Global collaborations
WHO Regional offices
The WHO Diagnostic Imaging and Medical Devices unit works closely with regional and country offices to implement health technologies resolution WHA60.29 and to carry out the Global Initiative on Health Technologies. The following are links to related programmes in the regions:
- Regional Office for Africa: Blood safety, laboratories, and health technology
- Regional Office for the Americas: Medicines and health technologies
- Regional Office for Europe: Health technologies
- Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean
- Regional Office for South-East Asia: Health technology and patient safety
- Regional Office for the Western Pacific: Health technology and laboratory
WHO Collaborating Centres
WHO Collaborating Centres play an important role in supporting the implementation of health technologies resolution WHA60.29 and in contributing to the work of the Global Initiative on Health Technologies. The following centres have received designation as WHO Collaborating Centres in recognition of their contributions:
Health technology assessment Collaborating Centres
Centre National de Formation des Techniciens en Maintenance Hospitalière - CNFTMH (Senegal)
- Biomedical Engineering Directorate, Ministry of Health, Jordan
- Centro Nacional de Excelencia Tecnológica en Salud - CENETEC (Mexico)
- Fudan University (China)
- Institute of Population Health, University of Ottawa (Canada)
- Mammary Research Centre -Centro de Investigaciones Mamarias- (Argentina)
- Ministry of Health Malaysia(Malaysia)
- National Center for Fetal Medicine, Trondheim University Hospital(NORWAY)
- Jefferson Ultrasound Research and education Institute (USA)
Health technology management Collaborating Centres
- Centro Nacional de Excelencia Tecnológica en Salud - CENETEC (Mexico)
- Universidad CES (Colombia)
- Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (Brazil)
WHO Agreements
WHO also works with non-governmental organizations and has signed agreements with organizations to implement health technologies resolution WHA60.29 and the Global Initiative on Health Technologies.
NGO's with official relations
- International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering
- International Federation of Hospital Engineering
- International society of Radiology
- International society of radiographers and radiological technologists
- International Union of Architects
- World Federation for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology