Collaborating centres

Networks of WHO collaborating centres

In January 2000, the Executive Board urged the Member States to make full use of WHO collaborating centres as sources of information, services and expertise, and to strengthen their own national capacity for training, research and collaboration for health development. At the same time, it encouraged centres to develop working relations with other centres and national institutions recognized by WHO, in particular by setting up or joining collaborative networks with WHO's support.

Networks of collaborating centres have been created in many technical areas. For examples please see the following links:

NEWS

On 11/Mar/2012, the HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and Lung disease research sections, The Epidemiological Laboratory (Epi-Lab), Khartoum, Sudan has been designated as a WHO Collaborating Centre for research on HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and lung diseases. More information

On 20/Mar/2012 the Département Médico-chirurgical de pédiatrie, Unité multidisciplinaire de santé des adolescents, Centre hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland has been designated as a WHO Collaborating Centre in adolescent and school health. More information

On 26/Mar/2012 the Epidemiology Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai, Thailand has been designated as a WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training on Epidemiology. More information