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Ref.No. [Initiator]
ARG-34 [AMRO]
Status
Discontinued
Title of the centre:
  WHO Collaborating Centre in Knowledge Management

Director / Head: 
  Dr. Daniel Luna
 




Institution:
  Departamento de Informática en Salud
  Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires
Address:
  Peron 4190
  1199
  Buenos Aires
Town:
  Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires
Country:
  ARGENTINA
Region:
  AMRO
Phone:
  49590200
Fax:
 
Date of Designation:
  03/Nov/2014
Last Redesignation:
  03/Nov/2018
Date of Discontinuation:
  18/Nov/2022
Terms of Reference:
  1. To support PAHO/WHO in Digital Literacy Programs and to develop training courses and provide training on health information systems, electronic health records and information retrieval. 
  2. To support PAHO/WHO on the implementation of the eHealth Strategy among Member States. 
  3. To support PAHO/WHO in the development, adoption and use of standards for health data information exchange between and within Member States. 
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Subjects:
  1. Informatics and Telemedicine 
  2. Health information; statistics; measurement & trend assessment 
  3. Health promotion & education 
Types of activity:
  1. Providing technical advice to WHO 
  2. Training and education 
  3. Product development (guidelines; manual; methodologies; etc.) 
WHO Outputs:
  4.4.1 - Comprehensive monitoring of the global, regional and country health situation, trends, inequalities and determinants using global standards, including data collection and analysis to address data gaps and system performance assessment
  4.4.3 - Knowledge management policies, tools, networks and resources developed and used by WHO and countries to strengthen their capacity to generate, share and apply knowledge
  4.4.2 - Countries enabled to plan, develop and implement an eHealth strategy
Responsible Officer:
  D'AGOSTINO Marcelo Jose
Phone:
  +1 43301
Email:
  dagostim@paho.org

Technical Counterpart:
  ZANDI Diana Esmail
Phone:
  +41 22 791 2857
Email:
  zandid@who.int
Access to annual progress reports and the current workplan (this is accessible to WHO Staff Members only):
  Link to eWork