Name of the Centre:
WHO Collaborating Center for Nursing in Disasters and Health Emergency Management

Address:
Research Institute of　Nursing Care for　People and Community, 13-71 Kitaoji-cho, Akashi,　Hyogo 673-8588

3. Head of the Centre
Hiroko Minami, Executive Director, RN, MPH, DNSc
WHO Collaborating Center for Nursing in Disasters and Health Emergency Management

Terms of Reference
Promote the nursing and health research on disaster reduction, preparedness, mitigation, response and recovery from the disaster and similar life threatening afflictions in the mid-to long-term;
2 Delineate the roles and competencies of nursing professionals involved in various phases of disasters: preparedness, mitigation, response, recovery, and health emergency management;
3 Carry out a leading role in the development of an effective national, regional and global network system for nursing and other health professionals involved in the health emergency management;
4 Implement training needs assessments, develop and implement training programs for the public and professionals involved in disasters and emergency management situation and their prevention;
5 Influence the governmental agencies and non-governmental organization to promote nursing leadership in the development of nursing on disasters and health emergency management.

Work performed in relation to the terms of reference:
For planning the WHO Collaborating Center for Nursing in Disasters and Health Emergency Management, we have divided the research among the Centers of Excellency for 21 Century for the Education/Research Project. “Development of Center of Excellence for Disaster Nursing in Ubiquitous Society”