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LEB-10 [EMRO]
Status
Active
Title of the centre:
  WHO COLLABORATING CENTRE ON HEALTH ETHICS

Director / Head: 
  Ms Thalia Arawi
 




Institution:
  Salim El-Hoss Bioethics and Professionalism Program
  American University of Beirut and Medical Center
Address:
  AUB Medical Center,Halim and Aida Daniel Academic and Clinical Center, Maamari Street
 
 
Town:
  Beirut
Country:
  LEBANON
Region:
  EMRO
Phone:
  009611350000
Fax:
 
Date of Designation:
  11/Jan/2021
Last Redesignation:
  11/Jan/2021
Expiry:
  11/Jan/2025
Terms of Reference:
  1. At WHO’s request, assist WHO in developing scientific documents for training purposes in public health ethics and research ethics 
  2. At WHO’s request, collaborate with WHO for training activities in research ethics for both researchers and members of ethics review committee 
  3. At WHO’s request, support WHO in the development and review of relevant documents on emerging issues in public health ethics and research ethics 
  4. At WHO’s request, strengthen networking with other WHO collaborating centers 
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Subjects:
  1. Ethics 
  2. Research policy & development 
  3. Emergency & humanitarian action 
Types of activity:
  1. Product development (guidelines; manual; methodologies; etc.) 
  2. Providing technical advice to WHO 
  3. Training and education 
WHO Outputs:
  4.1.3 - Countries enabled to strengthen research capacity and systems, conduct and use research on public health priorities and scale effective innovations sustainably
 
 
Responsible Officer:
  ALTAF Arshad
Phone:
  +202 227 65553
Email:
  altafa@who.int

Technical Counterpart:
  REIS Andreas Alois
Phone:
  +41 22 791 3932
Email:
  reisa@who.int
Access to annual progress reports and the current workplan (this is accessible to WHO Staff Members only):
  Link to eWork