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Annual Technical Report of WHO Collaborating Center (WHO CC) for Traditional Medicine § This is for information sharing among WHO CCs for Traditional Medicine only. It DOES NOT replace the annual progress report required by WHO. § Please include information during the 12 months of the respective calendar year stated below. Year of Report: 2 0 0 8____ Information on the WHO Collaborating Centers: * this information is open to the public through WHO website
*Ref. number | CHN-36 | *General Information | Currently registered in WHO database* | Please describe new information if any changes occurred during this reporting period | *Name of the Institution | Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine |
| *Name of the Director | Professor Mianhua Wu |
| *Address | 138 Xianlin Road Jiangsu Province, Nanjing 210046, China |
| *Phone | +86 25 8581 1117 |
| *Fax | +86 25 8581 1117 |
| *E-mail | tcm_liu@yahoo.com |
| *Website | http://www.njutcm.edu.cn | http://ice.njutcm.edu.cn | Communication focal point with WHO/TRM/HQ | Currently designated person | Please describe new information if any changes occurred during this reporting period | Name | Dr LIU Qin |
| Title | Deputy Director, Department of International Cooperation and Exchange |
| E-mail | tcm_liu@yahoo.com |
| Phone | +86 25 8581 1080 |
| Fax | +86 25 8581 1078 |
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Education and Training Activities (including postgraduate research training)
| Type of Activities | Subjects | International Activities | Domestic Activities | Y/N | Number of Countries attending | Number of Students (Total) | Y/N | Number of Students (Total) e.g. UG 200 , MSc 100, PhD 10, Postdoc 10, others 27 | Duration of Training e.g. UG-5yrs, MSc-3 yrs | Herbal medicines (including animal and mineral materials) | Y | Long-term 6 | Long-term 74 |
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| Traditional medicine (please specify the name of traditional medicine) | Y | Total 10 Short-term 9 Long-term 1 | Total 85 Short-term 84 Long-term 1 |
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| Homoeopathy | N |
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| Acupuncture | Y | Total 24 Short-term 16 Long-term 8 | Total 133 Short-term 122 Long-term 11 |
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| Manual therapies | Chiropractic | N |
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| Osteopathy | N |
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| Tuina | Y | Short-term 3 | Short-term 14 |
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| Others (Such as Yoga, Taiji, Spiritual Therapies) Please specify | Qi Gong | Y | Short-term 8 | Short-term 20 |
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** This page of the form may be modified as needed by individual institutions.
Research Activities For research projects that last more than one year, annual progress including outcomes of research, such as publications should be provided.
List term(s) related to research according to the current terms of reference | List research projects with very brief description on this year’s main progress/achievement on research If the research project lasts more than one year, please indicate with an * and give the duration of the research project as a footnote | International Cooperating Research | Y/N | List the cooperating countries including WHO CCs | 1. To initiate the research, formulation and promotion of the diagnosis and treatment standards for traditional medicine as well as acupuncture and moxibustion. | e.g. Project 1 Research in Integrated TCM with Western Medicine Diagnosis and Treatment Guidelines and Efficacy Assessment Standards for 40 types ofCommon Paediatric Diseases through literature research and Questionnaire Survey is completed. | N |
| e.g. Project 2 TCM and Integrated TCM with Western Medicine Treatment Guidelines for Epidemic Encephalitis B, Epidemic Hemorrhagic Fever and Dengue Fever is completed. | N |
| e.g. Project 3 Standardization of clinical research on the Evidence-based acupuncture optimization program of treating functional constipation is carried out smoothly. | N |
| 2. To carry out studies on the safety, efficacy and quality control of traditional medicine. | e.g. Project 4 Research on TCM Intervention of Ulcerative Colitis and its Efficacy Assessment is continuously carried out as planned. Based on the characteristics of the disease and its clinical performance in ulcerative colitis’ active and remission stage, sequential treatment combining Disease Staging and Differential Treatment has been adopted. Currently, TCM intervention plan is established; more than 200 patients have been tested; CRF tables and researcher manuals have been completed, along with the production of Chinese medicinal granules, packaging and distribution. | N |
| 3. To carry out clinical and experimental studies on the application of acupuncture and moxibustion in the prevention and treatment of diseases. | e.g. Project 5 Clinical Research on the Influence of Acupuncture on Tears Secretion of Menopause Xerophthalma is completed. Results indicate that acupuncture does boost tears secretion, prolong the tear membrane break time and help keratopathy restoration with obvious improvement. | N |
| e.g. Project 6 Clinical studies on Electro-Acupuncture in the treatment of moderate depression is continuously carried out as planned. It is found that Electro-Acupuncture has obvious therapeutic effects in the treatment of anxiety and somatization disorder with less side-effects and strong long-term effects, whose effectiveness is not less than anti-depression western medicine. | N |
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Support to WHO Activities
Categories of support to WHO Activities | Support provided | Title of draft documents on which you sent comments to WHO |
| WHO Consultancies (such as WHO Short-term Consultant; WHO Temporary Adviser; Member of WHO Expert Advisory Panel) |
| Times attended a WHO Meeting/Consultation (both self-supported and funded by WHO) | 2 | Times hosted a WHO Meeting |
| Other activities WHO requested | Information sharing with other partner | Y/N | Holding 2008 Nanjing International Forum on TCM, which is themed "New Thoughts and Approaches to the Research of TCM Prescription"from October 24 to 26, 2008, setting up the platform for academic exchange in TCM prescription and its related areas with other partners. | Provision of technical advisory supports | Number of experts sent at WHO’s request |
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