WHO Collaborating Centre for clinical management of leishmaniasis (SPA-55)
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The Collaborating Centre
Neglected tropical diseases. Leishmaniasis
WHO designates new collaborating centre for clinical management of leishmaniasis.
22 March 2021 - The World Health Organization (WHO) has designated the Institution "National Reference Centre for Tropical Diseases, Department of Infectious Diseases, Ramón y Cajal University Hospital-IRYCIS, Spain" as a new (SPA-55) Collaborating Centre for "Clinical management of Leishmaniasis", effective for a period of four years. Dr. Rogelio López-Vélez and Dr. Begoña Monge Maillo will act as Heads of the Centre.
The Institution will be the fourth WHO collaborating Centre for leishmaniasis in the world and the second one in Spain.
Ramón y Cajal University Hospital – IRYCISThe terms of reference of the Collaborating Centre are
- To support WHO in the creation or update of clinical protocols on diagnosis and treatment of leishmaniasis that will be used by health workers to properly diagnose and treat the disease.
- To provide training to selected health personnel from endemic countries in the area of clinical case management (diagnosis and treatment).
- To provide technical support to improve leishmaniasis surveillance at individual and subnational levels. WHO will use the summarized information to populate country profiles and the global leishmaniasis database.
The department of Control of NTDs at WHO headquarters has designated the Institution to formalize an ongoing collaboration for over 20 years in the area of clinical management of several forms of leishmaniases with focus on treatment of the visceral types.
The institution has already contributed to the hosting of six WHO consultative meetings on Leishmania-HIV co-infection; to the facilitation of five WHO training workshops; and to the publication of eight WHO technical documents or manuals.
In addition, Dr. López-Vélez is a member of the WHO expert panel in leishmaniasis since 2009; and Dr. Monge Maillo worked as consultant in leishmaniasis for WHO European Regional Office in 2019.
From left to right: Dra. Belén Comeche, Dr. José Antonio Pérez Molina, Dra. Francesca Norman, Dra. Clara Crespillo, Dr. Santiago Moreno, Dr. Rogelio López-Vélez, Dra. Begoña Monge Maillo, Dra. María Dolores Corbacho, Dra. Sandra ChamorroFor more information, please contact:
National Reference Unit for Tropical Diseases
Department of Infectious Diseases of Ramón y Cajal University Hospital
IRYCIS (Ramón y Cajal Institute for Health Research)
Ctra Colmenar, Km 9,100
28034 Madrid, Spain
Phone: +34913368108 / +34913368147
E mail: leishcc_spain@irycis.org
Website: irycis.org/en/leishmaniasiscc-spain/
Heads of the collaborating centre:
Dr Rogelio López-Vélez rogelio.lopezvelez@salud.madrid.org
Dr Begoña Monge Maillo begona.monge@salud.madrid.org
