Title of the centre:
WHO Collaborating Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Director / Head:
Dr. Kevin Shield
Institution:
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)
Address:
33 Russell Street
M5S 2S1
Ontario
Town:
Toronto
Country:
CANADA
Region:
AMRO
Phone:
1-416 535 8501, ext. 36173
Fax:
1 416 595-6899
Date of Designation:
01/Jan/1977
Last Redesignation:
20/Apr/2019
Expiry:
20/Apr/2023
Date of Discontinuation:
22/May/2023
Terms of Reference:
- Support WHO in maintaining , updating and further developing of the Global Information System on Alcohol and Health (GISAH) and other related WHO health monitoring and surveillance activities, as and when appropriate.
- Collaborate with the WHO and the PAHO on the epidemiology of substance use and substance use disorders, including estimates of the alcohol-attributable disease burden
- Collaborate with the WHO and the PAHO on implementation of global and regional strategies on alcohol and substance abuse
- Collaborate with the WHO and the PAHO to strengthen policy and health system responses for mental and substance use disorders
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Subjects:
- Substance abuse (including alcohol & drugs)
- Mental health & neurosciences
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Types of activity:
- Collection and collation of information
- Training and education
- Research
WHO Outputs:
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Ower: 6.4 - Evidence-based and ethical policies, strategies, recommendations, standards and guidelines developed, and technical support provided to Member States with a high or increasing burden of disease or death associated with alcohol, drugs and other psychoactive substance use, enabling them to strengthen institutions in order to combat or prevent the public health problems concerned. |
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Ower: 3.3 - Improvements made in Member States’ capacity to collect, analyse, disseminate and use data on the magnitude, causes and consequences of chronic noncommunicable diseases, mental and neurological disorders, violence, injuries and disabilities together with visual impairment, including blindness. |
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Responsible Officer:
POZNYAK Vladimir B.
Phone:
+41 22 791 4307
Technical Counterpart:
OLIVEIRA E SOUZA Renato
Phone:
Access to annual progress reports and the current workplan (this is accessible to WHO Staff Members only):
Link to eWork
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