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International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation

Alright kiddo, let me explain what an International Health Terminology Standards Development Organization is. So, imagine a group of people who want to talk about health and diseases but they are from different countries and they speak different languages. They need to find a way to be able to understand each other, right?

That is where the International Health Terminology Standards Development Organization comes in. They are a group of people who work together to create a set of rules and terms that everyone can use to talk about health and diseases. These rules and terms are called standards, and they help make sure that everyone uses the same words to describe the same things.

For example, let's say you and I want to talk about a disease called "cancer." In some countries, they might use a different word to describe the same disease, but with the help of these standards, we know that we are talking about the same thing even if we use different words.

So basically, this organization helps make communication about health and diseases easier and more accurate between people from all around the world. Pretty cool, right?