List of relevant International classifications

Health interventions

The International Classification of Health Interventions (ICHI) provides a common tool for reporting and analysing health interventions for statistical purposes. This classification is built around (1) the target (2) the action and (3) the means.

The classification of digital health interventions (DHIs) categorizes the different ways in which digital and mobile technologies are being used to support health system needs.

Health indicators

This is a standard set of 100 indicators prioritized by the global community to provide concise information on the health situation and trends, including responses at national and global levels.

This resource is the standardized WHO glossary of the following terms:

  • Public health data terms: Including those related to collection, disaggregation, analysis and management of public health data.
  • Statistical terms: Incorporating the most common statistical methods used to analyse public health data and health indicators.
  • Health indicator terms: Comprising terminology related to health indicators such as definitions, classification and validation.