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Status
Active
Title of the centre:
  WHO Collaborating Centre for Research Evidence for Sexual and Reproductive Health

Director / Head: 
  Professor Herbert B. Peterson
 




Institution:
  Department of Maternal and Child Health, School of Public Health
  University of North Carolina
Address:
  Rosenau Hall, Campus Box 7445,
  27599-7445
  North Carolina
Town:
  Chapel Hill
Country:
  USA
Region:
  AMRO
Phone:
  + 1 919-962-6310
Fax:
  +1 919-966-0458
Date of Designation:
  27/Oct/2008
Last Redesignation:
  27/Oct/2020
Expiry:
  27/Oct/2024
Terms of Reference:
  1. At WHO’s request and under its leadership, the proposed institution will provide technical inputs that may inform the development of WHO's evidence-based guidelines and research agendas in family planning and reproductive health including maternal and newborn health 
  2. In agreement with WHO, the proposed institution will facilitate the use and dissemination of WHO guidelines, research results and other innovations to improve interventions in family planning and reproductive health including maternal and newborn health 
  3. At WHO's request and under its guidance, the proposed institution will strengthen global, regional and country technical capacity around implementation and dissemination science to advance family planning and reproductive health outcomes including maternal and newborn health 
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Subjects:
  1. Reproductive health (excluding HIV/AIDS) 
  2. Child & maternal health 
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Types of activity:
  1. Collection and collation of information 
  2. Training and education 
  3. Evaluation  
WHO Outputs:
  1.1.3 - Countries enabled to strengthen their health systems to address population-specific health needs and barriers to equity across the life course
  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:
  THATTE Nandita
Phone:
  +41 22 791 1579
Email:
  thatten@who.int

Technical Counterpart:
  GOMEZ PONCE DE LEON Rodolfo Federico
Phone:
  +55 41548
Email:
  gomezr@paho.org
Access to annual progress reports and the current workplan (this is accessible to WHO Staff Members only):
  Link to eWork