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 15/Apr/2013 the Planning and Development Department under the Division of Health, Education, Social Protection Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, Eschborn, Germany has been designated as a WHO Collaborating Centre for Health System Strengthening. More information

On 27/Mar/2013 the Centre for Ergonomics & Human Factors, La Trobe University, Victoria, Australia has been designated as a Collaborating Centre for Occupational Health. More information

On 20/Mar/2013, the Institute of International Projects, Kazakhstan Academy of Nutrition, Almaty, Kazakhstan has been designated as a WHO Collaborating Centre for Nutrition. More information