Minister of the Interior and Health Sophie Løhde (V) admits to Jyllands-Posten that seven years is too long to implement a new diagnostic system adopted by the World Health Organization (WHO). (Archive photo). Photo: Thomas Traasdahl/Ritzau Scanpix
New diagnostic system has not been implemented in Denmark after seven years
Denmark has not yet implemented ICD-11, the new diagnosis system adopted by the World Health Organization (WHO) seven years ago. Although Denmark is obligated to adopt the system, it continues to use ICD-10 from 1994, while countries like Uganda and Rwanda have already implemented the...
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