The participating institutions partner with WHO to perform research, provide training, or offer other services in furthering the WHO health agenda.
[2] By using networks of established organizations, WHO is able to strengthen the scientific validity of its work and lower the costs of research.
[3] For example, WHO has put in place centres focused on organ transplants, hearing loss prevention, hepatitis, leprosy, medical ethics, and maternal health.
To move the work forward, WHO has numerous designated centres in each inhabited continent.
[5] The WHO Collaborating Centre on Global Governance of Antimicrobial Resistance has been working on the Coronavirus disease 2019 and is directed by Steven Hoffman.