Collaborating Centres for the WHO Family of International Classifications (WHO-FIC)

WHO works with a network of Collaborating Centres 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 Centres have been established to assist WHO and users with the development and implementation of WHO-FIC 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

Australian Collaborating Centre

Head of Centre: Dr Penny Allbon
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

Collaborating Centre for the WHO-FIC in Chinese

Head of Centre: Dr Dong Jingwu
Peking Union Medical College (PUMC) Hospital
Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CAMS), Beijing, 100730, People's Republic of China
Tel: +86 010 6522 4831
Fax: +86 010 6522 4831
Email: dongjw@cdm.imicams.ac.cn

Collaborating Centre for the WHO-FIC in Dutch

Head of Centre: Dr Marijke W. de Kleijn-de Vrankrijker
National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM)
PO Box 1, 3720 BA Biolthoven,
The Netherlands,
phone: +31 30 274 4276, fax +31 30 274 4450,
e-mail marijke.de.kleijn@rivm.nl,
website: www.rivm.nl/who-fic

Collaborating Centre for the WHO-FIC in French

Heads of Centre: M. Gérard Pavillon (ICD), Marc Maudinet (ICF)
INSERM
101 rue de Tolbiac, 75654 Paris Cedex 13, France
Tel: +33 1 134 80 24 62
Fax: +33 1 134 80 24 29
Email: pavillon@vesinet.inserm.fr
Website

Collaborating Centre for the WHO-FIC in German

Head of Centre: Dr Michael Schopen
DIMDI
Waisenhausgasse 36-38A, Koln 50676, Germany
Tel: + 49 221 4724 297
Fax: +49 221 4724 444
Email: schopen@dimdi.de
Web: www.dimdi.de

Collaborating Centre for the WHO-FIC in Italian

Head: Dr Carlo Francescutti
Agenzia Regionale Per La Sanità (ARSFVG)
P.le Santa Maria della Misericordia 15, 33100 Udine, Italie Tel: +39-432-549230 (office) +39 (328) 100 4558) (Mobile)
Email: carlo.francescutti@sanita.fvg.it

Collaborating Centre for the WHO-FIC in Nordic Countries

Head of Centre: Dr Martti Virtanen
Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Uppsala University
Uppsala Science Park
SE-751 85 Uppsala, Sweden
Tel: +46 18 54 26 56
Fax: +46 18 50 64 04
Email: martti.virtanen@nordclass.uu.se
Web: www.nordclass.uu.se

Collaborating Centre for the WHO-FIC in Portuguese

Head of Centre: Professor Ruy Laurenti
School of Public Health of the University of Sao Paulo
Av. Dr. Arnaldo, 715 , 01246-904 Sao Paulo , Brazil Tel:+55 11 3083 4246
Fax:+55 11 3083 4246
Email: laurenti@usp.br
Web (in Portuguese): http://hygeia.fsp.usp.br/~cbcd

Collaborating Centre for the WHO-FIC in Russian

Head of Centre: Dr. Eduard Salakhov
National Research Institute for Public Health
Ul. Vorontsovo d.12/1
105064 Moscow, Russian Federation
Tel:+7 495 917 21 83
Fax:+7 495 916 03 98
Email: edsalakhov@mail.ru

Collaborating Centre for the WHO-FIC in Spanish

Head of Centre: Dr. José J. Chique G.
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.
Telefonos: 0058-0212-4060218 / 0058-0212-4080220 / 0058-0212-4080221 Fax.
e-mail: cevece.venezuela@yahoo.es

Mexican Collaborating Centre

Head of Centre:Dr. Gabriela Villarreal Levy
Directora General de Información en Salud
Subsecretaría de Innovación y Calidad en Salud
Secretaría de Salud
Reforma No. 450 - 11vo. Piso
Col. Juárez, México D.F.
Tel. 55143356, 55145294
Dra. Gabriela Villarreal Levy
gvillarreal@salud.gob.mx

North American Collaborating Centre

Head of Centre: Ms Marjorie S. Greenberg
Head, WHO Collaborating Center for the Family of International
Classifications for North America
National Center for Health Statistics
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
3311 Toledo Road, Room 2413
Hyattsville, MD 20782
USA
301-458-4245 (phone)
301-458-4022 (fax)
Email:msg1@cdc.gov
Web: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/otheract/icd9/nacc.htm

Organisations as Candidates for Collaborating Center Status

Japan

Head: Dr Kenji Shuto
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: shuto-kenji@mhlw.go.jp

Nigeria

Head: Professor Oye Gureje
Department Of Psychiatry University Of Ibadan, University College Hospital, Pmb 5116, Ibadan Oyo, Nigeria Tel:+234 2 2410 146
Fax:+234 2 2410 489
Email: gureje.o@skannet.com

South Africa

Head: Lyn Hanmer
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