The FIF is being established at a moment when core global public health goods are seriously underfunded-in particular, the WHO Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator (ACT-A), which plays a central role in addressing the current gross inequity in access to Covid testing, treatments, and vaccine between high-income countries and LMICs.
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What does who-FIC stand for?
WHO Collaborating Centres for the Family of International Classifications (WHO FIC CC). WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus addressing the WHO-FIC Network on the occasion of its 50th Anniversary - October 2020.
What is who-FIC global collaboration?
Global collaboration in support of maintenance and development of WHO-FIC and promoting the implementation of WHO-FIC in WHO Member States. WHO Collaborating Centres for the Family of International Classifications (WHO FIC CC).
What is who’s new partnership with FIFA All About?
WHO will provide technical advice to FIFA on a variety of health matters, such as ensuring tobacco-free environments at FIFA events and encouraging national football federations to adopt tobacco-free policies, including at stadiums. WHO and FIFA have already cooperated to ban tobacco at football tournaments, including the 2018 World Cup.
What are the different committees of the who-FIC network?
The WHO-FIC Network has established four 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...
WHO Family of International Classifications Network
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.
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The WHO-FIC Network has established four 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).
