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Status
Active
Title of the centre:
  WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training on Health Care and Public Health in Disasters

Director / Head: 
  Mr. Johan von Schreeb
  Anneli Eriksson




Institution:
  Global Disaster Medicine – Health Needs and Response, Department of Global Public Health
  Karolinska Institutet
Address:
  Widerströmska huset, Tomtebodavägen 18a
  171 77
 
Town:
  Stockholm
Country:
  SWEDEN
Region:
  EURO
Phone:
  +46 73 684 5331
Fax:
 
Date of Designation:
  04/Jan/2017
Last Redesignation:
  04/Jan/2021
Expiry:
  04/Jan/2025
Terms of Reference:
  1. To provide support to WHO in advancing the Emergency Medical Teams (EMT) - Global Health Emergency Workforce initiatives. 
  2. Upon WHO’s request, to develop and support disaster medicine capacity building for EMTs in vulnerable countries.; Upon WHO’s request. 
  3. To provide input to WHO’s work in health systems and disasters and protracted emergencies. 
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Subjects:
  1. Emergency & humanitarian action 
  2. Health systems research & development 
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Types of activity:
  1. Providing technical advice to WHO 
  2. Research 
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WHO Outputs:
  2.1.2 - Capacities for emergency preparedness strengthened in all countries
 
 
Responsible Officer:
  ZARUL AZHAM Zarul Aiman
Phone:
  +41 22 791 1346
Email:
  zarula@who.int

Technical Counterpart:
  STOROZHENKO Oleg Nikolayevich
Phone:
  +4545337094
Access to annual progress reports and the current workplan (this is accessible to WHO Staff Members only):
  Link to eWork