{"id":3932,"date":"2026-07-15T08:20:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T05:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.agu.edu.bh\/?page_id=3932"},"modified":"2026-07-23T12:16:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T09:16:00","slug":"who-collaborating-center","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.agu.edu.bh\/en\/college-of-medicine-health-sciences\/who-collaborating-center\/","title":{"rendered":"WHO Collaborating Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_pb_section_0 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_flex_section\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row et_flex_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_0 et_pb_column et-last-child et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_24_24 et_flex_column_24_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_1 et_pb_row et_pb_row_nested et_flex_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_1 et_pb_column et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_3_5 et_flex_column_3_5_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_heading_0 et_pb_heading et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_heading_container\"><h1 class=\"et_pb_module_header\">WHO <\/h1><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_heading_1 et_pb_heading et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_heading_container\"><h1 class=\"et_pb_module_header\">Collaborating Center<\/h1><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_2 et_pb_column et-last-child et_flex_column et_pb_column_empty et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_2_5 et_flex_column_2_5_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_1 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_flex_section\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_2 et_pb_row et_flex_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_3 et_pb_column et-last-child et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_24_24 et_flex_column_24_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"dsm_breadcrumbs_0 dsm_breadcrumbs et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_module_inner\"><nav class=\"dsm_breadcrumbs_wrap\" role=\"navigation\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"dsm_breadcrumbs\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BreadcrumbList\"><li class=\"dsm_breadcrumbs_item dsm_breadcrumbs_item_current\" itemprop=\"itemListElement\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ListItem\"><span class=\"dsm_breadcrumbs_crumb dsm_breadcrumbs_crumb_current\" itemprop=\"name\">Home<\/span><link itemprop=\"url\" href=\"https:\/\/www.agu.edu.bh\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3932\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"position\" content=\"1\" \/><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_2 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_flex_section\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_3 et_pb_row et_grid_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_4 et_pb_column et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_heading_2 et_pb_heading et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_heading_container\"><h2 class=\"et_pb_module_header\">About<\/h2><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_5 et_pb_column et-last-child et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_heading_3 et_pb_heading et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_heading_container\"><h1 class=\"et_pb_module_header\">center<\/h1><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_4 et_pb_row et_flex_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_6 et_pb_column et-last-child et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_24_24 et_flex_column_24_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_0 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h3>The World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Center for Health Professionals\u2019 Education Development<\/h3>\n<p>The College of Medicine and Health Sciences has recognized the relationship between health professions education and evidence-based health care and has been a pioneer in the region in both fields. To emphasize the need for more research and to provide further impetus to the efforts in the two areas, the university has established a Centre which offers training evidence-based healthcare and medical education. Since August 2006, the College has been designated as a WHO collaborating centre for educational development and training. In January 2019 the Center was redesignated as WHO Collaborating Centre for Health Professionals\u2019 educational Development. The Center serves as a Centre for human and technical resources and organizes national and regional workshops and training courses in both evidence-based healthcare and medical education for all the countries in the Eastern Mediterranean Region.<\/p>\n<p><span>The University participates in several regional initiatives such as the GCC Medical College Deans\u2019 Committee which provides a framework for regional standards for medical education and training and initiates and supports the provision of quality medical education in GCC member countries using international quality assurance programmes. Several projects have been initiated and implemented by the GCC Medical College Deans\u2019 Committee. The Centre is also active in other international collaborative activities such as the World Federation of Medical Education (WFME).<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_5 et_pb_row et_flex_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_7 et_pb_column et-last-child et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_24_24 et_flex_column_24_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_6 et_pb_row et_pb_row_nested et_flex_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_8 et_pb_column et-last-child et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_24_24 et_flex_column_24_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_heading_4 et_pb_heading et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_heading_container\"><h1 class=\"et_pb_module_header\">Terms of Reference<\/h1><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_1 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><ul>\n<li data-once=\"openLeftBehavior\">Support the implementation of the WHO global strategy on human resources for health and regional strategic framework on health workforce development.<\/li>\n<li data-once=\"openLeftBehavior\">Strengthen and build capacities of faculty at the regional level in health professions education.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li data-once=\"openLeftBehavior\">Carry out studies to explore the ways of improving the contribution of WHO collaborating centers in the field of health professions education.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_3 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_flex_section\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_7 et_pb_row et_flex_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_9 et_pb_column et-last-child et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_24_24 et_flex_column_24_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_8 et_pb_row et_pb_row_nested et_flex_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_10 et_pb_column et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_24_24 et_flex_column_24_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_image_0 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.agu.edu.bh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/who2-scaled.jpg\" title=\"who2\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.agu.edu.bh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/who2-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.agu.edu.bh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/who2-1280x854.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.agu.edu.bh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/who2-980x653.jpg 980w, https:\/\/www.agu.edu.bh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/who2-480x320.jpg 480w\" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) and (max-width: 1280px) 1280px, (min-width: 1281px) 2560px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-3936 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 2560px; 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