Collaborating Centres
New Zealand
Name of Centre:
WHO Collaborating Centre for Human Nutrition
Head of Centre:
Professor Jim Mann & Professor Rosalind Gibson
Lesley Day
E-mail:
jim.mann@otago.ac.nz
lesley.day@otago.ac.nz
Institution and address:
Department of Human Nutrition
University of Otago
P.O. Box 56
9016 Dunedin
New Zealand
Phone Number:
+64 (3) 479 7959
Fax Number:
+64 (3) 479 7958
Region:
WPRO
Date of Designation:
26 November 2002
Last Redesignation:
31 August 2011
Expiry:
31 August 2015
Terms of Reference:
- To support WHO's capacity building efforts in Nutrition in the Region and globally by facilitating training of nutrition professionals in the Region, in particular with regard to public health nutrition, clinical nutrition, clinical dietetics, food safety and nutrition research methodology. Activities: 1
- To carry out research in collaboration with WHO on specific issues of importance for WHO's work in Nutrition (in the above mention areas). Activities: 2
- To provide technical support to governments and health professionals in WPR on human nutrition based on requests received from WHO. Activity: 3
- To provide technical inputs and to serve on relevant expert groups convened by WHO as and when requested by WHO. Activity: 4
Subjects:
- Nutrition
- Diabetes
- Food safety
Types of activity:
- Training and education
- Research
- Providing technical advise to WHO