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POR-15 [Headquarters]
Status
Active
Title of the centre:
  WHO Collaborating Centre for Health Workforce Policy and Planning

Director / Head: 
  Prof Filomeno Fortes
  Dr Tiago Correia




Institution:
  International Health Unit, Institute of Higiene and Tropical Medicine (IHMT)
  University Nova of Lisbon
Address:
  Rua da Junqueira 100
  1349-008
 
Town:
  Lisboa
Country:
  PORTUGAL
Region:
  EURO
Phone:
  +351 213 652 660
Fax:
  +351 213 632 105
Date of Designation:
  01/Jun/2016
Last Redesignation:
  01/Jun/2020
Expiry:
  01/Jun/2024
Terms of Reference:
  1. To assist WHO’s work on policy advice through research, in line with the Global Strategy on Human Resources for Health: Workforce 2030, primarily in Europe, Portuguese-speaking African countries and East-Timor. 
  2. At the request of WHO, to assist its work towards strengthening the capacity of Portuguese-speaking African institutes of public health, through training of trainers and development of quality assurance mechanisms. 
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Subjects:
  1. Human resources for health (excluding Nursing) 
  2. Research policy & development 
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Types of activity:
  1. Research 
  2. Providing technical advice to WHO 
  3. Product development (guidelines; manual; methodologies; etc.) 
WHO Outputs:
  1.1.5 - Countries enabled to strengthen their health workforce
 
 
Responsible Officer:
  ZURN Pascal
Phone:
  +41 22 791 3741
Email:
  zurnp@who.int

Technical Counterpart:
  SCOTTER Crispin David Paul
Phone:
 
Email:
  cscotter@who.int
Access to annual progress reports and the current workplan (this is accessible to WHO Staff Members only):
  Link to eWork