World Health Organization : Year 1999 ; World Health Organization, Department of Nutrition for Health Development, No. 99.7: World Health Organization Collaborating Centers

By World Health Organization

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Title:	World Health Organization : Year 1999 ; World Health Organization, Department of Nutrition for Health Development, No. 99.7: World Health Organization Collaborating Centers
Author:	World Health Organization
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Language:	English
Subject:	Health., Public health, Wellness programs
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Publisher:	World Health Organization


Citation APA MLA Chicago Organization, W. H. (n.d.). World Health Organization : Year 1999 ; World Health Organization, Department of Nutrition for Health Development, No. 99.7. Retrieved from http://www.self.gutenberg.org/

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Medical Reference Publication

Excerpt
1. INTRODUCTION Collaborating centres are national institutions that have been designated by the Director- General to form part of an inter-institutional collaborative network set up by WHO and which cooperate with WHO programmes at national, regional and global levels. They play an important role in the development of WHO'S programmes, in particular, its research and training component. The functions of WHO collaborating centres in nutrition include the following: Promotion of WHO'S policies, particularly health for all with respect to nutrition. Collection, collation and dissemination of information on nutrition; Standardization of terminology and nomenclature, technology, diagnostic, therapeutic and prophylactic substances, and methods and procedures in nutrition; Development and application of appropriate technology for nutrition; Training, including research training, in nutrition; Participation in collaborative nutrition research developed under the Organization's supervision, including planning, execution, monitoring and evaluation of research, and promotion of the application of results; Coordination of activities carried out by several institutions in nutrition.

Table of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction ......................................... 1 2. WHO Collaborating Centres in Nutrition ................. 5 Argentina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Brazil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Chile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Cuba . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Denmark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Egypt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 France . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Greece . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 India . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Indonesia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Iran (Islamic Republic of) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Italy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Kazakhstan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Netherlands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Norway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Peru . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Poland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 3 Sweden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Thailand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 United Republic of Tanzania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 8 United States of America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29