The WHO programme for ear and hearing care is supported by a network of collaborating centres on ear and hearing care, and relevant organizations that are in official relations with WHO.
To strengthen collaborations with, and among these centres and organizations, WHO is convening a meeting of the collaborating centres (CCs) and organizations in official relations, with the following objectives:
- To share WHO’s current hearing activities and seek their engagement in various initiatives.
- To review the activities undertaken by WHO CCs in the past 3 years, and develop a plan for the next 2 years.
- To outline administrative procedures regarding reporting and re-designation.
- To discuss the implementation of the World report on hearing, launched in 2021.
- To explore further means of advocacy through the World Hearing Forum.
The meeting will be hosted by the Coalition for Global Hearing Health prior to its annual conference (link)
Venue:
House Ear Institute Foundation at Good Samaritan Hospital, Los Angeles, United States
Dates:
17–18 October 2023
Invitees:
- American Speech and Hearing Association
- Beijing Institute of Otorhinolaryngology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Beijing, China
- China Rehabilitation and Research Centre for Hearing and Speech Impairment, Beijing, China
- Christian Blind Mission (CBM)
- Coalition for Global Hearing Health
- Dr Cipto Mangunkusumo National Hospital, Medical Faculty University of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia
- Ear Sciences Institute Australia, Western Australia, Australia
- International Association of Communication Sciences and Disorders (IALP)
- International Federation on Ageing (IFA)
- International Federation of Hard of Hearing (IFHOH)
- International Federation of Otorhinolaryngological Societies (IFOS)
- International Society of Audiology (ISA)
- Jiangsu Ear and Hearing Centre, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
- Macquarie University, Australian Hearing Hub, Sydney, Australia
- National Research Center for Audiology and Hearing Rehabilitation, Moscow, Russian Federation
- Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Research Centre, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- Society for Sound Hearing
- University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
- University of Lucerne, Lucerne, Switzerland
- University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
- World Federation of the Deaf (WFD)