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The NSRF is one of five such research centres recognised globally by
the WHO as collaborating centres in suicide research and prevention.
UCC foundation is redesignated by the WHO
THE University College Cork-based National Suicide Research Foundation
(NSRF) has been redesignated by the World Health Organization (WHO) as
a collaborating centre in suicide research and prevention.
Breda Graham
THE University College Cork-based National Suicide Research Foundation
(NSRF) has been redesignated by the World Health Organization (WHO) as
a collaborating centre in suicide research and prevention.
The NSRF is one of five such research centres recognised globally by
the WHO as collaborating centres in suicide research and prevention.
WHO Collaborating Centres (WHOCC) are institutions which are designated
by the WHO to carry out activities in support of its programmes at
country, intercountry, regional, interregional, and global levels.
The NSRF will be redesignated as a WHO Collaborating Centre until
December 2027, having been a WHO Collaborating Centre for eight years
following its initial designation in December 2015.
The research centre has provided technical advice to inform WHO’s work
in establishing surveillance systems of self-harm and suicide, as well
as in implementing and evaluating national suicide prevention
programmes.
The NSRF is primarily funded by the Government through the Department
of Health and the HSE as part of Connecting for Life, Ireland’s
National Strategy to Reduce Suicide 2015-2024, and has a Memorandum of
Collaboration with UCC where it is based.
“The redesignation of the NSRF’s WHOCC is a reflection of the
specialist expertise and high-quality research in the area of
self-harm/suicide surveillance and suicide prevention, which has been
crucial in making a difference in a growing number of other countries
globally,” chief scientist at the NSRF and head of the School of Public
Health at UCC, Professor Ella Arensman, said.
Dr Alexandra Fleischmann of the Department of Mental Health and
Substance Use at the World Health Organization highlighted how WHOCC
are essential to WHO fulfilling its mandated activities and ensuring
the scientific validity of its global health work.
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