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JAM-15 [AMRO]
Status
Active
Title of the centre:
  WHO Collaborating Centre for Nursing and Midwifery Development in the Caribbean

Director / Head: 
  Mrs Dawn Munroe
  Ms. Pauline Anderson-Johnson




Institution:
  School of Nursing (UWISON)
  University of the West Indies
Address:
  9 Gibraltar Camp Way, Mona
 
  Caribbean
Town:
  Kingston
Country:
  JAMAICA
Region:
  AMRO
Phone:
  (876) 970 3340
Fax:
  (876) 927 2472
Date of Designation:
  22/Nov/2006
Last Redesignation:
  23/Nov/2020
Expiry:
  23/Nov/2024
Terms of Reference:
  1. At PAHO/WHO’s request the institution will support PAHO/WHO in developing and supporting nursing and midwifery capacity building activities 
  2. Upon PAHO/WHO’s request and under its leadership the institution will support PAHO/WHO to strengthen the development of a research culture and collaboration in nursing and midwifery in the Caribbean region and internationally 
  3. At PAHO/WHO’s request the proposed institution will support PAHO/WHO to collate, publish, and disseminate information to strengthen scholarship and evidence-based practice in nursing and midwifery 
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Subjects:
  1. Nursing 
  2. Human resources for health (excluding Nursing) 
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Types of activity:
  1. Training and education 
  2. Research 
  3. Collection and collation of information 
WHO Outputs:
  1.1.5 - Countries enabled to strengthen their health workforce
 
 
Responsible Officer:
  CASSIANI Silvia
Phone:
  +1 43048
Email:
  cassianis@paho.org

Technical Counterpart:
  COMETTO Giorgio
Phone:
  +41 22 791 2795
Email:
  comettog@who.int
Access to annual progress reports and the current workplan (this is accessible to WHO Staff Members only):
  Link to eWork