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Central Bureau of Health Intelligence (CBHI), has been designated as a World Health Organisation Collaborating Centre (WHO-CC) on Family of International Classifications (FIC) in India with the following activities as a WHO Collaborating Centre:-

(1). Assist WHO in the development, maintenance and revision of the Classifications, Terminologies and Standards (CTS) products, in particular the International Classification of Diseases (ICD), the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) with their relevant terminological and ontological aspects.

(2). Support global work with active participation in implementation, education, electronic tools, terminology, and other activities which assist WHO in the development, testing, implementation, use, improvement and updating of the FIC.

(3). Collaborate with local and regional users of classifications by networking, providing support for, and disseminating information about FIC.

(4). Promote the use of the FIC through developing, formulating and sharing teaching materials, organizing and conducting local, regional and global training.

Major Objectives:-

To promote the development & use of the WHO Family of International Classifications (WHO-FIC) including the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD), the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF), and other derived and related classifications and to contribute to their implementation and improvement in the light of the empirical experience by multiple parties as a common language
Contribute to the development of methodologies for the use of the WHO-FIC to facilitate the measurement of health states, interventions and outcomes on a sufficiently consistent and reliable basis to permit comparisons within and between countries at the same point in time by:
- Supporting the work of the various committees and work groups established to assist WHO in the development, testing, implementation, use, improvement, updating and revision of the member components of the WHO-FIC.
- Studying aspects related to the structure, interpretation and application of contents those concerning taxonomy, linguistics, terminologies and nomenclatures.
- Participating in the quality assurance procedures of the WHO-FIC classifications regarding norms of use, training and data collection and application rules.

Networking with current and potential users of the WHO-FIC and act as reference centre by:
1. Assisting WHO Headquarters and the Regional Offices in the preparation of member components of the WHO-FIC and other relevant materials.
2. Participating actively in updating and revising the member components of the WHO-FIC.
3. Providing support to existing and potential users of the WHO-FIC and of the data derived in India and SEARO Region. Linkage will also be made with other countries of Asian Pacific Region for seeking status on FIC implementation.
Work in at least one related and/or derived area of the WHO-FIC: Specialty- based adaptations, primary care adaptations, interventions/procedures, injury classification (ICECI).

National Collaborating Institutions of CBHI (WHO - CC on FIC) w.r.t. International Classifications of Functioning, Disability & Health (ICF).

Area of Specialty	No.	Name of Institute/Organization
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation	1	Department of PMR, Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi - 110029
	2	Department of PMR, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi - 110029
	3	Department of Orthopedics, Christian Medical College, Vellore - 632002,Tamil Nadu
	4	Department of Physiotherapy, MCOAHS, Manipal University, Manipal - 576104, Karnataka
Speech & Hearing Disability	5	Ali Yavar Jung, National Institute for the Hearing Handicapped, Mumbai - 400050
Visually Handicapped	6	National Institute for Visually Handicapped, Dehradun - 248001, Uttrakhand.
Mental/Health Psychiatry	7	Department of Psychiatric Social Work, NIMHANS, Hosur Road, Bangalore – 560029, Karnataka
Mental/Health Psychiatry	8	Schizophrenia Research Foundation, R – 7A, North Main Road, Anna Nagar West (Extn.), Chennai – 600101, Tamil Nadu.
Important Participatory Ministries	9	Directorate of Armed Forces Medical Services, Ministry of Defence,New Delhi -110001.
	10	Directorate of Health, Ministry of Railways, New Delhi -110001 and
	11	Health Commissionerate, ESI Corporation, Ministry of labour, New Delhi

WHO Collaborating Centers for the Family of International Classifications (ICD-10, ICF & ICHI) In the World and India

WHO works with a network of Collaborating Centers to develop, disseminate, implement and update the WHO Family of International Classifications to support national and international health information systems, statistics and evidence. The Collaborating Centers have been established to assist WHO and users with the development and implementation of WHO-Family of International Classifications. It is important that users bring to the attention of the respective Centre any significant problems they might encounter in the use of WHO-FIC classifications. Proposals for amendments or additions to the classifications should be directed, in the first instance, to the relevant Centre.

Designated Collaborating Centers

1.1 Australia Head: Ms Jenny Hargreaves Australian Institute of Health and Welfare GPO Box 570 Canberra ACT 2601 Australia Tel: +61 2 6244 1000 Fax: +61 2 6244 1111 Email: who_fic@aihw.gov.au Web: www.aihw.gov.au	1.2 China Head: Dr Aimin Liu and Dr Zhuoying Qiu Peking Union Medical College (PUMC) Hospital Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CAMS), No.1 Shuaifuyuan Hutong, Dongcheng District, Beijing, 100730, People's Republic of China Tel: +86 010 6522 4831 Fax: +86 010 6522 4831 Email: amliu.118@gmail.com Email: qiuhong100@yahoo.com
1.3 Republic of Korea Head:Dr Hee Mok Won Social Security Information Service Dae-Kyo building 5F, 1107 Ho Gyae-dong Dongan-gu Anyang-Si, Gyeonggi-Do 431-080 Republic of Korea Tel:+82 (2) 6360-6000 Fax: +82 (2) 6360-6006 Email: koreawhofic@ssis.or.kr Web: http://www.khwis.or.kr	1.4 France Head: Mme Claire Rondet and Mme Marie Cuenot INSERM-CépiDc 80 Rue du Général Leclerc 94270 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre Cedex, France Email: claire.rondet@inserm.fr Email: Marie.Cuenot@ehesp.fr Website: http://www.inserm.fr
1.5 Germany Head: Dr Stefanie Weber German Institute of Medical Documentation and Information (DIMDI) Waisenhausgasse 36-38A, Koln 50676, Germany Tel: + 49 221 4724 485 Fax: +49 221 4724 444 Email: weber@dimdi.de Website: www.dimdi.de	1.6 India Head: Dr Madhu Raikwar Director, Central Bureau of Health Intelligence (CBHI), Directorate General of Health Services) (DGHS) Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MOHFW) Government of India (GOI) 404 A, 401 A,Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi-110108, India Tel: /Fax :+91 (11) 2306 3175 and 23062695 Email: dircbhi@.nic.in Websites: www.cbhidghs.nic.in
1.7 Italy Head: : Dr Lucilla Frattura Responsabile Centro collaboratore italiano dell'OMS per la Famiglia delle classificazioni internazionali Direzione centrale salute integrazione sociosanitaria, politiche sociali e famiglia Regione Autonoma Friuli Venezia Giulia Via Pozzuolo 330 33100 Udine - Italia Tel: +39 0432 805605 (office) +3666205553 (Mobile) Email: lucilla.frattura@regione.fvg.it Web: www.reteclassificazioni.it	1.8 Japan Head: Dr Kei Mori Director, Japan ICD Office International Classification and Information Management Office Statistics and Information Department Minister's Secretariat Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare 1-2-2 Kasumigaseki, Chiyodaku, Tokyo, Japan Tel: +81 3 52 53 11 11 Fax: +81 3 35 95 16 70 Email: icdoffice@mhlw.go.jp
1.9 Kuwait Head: Dr Mijbel Alnajjar Director of Statistics and Medical Records Health Information and Medical Records Ministry of Health, Kuwait Abdulaziz Hamad Alsaqr St. P.O. Box 5286 Safat, PC-13053 Mirqab, Kuwait E-mail: doctorm80@hotmail.com Web: http://www.moh.gov.kw/ Phone:+965-22429862 &Fax: +965-22407673	1.10 Mexico Head: Lic. Juan Carlos Reyes Oropeza Directora General de Información en Salud Subsecretaría de Integración y Desarrollo del Sector Salud Secretaría de Salud Reforma No. 450 - 11vo. Piso Col. Juárez, México D.F. Tel: 55143356, 55145294 Email: carlos.reyes@salud.gob.mx
1.11 Norway Head: Dr Lars Berg Nordic Centre for Classifications in Health Care Norwegian Directorate of Health PO Box 7000, St Olavs pass NO-0130 Oslo, Norway Tel: +47 24 16 31 50 Mob: +46 70 162 32 21 Fax: +47 24 16 30 16 Email: adm@nordclass.org Web: www.nordclass.org	1.12 Netherlands Head: Dr H. Ten Napel, and Mr Coen H. van Gool National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) PO Box 1, 3720 BA Bilthoven, The Netherlands, Tel: +31 30 274 4276 Fax: +31 30 274 4450, huib.ten.napel@rivm.nl Email: coen.van.gool@rivm.nl Website: www.rivm.nl/who-fic
1.13 South Africa Head: Dr Lyn Hanmer Informatics and Knowledge Management Directorate South African Medical Research Council PO Box 19070, Tygerberg, South Africa 7505 Tel:+27 (21) 938 0343 Fax: +27 21 9380310 Email: Lyn.Hanmer@mrc.ac.za Web: www.mrc.ac.za	1.14 Russia Head: Dr Vitaly Belov National Research Institute for Public Health 12 Vorontsovo Pole 12/1, 105064 Moscow, Russian Federation Tel: +7 495 917 48 86 Fax: +7 495 916 03 98 Email: vitalybb@mail.ru Web: http://www.nriph.ru
1.15 Thailand Head: Dr Wansa Paoin Ministry of Public Health Bureau of Policy and Strategy Office of the Permanent Secretary Thai Health Standard Coding Center Tiwanon Road Nonthaburi, 11000 Thailand Tel: +66 2-5901492 Fax: +66 2-9659816 Email: wansa@tu.ac.th Web: http://thcc.or.th	1.16 North America Head: : Ms Donna Pickett National Center for Health Statistics Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 3311 Toledo Road, Room 2337 Hyattsville, MD 20782-2002 USA Tel: +1 (301) 458-4434 Fax: +1 (301) 458-4022 Email: dfp4@cdc.gov Web: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/otheract/icd9/nacc.htm
1.17 United Kingdom Head: Mrs Lynn Bracewell Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) Data and Information Services/Information Standards Delivery/Clinical Classifications Service Floor 2, Princes Exchange, Princes Square LS1 4HY West Yorkshire Tel: +44 (0) 113 397 4399 Email: lynn.bracewell@hscic.gov.uk Web: http://www.hscic.gov.uk	1.18 Venezuela Head: Dr Cruz Cordero Centro Venezolano de Clasificación de Enfermedades Centro Colaborador OPS/OMS para la CIE, en idioma español Ministerio del Poder Popular para la Salud Centro Simón Bolívar, Edif. Sur, piso 3, Ofic. 315 Urb. El Silencio, ZP: 1010, Caracas, DC. República Bolivariana de Venezuela. Tel: +58 212 4080220 / +58 212 4080218 Fax: +58 212 4080221 Email: cevece.venezuela@yahoo.es

Designated Collaborating Centres for Classifications, Terminologies, and Standards

Collaborating Centre for Classifications, Terminologies and Standards

Head of Centre: Dr Mark Musen
Stanford Center for Biomedical Informatics
Stanford University
1265 Welch Road, Room X-215
California 94305 U.S.A.
Tel: +1 (650) 723-6979
Fax: +1 (650) 725-7944
Email: musen@stanford.edu
Web: http://bmir.stanford.edu

Collaborating Centre for Classifications, Terminologies and Standards

Head of Centre: Dr Hongfang Liu
Division of Biomedical Statistics and Informatics
Mayo Clinic
200 First Street S.W.
Minnesota 55905 U.S.A.
Tel: +1 (507) 284-5506
Fax: +1 (507) 202-5818
Email: Liu.Hongfang@mayo.edu
Web: http://www.mayo.edu/research/departments-divisions/department-health-sciences-research/division-biomedical-statistics-informatics/overview

Source: WHO Website accessed at http://www.who.int/classifications/network/collaborating/en/

Note: Last updated on 18.08.2016

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