TY - JOUR
T1 - WHO collaborating centres in the eastern mediterranean region
T2 - An agenda for action and improvement
AU - Rashidian, Arash
AU - Mandil, Ahmed
AU - Elfeky, Samar
AU - Al-Mandhari, Ahmed
PY - 2018/11/1
Y1 - 2018/11/1
N2 - The World Health Organization (WHO) is the key United Nations specialized agency dedicated to promoting population health and health outcomes. In order for the Organization to achieve its strategic objectives, WHO designates selected institutions as collaborating centres to assit with carrying out WHO core activities. The Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) currently hosts 45 collaborating centres (as of December 2018), which is only 5% of the 832 WHO collaborating centres located worldwide, and yet EMR countries host about 10% of the global population. The reason for this discrepency could be a reflection of the limited public resources allocated to health research in the Region. However, it may also highlight the fact that resources and opportunities for establishing effective collaborating centres in the EMR still remain untapped.
AB - The World Health Organization (WHO) is the key United Nations specialized agency dedicated to promoting population health and health outcomes. In order for the Organization to achieve its strategic objectives, WHO designates selected institutions as collaborating centres to assit with carrying out WHO core activities. The Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) currently hosts 45 collaborating centres (as of December 2018), which is only 5% of the 832 WHO collaborating centres located worldwide, and yet EMR countries host about 10% of the global population. The reason for this discrepency could be a reflection of the limited public resources allocated to health research in the Region. However, it may also highlight the fact that resources and opportunities for establishing effective collaborating centres in the EMR still remain untapped.
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U2 - 10.26719/2018.24.11.1035
DO - 10.26719/2018.24.11.1035
M3 - Editorial
C2 - 30701516
AN - SCOPUS:85060916982
SN - 1020-3397
VL - 24
SP - 1035
EP - 1037
JO - Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal
JF - Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal
IS - 11
ER -