-409) 772 3989
Fax:
(1-409) 772 1850
Date of Designation:
24/Aug/1995
Last Redesignation:
11/Sep/2008
Expiry:
11/Sep/2010
Date of Discontinuation:
04/Oct/2010
Terms of Reference:
- To expand upon current education-training programs; develop training partnerships with sister institutions; develop faculty exchange program, visiting & postdoctoral fellowships; & companion Collaborating Centers in the Americas.
- To contribute to the improvement of public health quality in the Americas and elsewhere through applied research; jointly develop with other centers standardized diagnostic test procedures and reagents.
- To expand epidemiologic programs and share critical scientific information and other resources with sister centers; expand field studies and data collection and analysis activities; develop responsive surveillance programs with other institutions to monitor trends in traditional and emerging infectious diseases.
- To expand our understanding of pathogenic mechanisms of extra- and intracellular pathogens through basic science research; develop vaccines for the prevention and eradication of selected infectious diseases; establish collaborative basic research projects funded by peer-reviewed grants with other collaborating centers; assist our partners’ institutions to develop stronger basic scientific research infrastructures; share contemporary research methods, technology and reagents with colleagues in the Americas.
- To mobilize resources of the UTMB schools and centers to jointly cooperate with the Center for Tropical Diseases in interdisciplinary global infectious research programs and activities in other countries.
- To broaden our assistance of colleagues to develop joint and independent competitive peer-reviewed grant proposals; provide library support and difficult to obtain scientific publications for our colleagues at other centers.
- To develop and host international collaborative meetings with scientists from the Americas and elsewhere on intracellular pathogens.
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Subjects:
- Viral hemorrhagic fevers
- Communicable diseases other than those specifically mentioned
- Zoonoses
Types of activity:
- Development and application of appropriate technology
- Outbreaks and emergencies
- Providing technical advise to WHO
WHO organization wide expected result:
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1.4 - Policy and technical support provided to Member States in order to enhance their capacity to carry out surveillance and monitoring of all communicable diseases of public health importance. |
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1.7 - Member States and the international community equipped to detect, assess, respond to and cope with major epidemic and pandemic-prone diseases (e.g. influenza, meningitis, yellow fever, haemorrhagic fevers, plague and smallpox) through the development and implementation of tools, methodologies, practices, networks and partnerships for prevention, detection, preparedness and intervention. |
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1.8 - Regional and global capacity coordinated and made rapidly available to Member States for detection, verification, risk assessment and response to epidemics and other public health emergencies of international concern. |
Responsible Officer:
RYAN Michael J.
Phone:
+41 22 79 13691
Technical Counterpart:
OLIVA Otavio F. Pinheiro de
Phone:
1-202-974-3707
Access to annual progress reports and the current workplan (this is accessible to WHO Staff Members only):
Link to eWork
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