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IND-117 [SEARO]
Status
Active
Title of the centre:
  WHO Collaborating Centre for Ayurveda, Traditional Medicine

Director / Head: 
  Professor Anup Thakar
 




Institution:
  Institute for Post GraduateTeaching & Research in Ayurveda
  Gujarat Ayurved University
Address:
  Guru Govind Hospital Road, Opp. GG Hospital
  361008
  Gujarat
Town:
  Jamnagar
Country:
  INDIA
Region:
  SEARO
Phone:
  +91-288-2552014
Fax:
  +91-288-2676856
Date of Designation:
  05/Apr/2013
Last Redesignation:
  05/Apr/2021
Expiry:
  05/Apr/2025
Terms of Reference:
  1. (i) To support WHO's effort in developing safety monitoring capacity for traditional medicine through pharmacovigilance system. 
  2. (ii) To support WHO' effort in building research capacity for traditional medicine through training and guideline development. 
  3. (iii) To support WHO in implementing the WHO Traditional Medicine Strategy 2014-2023 by providing technical inputs on Ayurveda and Panchakama at the request of WHO 
  4. (iv) To support WHO’s efforts in building and strengthening traditional medicine performance monitoring system at the facility level. 
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Subjects:
  1. Traditional medicine 
  2. Health systems research & development 
  3. Noncommunicable diseases other than those specifically mentioned 
Types of activity:
  1. Research 
  2. Standardization of terminology and nomenclature 
  3. Training and education 
WHO Outputs:
  1.3.1 - Provision of authoritative guidance and standards on quality, safety and efficacy of health products, including through prequalification services, essential medicines and diagnostics lists
  1.3.3 - Country and regional regulatory capacity strengthened, and supply of quality-assured and safe health products improved
 
Responsible Officer:
  GODATWAR Pawan Kumar
Phone:
  26104
Email:
  godatwarp@who.int

Technical Counterpart:
  KIM Sungchol
Phone:
  +41 22 791 1658
Email:
  kims@who.int
Access to annual progress reports and the current workplan (this is accessible to WHO Staff Members only):
  Link to eWork