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Ref.No. [Initiator]
USA-274 [AMRO]
Status
Active
Title of the centre:
  WHO Collaborating Centre for Traditional Medicine

Director / Head: 
  Josephine P. Briggs
 




Institution:
  National Center for Complementary & Alternative Medicine (NCCAM), Department of Health and Human Services
  National Institutes of Health
Address:
  31 Center Drive, MSC 2182, Building 31, MD 20892-2182 - 20892 MD
  20892
  MD
Town:
  Bethesda
Country:
  USA
Region:
  AMRO
Phone:
  (1-301) 496-2583
Fax:
  (1-301) 480-1587
Date of Designation:
  04/Oct/1996
Last Redesignation:
  19/Feb/2008
Expiry:
  19/Feb/2012
Terms of Reference:
  1. Investing in Research: To promote research in complementary and alternative medicine; 
  2. Training CAM Investigators: To promote research training in complementary and alternative medicine; 
  3. Expanding Outreach: To expand communications and information exchange about complementary and alternative medicine electronically and by other means; 
  4. International Collaboration and Consultation: To engage in international collaborative efforts, and to provide consultation relative to CAM research and research training, upon request, to WHO centers. 
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Subjects:
  1. Traditional medicine 
  2. Patient safety 
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Types of activity:
  1. Research 
  2. Collection; collation and dissemination of information 
  3. Providing technical advise to WHO 
WHO organization wide expected result:
 
 
 
Responsible Officer:
  FITZGERALD James
Phone:
 
Email:
  fitzgerj@paho.org

Technical Counterpart:
  Xiaorui ZHANG
Phone:
  (41-22) 791 3639
Email:
  zhangx@who.int
Registry file Ref:
  T18/286/1
Access to annual progress reports and the current workplan (this is accessible to WHO Staff Members only):
  Link to eWork