WHO Collaborating Centre in Ethics and Global Health Policy
UM’s WHO Collaborating Centre in Ethics and Global Health Policy was formally established in 2008. At a ceremony in Miami on May 2, 2009, WHO ethics leadership presented a gift of the global health organization’s flag.
According to the WHO, a Collaborating Centre is “...an institution designated by the Director-General of WHO to form part of an inter-institutional collaborative network set up by WHO in support of its programme at the country, intercountry, regional, interregional and global levels, as appropriate. But there is more to it than that. In line with the WHO policy and strategy of technical cooperation, a WHO collaborating centre must also participate in the strengthening of country resources, in terms of information, services, research and training, in support of national health development.”
As a Collaborating Centre, UM’s Institute for Bioethics is working with colleagues around the world on education, curriculum development, and other projects:
