WHO-FIC Network Annual Meeting 2014 | October 2014, Barcelona, Spain 1 |1 | WHO-FIC Council Update from WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific (WPRO) Mark Landry Coordinator, Health Intelligence and Innovation, WPRO

WHO-FIC Network Annual Meeting 2014 | October 2014, Barcelona, Spain 2 |2 |

3 |3 | Regional Activities Update Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Operationalizing global UHC monitoring framework in regional and national settings Indicators and dashboards Health Information and Intelligence Platform (HIIP) for the Western PacificHIIP –Increases access to multiple sources of health information and statistics for/from countries –Enhances data analysis and use with visualizations and dashboards to improve policy, planning, and communications Burden of disease analyses (e.g., Cambodia, Philippines, Fiji) for health sector planning Measuring and Achieving UHC with ICT conference 2- 5 December 2014, Manila, Philippines

WHO-FIC Network Annual Meeting 2014 | October 2014, Barcelona, Spain 4 |4 | Regional Activities Update NCD Monitoring and Surveillance Implementing global framework with Regional Action Plan Target #1 addresses premature mortality from NCDs with 2 indicators

WHO-FIC Network Annual Meeting 2014 | October 2014, Barcelona, Spain 5 |5 | Regional Activities Update Civil Registration & Vital Statistics (CRVS) Asia/Pacific Regional Partnership for Improving CRVS ( Website) Website –Health, Statistics, Civil Registrar –UN ESCAP, WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, UNHCR, Plan International, ADB, SPC Programme components –Legal framework and institutional capacity –Political commitment and public awareness –Completeness of registration of vital events –Quality of civil registration and vital statistics –Use and dissemination of vital statistics –Coordination and collaboration CRVS Investment Plans (Philippines additional in next months) November 2014 Bangkok, Thailand

WHO-FIC Network Annual Meeting 2014 | October 2014, Barcelona, Spain 6 |6 | Regional Activities Update Pacific CRVS Support: Brisbane Accord Group (BAG) 18 PICTs implementing Pacific Vital Statistics Action Plan Country assessments and action plans guided by multi-sectoral CRVS committees with accountability Focus on birth/death registration and cause of death, data analysis/reporting (April 2014 course) Analytical capacity-building: CRVS training, medical certification training, ICD-10 mortality and morbidity coding, curriculum changes (FNU)

WHO-FIC Network Annual Meeting 2014 | October 2014, Barcelona, Spain 7 |7 | Classifications Regional Priorities Multiple ICD/ICF implementation strategies in different country contexts –Pacific island countries: e.g., “coding as a service” model –Low/middle income countries: Tertiary hospitals (full), primary healthcare level (simplified) Building institutional and individual capacity –Training of Trainers in ICD coding –Physician training in death certification –Morbidity and mortality statistics analysis and report writing –Verbal autopsy (VA) –Hospital management (case-mix, DRGs) and health insurance schemes –Adapting techniques and learning from developed country experience ICF as an enabler for disabilities and rehabilitation initiative Implementation of WHO-FIC tools and informatics solutions

WHO-FIC Network Annual Meeting 2014 | October 2014, Barcelona, Spain 8 |8 | Call to Action Develop multiple pathways and approaches for low and middle income countries to adopt and implement ICD, ICF, (ICHI) from tertiary hospital down to primary healthcare (PHC) level –WHO-FIC Asia-Pacific Network ICD-10 Simplified Version –ICD tabulations linked to routine HIS reporting (DHIS2) Improve centralized access point to WHO-FIC Network resources and tools, including ICD updates Develop the business case (costs/benefits) for ICD-10 implementation and future ICD-11 adoption in low/middle income countries