THE GLOBAL NETW ORK OF W HO COLLABORATI NG CENTRES FOR NURSI NG AND
MI DW I FERY DEVELOPMENT: A POLI CY APPROACH TO HEALTH FOR ALL THROUGH
NURSI NG AND MI DW I FERY EXCELLENCE
Rit a M. Cart y1
Car t y RM. The global net w or k of w ho collabor at ing cent r es for nur sing and m idw ifer y dev elopm ent : a policy approach t o healt h for all t hrough nursing and m idwifery excellence. Rev Lat ino- am Enferm agem 2005 set em bro-out ubr o; 13( 5) : 613- 8.
I n response t o t he com plexit ies of healt h services delivery wit hin t he cont ext of cult ures, world event s, m edical t echnologies, and nat ural and m anm ade disast ers, WHO recognized t he need for ext ernal resources t o assist it t o m eet it s goals. I n line w it h WHO’s policy t hat r esear ch in t he field of healt h is best adv anced by assist in g, coor d in at in g an d u t ilizin g t h e act iv it ies of ex ist in g in st it u t ion s, WHO Collab or at in g Cen t r es w er e dev eloped t o suppor t WHO w it h ex t er nal ex per t ise at t he local, count r y and int er nat ional lev els. Of t he 1,000 Collaborat ing Cent res w orldw ide represent ing all t he m aj or healt h disciplines, 36, in 19 different count ries, are dedicat ed t o n u r sin g an d m idw ifer y ser v ices, edu cat ion , r esear ch an d policy . Th ese 3 6 Cen t r es h av e j oin ed for ces as t he Global Net w or k of WHO Collabor at ing Cent r es for Nur sing and Midw ifer y Dev elopm ent . Since it s incept ion in 1987, t he Global Net work has developed int o a significant force in int ernat ional nursing leadership. I t s f ar - r each in g sph er e of in f lu en ce, it s com m u n icat ion s t ech n ology an d it s abilit y t o dev elop collabor at iv e proj ect s, enable it t o have a significant im pact on t he healt h of t he people of t he world.
DESCRI PTORS: w or ld h ealt h or g an izat ion ; w h o; n u r sin g ; h ealt h p olicy ; h ealt h ad m in ist r at ion ; lead er sh ip ; or gan izat ion ; collabor at ion ; plan n in g
LA RED GLOBAL DE CENTROS COLABORADORES DE LA OMS PARA EL DESARROLLO DE LA
ENFERMERÍ A Y PARTERÍ A: UNA APROXI MACI ÓN POLÍ TI CA A LA SALUD PARA TODOS A
TRAVÉS DE LA EXCELENCI A EN ENFERMERÍ A Y PARTERÍ A
En r espu est a a las com plej idades de los ser v icios de salu d en u n con t ex t o de dif er en t es cu lt u r as, ev en t o s m u n d i al es, av an ces t ecn o l ó g i co s m éd i co s, d esast r es n at u r al es y p r o v o cad o s p o r el h o m b r e, l a Or ganización Mundial de la Salud ha r econocido la necesidad de t ener r ecur sos ex t er nos par a ay udar en la realización de sus m et as. En consonancia con las polít icas de la OMS que consideran que la invest igación en el cam po de la salud av anza en la m edida que aux ilia, coor dina y ut iliza las act iv idades de las inst it uciones y a exist ent es, los Cent ros Colaboradores de la OMS fueron creados para apoyar la OMS en sus áreas de especialidad en los niveles local, nacional e int ernacional. De los 1000 Cent ros Colaboradores exist ent es en t odo el m undo, r ep r esen t an d o las d iv er sas ár eas d e salu d , 3 6 , en 1 9 p aíses d if er en t es, son d ed icad os a la en f er m er ía y part ería, en las áreas de educación, invest igación y polít icas. Los 36 Cent ros congregan fuerzas a t ravés de la Red Global de Cen t r os Colabor ador es de la OMS par a el Desar r ollo de la En f er m er ía y Par t er ía. Desde su creación, en 1987, la Red Global ha se t ornado una fuerza significat iva de liderazgo int ernacional. Su esfera de influencia, t ecnologías de com unicación y habilidad en el desar r ollo de pr oy ect os colabor at iv os, per m it en que t enga un im pact o r epr esent at iv o en la salud m undial.
DESCRI PTORES: or ganización m undial de la salud; enfer m er ía, polít ica de salud; adm inist r ación y planificación en salud
A REDE GLOBAL DE CENTROS COLABORADORES DA OMS PARA O DESENVOLVI MENTO DA
ENFERMAGEM E OBSTETRÍ CI A: UMA ABORDAGEM POLÍ TI CA À SAÚDE PARA TODOS
ATRAVÉS DA EXCELÊNCI A EM ENFERMAGEM E OBSTETRÍ CI A
Em respost a às com plexidades dos serviços de saúde em um cont ext o de diferent es cult uras, event os m undiais, avanços t ecnológicos m édicos, desast r es nat ur ais e pr ovocados pelo hom em , a Or ganização Mundial da Saúde r econheceu a necessidade de cont ar com r ecur sos ex t er nos par a aux iliá- la na consecução de suas m et as. Em consonância com as polít icas da OMS que consideram que a pesquisa no cam po da saúde avança na m edida em que auxilia, coordena e ut iliza as at ividades das inst it uições j á exist ent es, os Cent ros Colaboradores da OMS for am cr iados par a apoiá- la em suas ár eas de especialidade nos níveis local, nacional e int er nacional. Dos 1000 Cent r os Colabor ador es exist ent es em t odo o m undo, r epr esent ando as diver sas ár eas da saúde, 36, em 19 países diferent es, dedicam - se à enferm agem e obst et rícia, nas áreas de educação, pesquisa e polít icas. Esses 3 6 Cen t r o s co n g r eg am f o r ças at r av és d a Red e Gl o b al d e Cen t r o s Co l ab o r ad o r es d a OMS p ar a o Desenvolvim ent o da Enferm agem e Obst et rícia. Desde seu surgim ent o, em 1987, a Rede Global t em se t ornado u m a f or ça sign if icat iv a d e lid er an ça in t er n acion al. Su a esf er a d e in f lu ên cia, t ecn ologias d e com u n icação e habilidade no desenv olv im ent o de pr oj et os colabor at iv os per m it em que t enha um im pact o r epr esent at iv o na saú de m u n dial.
DESCRI TORES: or ganização m undial da saúde; enfer m agem , polít ica de saúde; adm inist r ação e planej am ent o em saú de
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COLLABORATI NG CENTRES
A
WHO Collaborat ing Cent re is an inst it ut ion designat ed by t he Wor ld Healt h Or ganizat ion t o for m a p a r t o f a n i n t e r n a t i o n a l co l l a b o r a t i v e n e t w o r kcarrying out act ivit ies in support of t he organizat ion’s program s at all levels. Of t he m ore t han 1,000 healt
h-r elat ed Collaboh-r at ing Cent h-r es, t heh-r e ah-r e cuh-r h-r ent ly 36 f or Nu r sin g an d Mid w if er y Dev elop m en t w or ld w id e.
Th e Nu r sin g an d Mid w if er y cen t r es h av e f or m ed a Global Net work t hat dat es back t o 1989. The leadership
for t his global net w ork developm ent w as provided by
Dr. Am elia Man gay - Maglacas, w h o w as Ch ief Nu r se Scien t ist at WHO at t h at t im e ( Mag lacas A, 1 9 8 9 ,
u n pu blish ed docu m en t ) .
THE GLOBAL NETW ORK FOR NURSI NG AND
MI DW I FERY DEVELOPMENT
Th e Glob al Net w or k of WHO Collab or at in g Cen t r es f or Nu r sin g an d Mid w if er y Dev elop m en t is
d ed i cat ed t o “ Heal t h f or Al l ” t h r ou g h n u r si n g an d m idwifery excellence. I t s m ission is “ t o m axim ize t he
co n t r i b u t i o n o f n u r si n g an d m i d w i f er y i n o r d er t o
advance Healt h for All in par t ner ship w it h t he Wor ld Healt h Or ganizat ion and it s m em ber st at es, m em ber
Cent r es, non- gov er nm ent al or ganizat ions, and ot her s int erest ed in prom ot ing t he healt h of populat ions. The
Net work’s goal is t o carry out advocacy and evidence based policy act iv it ies w it hin t he fr am ew or k of WHA
an d r egion al r esolu t ion s an d t h e WHO pr ogr am s of
w or k .”
HI STORI CAL BACKGROUND
Hist or ically, t he need for or ganized at t em pt s
t o im pact t he healt h of populat ions led t o t he creat ion of ent it ies such as t he I nt er nat ional Sanit ar y Bur eau
in Wash in gt on D. C. in 1 9 0 2 . I t was lat er r e- n am ed t he Pan Am er ican Sanit ar y Or ganizat ion, and is t he
f o r e r u n n e r o f t o d a y ’ s Pa n A m e r i c a n H e a l t h
Or g an izat ion ( PAHO) , w h ich also ser v es as WHO’s Region al Of f ice f or t h e Am er icas ( AMRO) . I n 1 9 1 9 ,
t he Healt h Organizat ion of t he League of Nat ions was set u p in Gen ev a, in par allel w it h t h e I n t er n at ion al
Of f ice of Pu b lic Hy g ien e in Par is, an d in 1 9 4 6 t h e I nt ernat ional Healt h Conference in New York approved
t h e Con st it u t ion of t h e Wor ld Healt h Or g an izat ion ( WHO) .
Adopt ed in 1946, t he Const it ut ion of t he World
He a l t h Or g a n i za t i o n st a t e s t h a t t h e h e a l t h o f a l l peoples is f u n dam en t al t o t h e at t ain m en t of peace
a n d se cu r i t y a n d i s d e p e n d e n t u p o n t h e f u l l e st cooper at ion of in div idu als an d St at es ( Con st it u t ion ,
World Healt h Organizat ion, Geneva 1989.) The healt h of world populat ions is of im m ense im port ance t o t he
nurses of global societ ies, and in response t o growing r ealit ies con cer n in g t h e com plex it y of h ealt h w it h in
t he cont ext of cult ures, world event s, and nat ural and m an- m ade disast er s, ot her or ganized elem ent s w er e
n eed ed f or t h e su p er st r u ct u r e of WHO t o m eet it s
goals. Oppor t u n it ies w er e iden t if ied t o t ap ex t er n al expert ise t hat could assist in t he goal of Healt h for All
at t he local, count ry and int ernat ional levels. The World H e a l t h Or g a n i z a t i o n Co l l a b o r a t i n g Ce n t r e s w e r e
dev eloped in r esponse t o t hat need.
THE PROCESS TO BECOME A CENTRE
Th e Wo r l d H e a l t h Or g a n i z a t i o n i s
headquart ered in Geneva, Swit zerland and carries out i t s h e a l t h p r o g r a m s o f w o r k b o t h d i r e c t l y f r o m
headquart ers and via it s regional and count ry offices.
The Wor ld Healt h Assem bly defines t he geographical a r e a s t h a t c o n s t i t u t e t h e W H O r e g i o n s , a n d i n
accor dance w it h t he WHO Const it ut ion, each r egional or ganizat ion is an int egr al par t of WHO. The r egions
a r e :
AFRO WHO Region for Africa
AMRO WHO Region for t he Am ericas
EMRO WHO Region for t he East ern Medit erranean EURO WHO Region for Europe
SEARO WHO Region for Sout h East Asia WPRO WHO Region for t he West ern Pacific
I t is im por t ant t o know t hese r egions of t he world t o underst and how WHO priorit ies are ident ified
a n d h o w p l a n s o f w o r k a r e d e v e l o p e d a n d im plem en t ed t o m eet t h e h ealt h n eeds r epr esen t ed
b y t h e p r ior it y ar eas. Meet in g h ealt h n eed s locally r e g i o n a l l y a n d g l o b a l l y i s a k e y f a c t o r i n h o w
Collabor at ing Cent r es dev elop and ar e designat ed by
WHO.
The applicat ion t o becom e a Cent re is form al
an d m u st in clu d e “ Ter m s of Ref er en ce” or g u id in g p r i n c i p l e s a n d g o a l s o f t h e p r o s p e c t i v e Ce n t r e ,
exam ples of act ivit ies, and out com es t hat m eet local healt h needs, and t he healt h goals of t he Region and
act ively engaged in a plan of w ork w it h real result s.
Alt hough t he final designat ion decision com es f r o m W HO, t h e p r o ce ss o f b e co m i n g a Ce n t r e i s
len gt h y an d com plex . Sev er al en t it ies ar e in v olv ed, including t he inst it ut ion w her e t he Cent r e is locat ed,
t he count ry of origin’s m inist ry of healt h ( in t he U.S. it is t he Surgeon General’s Office) , and t he WHO office
o f t h e w o r l d r eg i o n w h er e t h e Cen t r e i s l o ca t ed . Pr ospect iv e Cent r es m ust dem onst r at e t hr oughout a
t w o- y ear p r ob at ion ar y p er iod t h at t h ey ar e in d eed en gaged in in t er n at ion al h ealt h act iv it ies t h at m eet
t he healt h goals of t he WHO Region and WHO as a
w h ole.
NURSI NG AND MI DW I FERY CENTRES
Th e 3 6 W H O Co l l a b o r a t i n g Ce n t r e s f o r
Nur sing and Midw ifer y Dev elopm ent ar e descr ibed: The full list of WHO Collaborat ing Cent res for
Nur sing and Midw ifer y Dev elopm ent is as follow s:
W H O Re gion for Afr ica ( AFRO) Bo t sw a n a
- WHO Collaborat ing Cent re for Nursing Developm ent t ow ar ds HFA/ PFC
D e p a r t m e n t o f N u r si n g Ed u ca t i o n , Un i v e r si t y o f
Bot sw an a
Sou t h Af r ica
- WHO Collaborat ing Cent re for Educat ing Nurses and Midw iv es in Com m unit y Pr oblem - solv ing
School of Nur sing, Univ er sit y of Nat al
- WHO Collaborat ing Cent re for Post graduat e Dist ance Ed u cat i on an d Resear ch i n Nu r si n g an d Mi d w i f er y Dev elop m en t
Dep ar t m en t of Healt h St u d ies, Un iv er sit y of Sou t h
Af r i ca
W H O Re gion for t he Am e r ica s ( AM RO) Br a z i l
- WHO Col l ab or at i n g Cen t r e f or Nu r si n g Resear ch Dev elop m en t
Colleg e of Nu r sin g at Rib eir ao Pr et o, Un iv er sit y of
São Pau lo
Ca n a d a
- WHO Collabor at ing Cent r e for Nur sing and Ment al Healt h
Univ er sit y of Alber t a
- WHO Collaborat ing Cent re for Nursing Developm ent for Pr im ar y Healt h and Educat ional Met hodology
School of Nur sing, McMast er Univ er sit y
- WHO Collabor at ing Cent r e for I nt er nat ional Nur sing Developm ent in Leadership, Adm inist rat ion and Clinical Pr act ice
The Gerald P. Tur ner Depar t m ent of Nur sing
Mount Sinai Hospit al, Tor ont o
Co l o m b i a
- WHO Collabor at ing Cent r e for t he Dev elopm ent of I n n ov at iv e Met h od olog ies in t h e Teach in g - Lear n in g in PHC
Co l o m b i a n A s s o c i a t i o n o f Te a c h e r s o f N u r s i n g
( ACOFAEN)
M e x i co
- WHO Collabor at ing Cent er for Nur sing
School of Nur sing and Midw ifer y
Nat ional Aut onom ous Univ er sit y of Mex ico
U SA
- WHO Collabor at ing Cent er for I nt er nat ional Nur sing
Univ er sit y of Alabam a at Bir m ingham
- WHO Collabor at ing Cent er for Nur sing
Fr ances Pay ne Bolt on School of Nur sing
Case West er n Reser v e Un iv er sit y
- WHO Collaborat ing Cent er for Research and Clinical Tr aining in Nur sing
School of Nur sing, Univ er sit y of Califor nia
- WHO Collabor at ing Cent er for I nt er nat ional Nur sing Dev elopm en t in Adv an ced Pr act ice
School of Nur sing, Colum bia Univ er sit y
- WHO Collabor at ing Cent r e for Healt h Policy, Healt h Car e Et h ics, Healt h Sy st em s Man ag em en t , Nu r sin g Adm inist r at ion and Post Gr aduat e Healt h Science
College of Nur sing and Healt h Science
Geor ge Mason Un iv er sit y
- WHO Collabor at ing Cent er for I nt er nat ional Nur sing Dev elopm ent in PHC
College of Nur sing, Univ er sit y of I llinois at Chicago
- WHO Collabor at ing Cent er for I nfor m at ion Sy st em s in Nur sing Car e
Th e I n st it u t e for Joh n s Hopk in s Nu r sin g, Balt im or e,
Mar y lan d
- WHO Collaborat ing Cent re for Ment al Healt h Nursing
Univ er sit y of Mar y land School of Nur sing
- WHO Collaborat ing Cent er for Research and Clinical Tr aining in Healt h Pr om ot ion Nur sing
School of Nur sing, Univ er sit y of Michigan
- WHO Collaborat ing Cent er for Nursing and Midwifery Lead er sh ip
School of Nur sing, Univ er sit y of Pennsy lv ania
- WHO Collaborat ing Cent re for Nursing and Midwifery Dev elopm ent in Pr im ar y Healt h Car e
- WHO Collaborat ing Cent re in Geront ological Nursing
Ed u cat ion
Div ision of Nur sing, New Yor k Univer sit y
W H O R e g i o n f o r t h e Ea st e r n M e d i t e r r a n e a n ( EM RO)
Ba h r a i n
- WHO Collaborat ing Cent re for Nursing Developm ent
Nur sing Div ision, College of Healt h Sciences,
Jo r d a n
- WHO Collaborat ing Cent re for Nursing Developm ent
Facult y of Nur sing, Jor dan Univ er sit y of Science and
Tech n ol og y
W H O Re gion for Eur ope ( EURO) D e n m a r k
- WHO Collabor at ing Cent r e
Dan ish Nu r ses’ Or gan izat ion
Fi n l a n d
- WHO Collabor at ing Cent r e for Nur sing
Nur sing Resear ch I nst it ut e, Helsink i
Ge r m a n y
- WHO Collabor at ing Cent r e for Nur sing
DBfK – Ger m an Nur ses Associat ion
Sl o v e n i a
- WHO Collabor at ing Cent r e for PHC Nur sing
Healt h Cent r e Mar ibor
U n it e d Kin g d om
- WHO Collaborat ing Cent re for Nursing and Midwifery
Educat ion, Resear ch and Pr act ice
Depar t m ent of Nur sing and Com m unit y Healt h
Glasgow Caledon ian Un iv er sit y, Scot lan d
- WHO Collabor at ing Cent r e for Midw ifer y
Roy al College of Midw iv es, London
W H O Re gion for Sout h Ea st Asia ( SEARO) I n d i a
- WHO Collaborat ing Cent re for Nursing and Midwifery
Dev elop m en t
Co l l eg e o f Nu r si n g , Ch r i st i an Med i cal Co l l eg e an d
Hospit al, Vellor e, Tam i Nadu
- WHO Collaborat ing Cent re for Nursing and Midwifery
Dev elop m en t
Nat ional I nst it ut e of Nur sing Educat ion, Chandigar h
T h a i l a n d
- The Joint WHO Collaborat ing Cent re for Nursing and
Midw if er y Dev elopm en t
Mah idol Un iv er sit y
- WHO Collaborat ing Cent re for Nursing and Midwifery
Dev elop m en t
Facult y of Nur sing, Chiang Mai Univer sit y
W H O Re gion for t he W e st e r n Pa cific ( W PRO) Ja p a n
- WHO Collaborat ing Cent re for Nursing Developm ent
in PHC
St . Luk e’s College of Nur sing, Tok yo
K o r e a
- WHO Collaborat ing Cent re for Nursing Developm ent
in PHC
Yonsei Univ er sit y College of Nur sing, Seoul
Ph ilip p in e s
- WHO Collaborat ing Cent re for Nursing Developm ent
in PHC
College of Nursing, Universit y of t he Philippines Manila
Th e W H O Co l l a b o r a t i n g Ce n t r e s a r e
dist r ibut ed t hr oughout t he w or ld in WHO r egions as
list ed in Table 1.
a c i r f A r o f n o i g e R O H W
) o r f A (
) s e r t n e C 3 (
a n a w s t o B
) 2 ( a c i r f A h t u o S
s a c i r e m A e h t r o f n o i g e R O H W
) O H A P / O R M A (
) s e r t n e C 8 1 (
li z a r B
) 3 ( a d a n a C
o c i x e M
a i b m o l o C
) 2 1 ( A S U
n a e n a r r e t i d e M n r e t s a E e h t r o f n o i g e R O H W
) O R M E (
) s e r t n e C 2 (
n i a r h a B
n a d r o J
e p o r u E r o f n o i g e R O H W
) O R U E (
) s e r t n e C 6 (
k r a m n e D
d n a l n i F
y n a m r e G
a i n e v o l S
m o d g n i K d e t i n U
a i s A t s a E h t u o S r o f n o i g e R O H W
) O R A E S (
) s e r t n e C 4 (
) 2 ( a i d n I
) 2 ( d n a li a h T
c if i c a P n r e t s e W e h t f o n o i g e R O H W
) O R P W (
) s e r t n e C 3 (
n a p a J
a e r o K
s e n i p p il i h P
Figure 1 dem onst rat es an organizat ional chart
sh ow in g t h e r elat ion sh ip bet w een t h e Collabor at in g
Cent r es, t he WHO r egions, and WHO.
Fig u r e 1 – Relat ion sh ip b et w een t h e Collab or at in g
Cent r es, WHO Regions and WHO
GLOBAL NETW ORK PROGRESS
Th e r e h a v e b e e n t w e l v e b i e n n i a l g e n e r a l
m eet in gs of t h e Global Net w or k sin ce it s in au gu r al
m eet ing in Maribor, Slovenia in 1988. The last m eet ing
w a s i n So u t h Af r i ca , i n Fe b r u a r y 2 0 0 4 . I n t e r i m
m eet ings hav e also been held m ost y ear s.
A significant adv ant age for t he Nur sing and
Midwifery Cent res individually and t he Global Net work
as a w h ole w as t h e st r on g lead er sh ip of t h e WHO
Senior Scient ist for Nursing and Midwifery from
1999-2 0 0 3 , D r. N a e e m a A l - Ga s s e e r. D r. A l Ga s s e e r,
r ep r esen t in g WHO, w as a d y n am ic in t er act or w it h
i n d i v i d u al Cen t r es, t h e Reg i o n s an d t h e Net w o r k ,
s t r i v i n g c o n s t a n t l y t o e n c o u r a g e c o l l a b o r a t i v e
act ivit ies wit h posit ive out com es t hat m eet t he healt h
needs of t he Regions and t he w orld.
Th e WHO Collabor at in g Cen t r es for Nu r sin g
a n d Mi d w i f e r y D e v e l o p m e n t h a v e h a d e x c e l l e n t
success in organizing at t he global, regional and local
lev els. Net w or k ing and collabor at ing has occur r ed t o
m eet t he WHO goal of Healt h for All t hrough Prim ary
Healt h Car e. I n r ecent year s t he Global Net w or k has
em er ged as an act iv e policy play er in in t er n at ion al
nur sing init iat iv es and consult at ions.
I n t he Region of t he Am er icas ( AMRO) , t he
WHO Collaborat ing Cent res for Nursing and Midwifery
Dev elop m en t ar e or g an ized in t o t h e Pan Am er ican
Healt h Or gan izat ion ( PAHO) Assem blage of Nu r sin g
and Midwifery Collaborat ing Cent res ( PANMCC) whose
Vi si o n St at em en t ad d r esses ad v an ci n g t h e g l o b a l
concept of Healt h for All by facilit at ing underst anding
a m o n g , a n d co o p e r a t i v e i n i t i a t i v e s b e t w e e n , t h e
Collaborat ing Cent res for Nursing and Midwifery wit hin
t he region. The PANMCC Mission St at em ent and Goals
focus on t he achiev em ent of t he goals of WHO and
PAHO of Healt h for All t hr ough Pr im ar y Healt h Car e.
The current Chair of t he PANMCC is Dr. I sabel Am élia
Co st a Men d es, Di r ect o r o f t h e WHO Co l l ab o r at i n g
Cen t r e f o r Nu r si n g Resea r ch D ev el o p m en t a t t h e
College of Nursing at Ribeirão Pret o, Brazil. The Figure
2 show s an organizat ional chart w it h t he relat ionship
of t he Collabor at ing Cent r es t o WHO and PAHO.
Table 2 - Global Net w or k Policy Act iv it ies ) l a n r e t n I ( y c il o P d n a e c n a n r e v o
G (NursingandMidwiferyHeatlhPoilcy(External)
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