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15–18 Oct 2018
Khartoum, Sudan
Egypt timezone

Provisional Agenda

 

1.

Opening of the Session

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(a) Election of Officers

 

 

 

(b) Adoption of the Agenda

EM/RC65/1  

 

 

 

 

 

2.

Programme and Budget matters

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Programme Budget 2020-2021

EM/RC65/2  

 

 

 

 

 

3.

(a) Annual Report of the Regional Director 2017

 

EM/RC65/3

 

 

Progress reports on:

 

 

 (b) Eradication of poliomyelitis

EM/RC65/INF.DOC.1

 

 

 

 

(c) Scaling up family practice: progressing towards universal health coverage 

EM/RC65/INF.DOC.2

 

 

 

 

(d) Improving access to assistive technology

EM/RC65/INF.DOC.3

 

 

 

 

(e) Strategic framework on strengthening health laboratory services 2016–2020

EM/RC65/INF.DOC.4

 

 

 

 

(f) Implementation of the regional strategic framework for blood safety and availability 2016–2025

EM/RC65/INF.DOC.5

 

 

 

 

(g) Regional strategy and action plan for tobacco control reflecting the commitments of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control

EM/RC65/INF.DOC.6

 

 

 

 

(h) Progress of States Parties in implementing the International Health Regulations (2005), including Report of the Regional Assessment Commission 

EM/RC65/INF.DOC.7

 

 

 

 

(i) Health issues facing populations affected by disasters and emergencies

EM/RC65/INF.DOC.8

         

 

 

4.

Technical papers

 

 

(a) Advancing universal health coverage

EM/RC65/4

 

 

 

 

(b) Protecting populations from the impact of health emergencies

EM/RC65/5

 

 

 

 

(c) Promoting health and well-being

EM/RC65/6

 

 

 

 

(d) Optimizing WHO’s performance: countries at the centre

EM/RC65/7

 

 

 

 

(e) Private sector engagement for advancing universal health coverage

EM/RC65/8

 

 

 

5.

World Health Assembly and Executive Board

 

 

 

 

 

(a) Resolutions and decisions of regional interest adopted by the Seventy First World Health Assembly and the Executive Board at its 142nd and 143rd Sessions  

EM/RC65/9

 

 

 

 

(b) Review of the draft provisional agenda of the 144th Session of the WHO Executive Board

EM/RC65/9-Annex 1

 

 

 

 

(c) Global strategy on health, environment, and climate change 

EM/RC65/10

 

 

 

 

(d)WHO’s work on access to medicines and vaccines

EM/RC65/11

 

 

 

 

(e) Draft global action plan on the health of refugees and migrants

EM/RC65/12

 

 

 

6.

Nominations

 

 

 

 

 

Nomination of a Member State to the Joint Coordinating Board on the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Disease

EM/RC65/13

 

 

 

 

7.

Report of the third meeting of the Programme Subcommittee of the Regional Committee 

EM/RC65/14

 

 

 

8.

Awards

 

 

 

 

 

(a) Award of the Dr A.T. Shousha Foundation Prize and Fellowship

 

EM/RC65/INF.DOC.9

 

(b) Award of the State of Kuwait Prize for the Control of Cancer, Cardiovascular Diseases and Diabetes in the Eastern Mediterranean Region

 

EM/RC65/INF.DOC.10

 

(c) Award of the Down Syndrome Research Prize

EM/RC65/INF.DOC.11

 

 

 

9.

Place and date of future sessions of the Regional Committee

EM/RC65/INF.DOC.12

 

 

 

10.

Other business

 

 

 

 

11.

Closing session