WHO - FAMILY OF INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATIONS NETWORK ANNUAL MEETING 2014 A NETWORK WITHIN A NETWORK: THE IBEROAMERCIAN EXPERIENCE Poster 165 Authors: Alejandro Giusti (AMRO, Uruguay), Aline Jiménez (Health Statistical Office, CEMECE, Mexico) October 2014 Barcelona, Spain

The AMRO Network (now IB-WHO-FIC, the Ibero- American Network for the WHO-FIC) was launched in Its purposes are: to develop an annual WP that includes training and health data quality programs; to promote a collective development of tools to strengthen Health Information Systems (HIS); to foster the creation of NRCs and establish common criteria among members; to participate collectively the WHO-FIC Network and its different Committees. 12 – 18 October 2013 Beijing, China

AMRO WHO-FIC: CC, NRC and NRC in process

12 – 18 October 2013 Beijing, China

Practices developed for the network under three RELACSIS WP Led by CEMECE 1) Regional course for 25 trainers in FIC (Ecuador) for participants of Bolivia, Ecuador, Paraguay and Peru; 2) courses for 25 coders in ICD-10 in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua. Special sessions with interagency committees to promote the creation of CNR were developed. Ecuador and Bolivia developed nationals courses in ICD-10 for more than 200 coders and health care professionals. Chile, Panama launched their NRC in Ecuador, Paraguay, Bolivia, El Salvador and Colombia are working on their ToRs.

12 – 18 October 2013 Beijing, China Led by Mexico and Argentina. 2 Online course for coders in (ICD-10) thorough PAHO virtual campus. 1rst course: 8 countries, 94 participants. Now 15 countries, 300 participants. Led by Mexico, Argentina and Uruguay. Online course for properly filling out the death certificate. 15 countries, 150 medical doctors. The course is now available for all countries thorough PAHO virtual campus. Now translating in English for CC. Led by Mexico. Spread of the Mexican version of the MMDS software coding causes of death with ICD countries. WG to develop IRIS Spanish version PAHO developed a guideline for deliberate search of maternal deaths based on the experience of Brazil and Mexico and disseminated thorough the RELACSIS portal.

12 – 18 October 2013 Beijing, China Near future Under the framework of RELACSIS WP the Iberoamerican Network for the WHO-FIC is: 1. Working to select new practices to develop and disseminate thorough countries; 2. Planning to participate and coordinate actions with WHO FIC Network in piloting: ICD-11 in the Spanish version; ICHI new version in Spanish; IRIS version in Spanish; The uses of new classifications (as DENGE) in eight American countries 3. To develop a position paper of consequences of conceptual and classifications changes between ICD-10 and ICD-11.

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