Geneva Foundation for Medical Education and Research

WHO Collaborating Centre in Education and Research in Human Reproduction

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1. Mission

The Geneva Foundation for Medical Education and Research (GFMER) is a non-profit organisation, supported by the Republic and Canton of Geneva, the Department of Social Affairs of the City of Geneva, and other Swiss and international institutions. The Foundation works in close collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO). GFMER is a WHO Collaborating Centre in Education and Research in Human Reproduction.

The Geneva Foundation for Medical Education and Research has as a mandate:

• To conduct training courses in clinical research, mainly in the area of sexual and reproductive health
• To disseminate these training courses to other countries
• To perform Cochrane activities together with the Cochrane Collaboration
• To initiate and provide support for researchers to plan, conduct and publish their scientific work
• To disseminate relevant and up-to-date medical information on the GFMER website
• To be involved in the development of clinical guidelines and training programmes
• To perform the above work in close collaboration with WHO and other partners internationally

The Geneva Foundation for Medical Education and Research capitalises on the experience as a World Health Organization’s Collaborating Centre since 1994.

2. Objectives

2.1 Overall objectives

The overall objectives are to:

• furnish health education programmes and research to:
  • francophone regions
  • developing countries
  • and countries in economic transition
• establish collaboration between entities from the public and private sectors.

2.2 Specific objectives

The specific objectives are to:

• promote the clinical, educational, and scientific collaboration between health professionals working in the private and public sectors in order to create centres of excellence in different medical domains
• offer and provide easy access to relevant, high-quality, up-to-date information through the already existing Web facilities of the WHO Collaborating Centre
• reinforce and mobilise useful expertise so as to anticipate better public health problems
• conduct systematic reviews to identify areas of research and support the development of clinical practical guidelines
• develop a network of individuals and institutions to coordinate research synthesis activities, including Cochrane systematic reviews
• develop Continuing Medical Education (CME) structural and technical guidelines and certification procedures adapted to the health needs of the country
• create a CME body for research and implement a training programme in research synthesis as basis for clinical decision-making
• identify research needs and assist health professionals in the conduct of relevant research activities
• develop clinical training programmes at both national and international levels
• respond to specific requests from developing countries and countries in economic transition and assist in the identification of clinical and research needs and address these needs with adequate training and research programmes
• develop international partnerships and twinning programmes with collaborating institutions and develop a programme for staff exchange

3. Structure

3.1 Foundation Council

The members of the Foundation Council are:

• Prof. Aldo Campana (President and Founding Member)
• Dr. Blaise Bourrit (Secretary and Founding Member)
• Prof. Fritz Baumann
• Alain Gris (Treasurer)
• Stephan Lorenzini
• P.D. Dr. Pierre Meyer
• Prof. Charles-Henry Rochat
• Dr. José Villar

3.2 Executive Committee

The members of the Executive Committee are:

• Prof. Aldo Campana
• Dr. Blaise Bourrit
• Prof. Giuseppe Benagiano
• Dr. Karim Abawi
• Dr. Hongguang Dong
• Dr. Giovanna Stancanelli

4. Address

Geneva Foundation for Medical Education and Research
Villa Grand-Montfleury
Chemin du Grand-Montfleury 48
1290 Versoix - Switzerland

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