Menu

News & Events

15 Dec 2022
Webinar on regional cause-of-death training and ICD-11
TAGS

The Pacific Community (SPC) in collaboration with Brisbane Accord Group (BAG) partners will be running workshops for Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs) on medical certification of cause of death (MCCD) and ICD mortality coding. The workshops will also provide guidance on the new version of ICD (ICD-11). These workshops will be implemented under the Pacific Islands Regional Programme on Strengthening the Availability and Quality of Causes of Death Data supported by the Bloomberg Philanthropies Data for Health Initiative. This project builds on the support for CRVS systems strengthening that BAG has provided to PICTs since 2010. Working with previously trained individuals, the aim is to build a pool of trained professionals who would lead capacity strengthening efforts in the region through peer-to-peer training and support.

A virtual workshop will be held on the Thursday 15th December 2022. Please join through the meeting link here. This webinar will:

  • Present an overview of regional initiatives to strengthen cause of death data including training-of-trainers workshops on medical death certification and ICD mortality coding planned for February-March 2023

  • Identify individual country needs for support

  • Provide an overview of ICD-11

    Country participants should kindly complete a short questionnaire prior to the workshop, to help the organizers identify the type of technical support needed for cause-of-death certification and coding. Anyone with an interest in discussing regional training and support for medical death certification and ICD mortality coding, and the implementation of ICD-11 in the Pacific Island region are welcome to attend the webinar. Target participants include:

  • Doctors and ICD mortality coders

  • Managers and analysts of cause-of-death data, producers of vital statistics (mortality

    and cause-of-death statistics)

  • Officials from national health departments and statistics department

    If you have any questions, please email ScottP@spc.int or carah@unsw.edu.au Find out more detail here

More News

30 August 2024

The Data for Health Initiative works with governments and partners to improve public health data in…

30 August 2024

The UN Resident Coordinator Office (RCO) in Indonesia organized a courtesy visit and meeting…

30 August 2024

ESCAP, in collaboration with Badan Pusat Statistik (BPS-Statistics Indonesia) and supported by the…

30 July 2024

ESCAP and the Pacific Community (SPC) are organising a virtual meeting for the Pacific Civil…

30 July 2024

The Government of Papua New Guinea, with the support by UNICEF PNG, aims to boost birth…

30 July 2024

Congratulations to Armenia for being the first to submit the completed questionnaire for the 2025…

30 July 2024

The ICD-11 Training Curriculum for International Classification of Diseases 11th Revision (ICD-11)…

30 July 2024

A recent UNICEF blog highlights recent improvements to the birth registration and certification…

30 July 2024

Cambodia has held a workshop on the implementation of the nation’s new digital Notification and…

30 July 2024

The Solomon Islands government, in partnership with Bloomberg Philanthropies Data for Health…