Title of the centre:
WHO Collaborating Centre for Family of International Classifications
Director / Head:
Dr. Cristian Arturo Zaragoza Jiménez
Dr. Manuel Yanez
Institution:
Centro Mexicano para la Clasificación de Enfermedades (CEMECE), Dirección General de Información en Salud
Secretaría de Salud
Address:
Homero 213, Col. Chapultepec Morales, Alcaldía Miguel Hidalgo
11570
Mexico City
Town:
Mexico City
Country:
MEXICO
Region:
AMRO
Phone:
(55) 6392 2300 ext 2412
Fax:
(55) 5514 5294
Date of Designation:
28/Jan/2008
Last Redesignation:
29/Jan/2024
Expiry:
29/Jan/2028
Date of Discontinuation:
Terms of Reference:
- At PAHO/WHO’s request, the proposed institution will assist PAHO/WHO in developing, maintaining and revising the WHO Family of International Classifications (WHO-FIC).
- At PAHO/WHO’s request, the proposed institution will contribute to the global network of WHO Collaborating Centers on FIC under PAHO/WHO’s leadership.
- At the request of PAHO/WHO, the proposed institution will provide support to PAHO/WHO for local and regional users of classifications.
- At PAHO/WHO’s request, in support of and in coordination with PAHO/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 PAHO/WHO.
- At PAHO/WHO’s request, support PAHO/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:
- Standardization of terminology and nomenclature
- Organization of events (e.g. conferences; summits)
- Training and education
WHO Outputs:
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4.1.1 - Countries enabled to strengthen data, analytics and health information systems to inform policy and deliver impacts |
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Responsible Officer:
KONTIO Katri
Phone:
Technical Counterpart:
KOSTANJSEK Nenad Friedrich Ivan
Phone:
+41 22 791 3242
Access to annual progress reports and the current workplan (this is accessible to WHO Staff Members only):
Link to eWork
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