Title of the centre:
WHO Collaborating Centre for the WHO Family of International Classifications
Director / Head:
Dr. Robert Anderson
Institution:
Division of Vital Statistics, National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Address:
3311 Toledo Road, MD 20782 - 20782 Maryland
20782
Maryland
Town:
Hyattsville
Country:
USA
Region:
AMRO
Phone:
(1-301) 458-4073
Fax:
(1-301) 458-4034
Date of Designation:
01/Jan/1976
Last Redesignation:
21/Mar/2020
Expiry:
21/Mar/2024
Date of Discontinuation:
Terms of Reference:
- Assist WHO in its work to develop, maintain and revise the WHO Family of International Classifications (WHO-FIC).
- Contribute to the global network of WHO Collaborating Centres on FIC under WHO’s leadership.
- At the request of WHO provide support for local and regional users of classifications.
- In support of and in coordination with WHO, promote use of the WHO-FIC as and when appropriate by developing, and sharing training materials, organizing and conducting training courses and translating international WHO-FIC materials for local use, in coordination with WHO.
- Support WHO to strengthen the implementation of WHO classifications, supporting quality assurance procedures of the WHO-FIC classifications regarding mechanisms, norms and standards of classification use, data collection, and data analysis.
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Subjects:
- Classifications of diseases
- Health information; statistics; measurement & trend assessment
- Disabilities and rehabilitation (excluding accident prevention)
Types of activity:
- Coordination of activities carried out by several institutions (e.g. other WHO collaborating centres)
- Training and education
- Standardization of terminology and nomenclature
WHO Outputs:
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50.11.3 - Strengthening information systems |
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Responsible Officer:
KITA Maaya
Phone:
Technical Counterpart:
KONTIO Katri
Phone:
Access to annual progress reports and the current workplan (this is accessible to WHO Staff Members only):
Link to eWork
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