International Activities The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) maintains international health statistics programs with both developed and developing countries all around the world. These programs consist of cooperative ventures and collaborative research on analytical and methodological issues, technical assistance and consultation, training and information exchange, and joint activities with multi-national agencies. In addition, NCHS sponsors international meetings and symposia, and contributes to other international forums through scientific articles and presentations. Through these efforts, NCHS seeks to improve the availability and quality of health data in both the United States and other countries. The international research program is carried out in collaboration with other countries and with other agencies of the Public Health Service (PHS). An important part of this research is carried out through International Collaborative Efforts (ICE's), which bring together domestic and foreign experts to focus on specific health issues of mutual interest to the participating countries. Research findings from these analytic research projects are used to provide guidance to specific U.S. PHS programs and to improve the health statistical activities of NCHS. Current topics included in these collaborative research projects are perinatal and infant mortality, health and health care of the elderly, injuries, and automating mortality. The Center directly supports the World Health Organization (WHO) in worldwide health statistics activities by promoting domestic and international development and use of the International Classification of Diseases and the International Classification of Impairments, Disabilities, and Handicaps. This is accomplished through the WHO Collaborating Center for Classification of Diseases for North America, housed at NCHS. NCHS also serves as the WHO Collaborating Center for Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys, helping to disseminate its unique capabilities in complex health survey design and health examination data collection and analysis. International Mortality Database
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