WHO Collaborating Centres and Essential Regulatory Laboratories

Inside the Global Influenza Surveillance and Response System (GISRS), WHO Collaborating Centres and Essential Regulatory Laboratories are crucial elements of influenza surveillance and vaccine response.

Currently there are six WHO Collaborating Centres (CCs) and four Essential Regulatory Laboratories (ERLs) within GISRS.

• List of WHO Collaborating Centres and Essential Regulatory Laboratories
• Core Terms of Reference for WHO Collaborating Centres for Reference and Research on Influenza
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  12 October 2006
• Application Process for Designation as a WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza
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  12 October 2006