Draft Resolution for recommendation of adoption and endorsement of ICD-11 at May 2019 World Health Assembly

Post #351 Shortlink: https://wp.me/pKrrB-4OJ

An update on World Health Organization (WHO) Executive Board and World Health Assembly (WHA) business:

The 144th Session (EB144) of the World Health Organization Executive Board took place in Geneva between 24 January — 1 February 2019.

Executive Board 144th Session website

“The Executive Board is composed of 34 individuals technically qualified in the field of health, each one designated by a Member State elected to do so by the World Health Assembly. Member States are elected for three-year terms.

“The Board meets at least twice a year; the main meeting is normally in January, with a second shorter meeting in May, immediately after the Health Assembly. The main functions of the Executive Board are to give effect to the decisions and policies of the Health Assembly, to advise it and generally to facilitate its work.”

These January Executive Board meetings generate a considerable number of documents. Documentation is available from this page EB144 Meeting Documents.

Key document for Recommendation for Adoption of ICD-11 at WHA72:

World Health Organization, EXECUTIVE BOARD 144th Session

Provisional agenda item 5.9

EB144/22 12 December 2018

Eleventh revision of the International Classification of Diseases

Report by the Director-General

On p10 (Item 53), the Executive Board was invited to consider a draft resolution.

Below is the document containing the text of the draft resolution with proposed amendments from Member States inserted in bold text:

World Health Organization, EXECUTIVE BOARD 144th Session

Agenda item 5.9

EB144/CONF./9 31 January 2019

Eleventh revision of the International Classification of Diseases

Draft resolution proposed by the Secretariat with amendments from Member States

World Health Assembly

The 72nd World Health Assembly takes place this month, in Geneva, from 20 — 28 May 2019.

“The World Health Assembly is the decision-making body of WHO. It is attended by delegations from all WHO Member States and focuses on a specific health agenda prepared by the Executive Board. The main functions of the World Health Assembly are to determine the policies of the Organization, appoint the Director-General, supervise financial policies, and review and approve the proposed programme budget. The Health Assembly is held annually in Geneva, Switzerland.”

72nd World Health Assembly (WHA72)

Documentation page for WHA72

Two key documents for Recommendation for Adoption of ICD-11 at WHA72:

WHO SEVENTY-SECOND WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY

Provisional agenda item 12.7 

A72/29 4 April 2019

Eleventh revision of the International Classification of Diseases

Report by the Director-General

Extract:

“1. The Executive Board at its 144th session considered an earlier version of this report,¹ containing a draft resolution.² The Board noted the report but agreed to suspend consideration of the draft resolution so that informal consultations could be held during the intersessional period prior to the Seventy-second World Health Assembly. A separate report will be submitted to provide details of the outcome of the consultations.³”

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1 Document EB144/22.
2 See the summary records of the Executive Board at its 144th session, eleventh meeting and twelfth meeting, section 1.
3 Document A72/29 Add.1.

and the revised Draft Resolution on ICD-11:

Provisional agenda item 12.7 

A72/29 Add.111 April 2019

Extract:

“1. In line with the course of action agreed by the Executive Board at its 144th session in January 2019,¹ the Secretariat convened informal consultations during the intersessional period in respect of a draft resolution on the eleventh revision of the International Classification of Diseases. The consultations took place in Geneva on 22 February, 7 March and 21 March 2019. The three sessions enabled the draft resolution to be revised.”

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1 Document A72/29.

Should any additional documents relating to the presentation of ICD-11 for recommendation for adoption be posted on the WHA72 documents page I will update this post.

The most recent release of the ICD-11 MMS version for preparation for implementation, Coding tool, Reference Guide and additional materials can be viewed here:

ICD-11 for Mortality and Morbidity Statistics (Version : 04 / 2019)

If adopted, endorsement would not come into effect until 1 January 2022.

Information session on ICD-11 slides

Document EB144/22 (Report by the Director-General) included a link for slides from a presentation given by Dr Robert Jakob, Team Leader, WHO, Geneva, Classifications, Terminologies and Standards:

Presentation slides (Dr Robert Jakob, November 2018):

Information session on ICD-11

I have been unable to find a transcript or video for this presentation. The slides include an overview of the structure of ICD-11, timelines for preparation for adoption, overview of proposed draft resolution, implementation package, post-endorsement maintenance and update process etc.

Slide 20/31:

Slide #22 notes outcomes of several CSAC and MSAC reviews and decisions, including the decision in November 2018 to retain the ICD-10 G93.3 entities (Postviral fatigue syndrome; Benign myalgic encephalomyelitis; Chronic fatigue syndrome) in the Diseases of the nervous system chapter [1][2]:

Slide 22/31:

References:

1 ICD-11 proposal submitted by Dr Tarun Dua on November 06, 2017; Processed on November 19, 2018

2 WHO’s rejection of Dr Tarun Dua’s proposal of November 06, 2017

3 For status of proposals for PVFS, BME and CFS see Post #350: ICD-11: Recently processed proposals for Postviral fatigue syndrome, ME, CFS; Fatigue; and Bodily distress disorder

and PDF: Recently processed ICD-11 proposals v3