WHO Family of International Classifications Network

Mission

Improve health through the ongoing development, maintenance, and promotion of an integrated suite of reference health classifications and related products that produce information of value and utility across the world.

Membership & Organization

32 Collaborating Centres
8 NGOs
27 Officially designated focal points
Three levels of WHO
WHO-FIC Activities
WHO-FIC Network Areas of Work

Global collaboration in support of maintenance and development of WHO-FIC and promoting the implementation of WHO-FIC in WHO Member States.

  • ICD-11 
  • Functioning and Disability
  • Interventions
  • Morbidity
  • Mortality
  • WHO-FIC Development
  • WHO-FIC Education
  • WHO-FIC Implementation
  • WHO-FIC Informatics
  • Primary Care
  • WHO-FIC links to Clinical Terminologies

 

 


Special Outputs

The WHO-FIC Network has established five Committees:

  • Classification and Statistics Advisory Committee (CSAC)
  • Education and Implementation Committee (EIC)
  • Family Development Committee (FDC)
  • Informatics and Terminology Committee (ITC)
  • Medical and Scientific Advisory Committee (MSAC)

The WHO-FIC Network has also established five Reference Groups:

  • Mortality Reference Group (MRG)
  • Morbidity Reference Group (MbRG)
  • Functioning and Disability Reference Group (FDRG)
  • Traditional Medicine Reference Group (TMRG)
  • Verbal Autopsy Reference Group (VARG)

WHO Classifications Collaborating Centres

WHO Collaborating Centres supporting international classification work include:

  • WHO Collaborating Centres for the Family of International Classifications (WHO FIC CC)
  • WHO Collaborating Centres for Classifications, Terminologies, and Standards (WHO CTS CC)
  • WHO Collaborating Centres for Classifications Scientific Support (WHO CSS CC)
  • WHO Collaborating Centres for Verbal Autopsy (WHO VA CC)

NGOs supporting WHO-FIC work

Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in official relations with WHO:

  • International Association of Cancer Registries (IACR)
  • International Council of Nurses (ICN)
  • International Federation of Health Information Management Associations (IFHIMA)
  • International League of Dermatological Societies (ILDS)
  • Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes (LOINC)
  • World Federation of Chiropractic (WFC)
  • World Federation of Occupational Therapists (WFOT)
  • World Organization of Family Doctors (WONCA)
  • World Physiotherapy

WHO-FIC Annual Meetings