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Ref.No. [Initiator]
IND-158 [SEARO]
Status
Active
Title of the centre:
  WHO Collaborating Centre for Research, Community-based Action and Programme Development in Child Health

Director / Head: 
  Dr Nita Bhandari
 




Institution:
  Centre for Health Research and Development
  Society for Applied Studies
Address:
  45, Kalu Sarai
  110016
 
Town:
  New Delhi
Country:
  INDIA
Region:
  SEARO
Phone:
  91 11 46043751
Fax:
  91 11 46043756
Date of Designation:
  29/Apr/2019
Last Redesignation:
  29/Apr/2023
Expiry:
  29/Apr/2027
Terms of Reference:
  1. Under WHO leadership, conduct collaborative research to evaluate interventions to improve maternal, newborn and child health, growth and neurodevelopment  
  2. Under WHO leadership, support implementation research and scale up of efficacious interventions and effective programs by designing innovative delivery strategies to improve delivery, coverage, quality and impact  
  3. At the request of WHO, provide support in data analytics on risk stratification based on anthropometric parameters to improve research capacity in developing countries 
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Subjects:
  1. Child & maternal health 
  2. Nutrition 
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Types of activity:
  1. Research 
  2. Product development (guidelines; manual; methodologies; etc.) 
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WHO Outputs:
  1.1.3 - Countries enabled to strengthen their health systems to address population-specific health needs and barriers to equity across the life course
  1.1.1 - Countries enabled to provide high-quality, people-centred health services, based on primary health care strategies and comprehensive essential service packages
 
Responsible Officer:
  KHANNA Rajesh
Phone:
  26110
Email:
  khannar@who.int

Technical Counterpart:
  BANERJEE Anshu
Phone:
  +41 22 791 3858
Email:
  banerjeea@who.int
Access to annual progress reports and the current workplan (this is accessible to WHO Staff Members only):
  Link to eWork