Medical centers, housing over 500 acute staffed beds, are designated to assume the responsibilities of providing healthcare services, training medical professionals, and conducting research.
These organizations are designated by the World Meteorological Organization and are responsible for tracking and issuing bulletins, warnings, and advisories about tropical cyclones in their designated areas of responsibility.
Both are designated landmarks.
Some are designated as seats.
Notes are designated by numbers.
Since 2007, important public health responsibilities have been designated as "delegated obligations" of municipalities, paid from earmarked transfers from the state budget.
A staff member from each participating health centre or an organisation with regional responsibility will be designated as responsible for running CQI cycles in each health centre, and will undertake the systems assessment and clinical audit, with training and support provided by research project staff.
As an alternative approach to integration under one ministry, some countries are designating a lead ministry, often education, to exercise co-ordination responsibilities.
Yuki Miyamoto, author of the book Beyond the Mushroom Cloud: Commemoration, Religion, and Responsibility after Hiroshima, has been designated a Peace Correspondent by the mayor of Nagasaki.
This was, for example, the case in the US, South Africa and Bulgaria, where health is designated responsibility of the states/provinces.
