REGIONAL COMMITTEE FOR THE EM/RC68/1 EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN 68th session WHO Regional Office, Cairo, Egypt,
11–14 October 2021
Provisional Agenda
1. Opening of the session
(a) Election of Officers
(b) Adoption of the Agenda EM/RC68/1 EM/RC68/2 2.
(a) Annual Report of the Regional Director 2020 EM/RC68/3 Progress reports on:
(b) Eradication of poliomyelitis EM/RC68/INF.DOC.1
(c) Mid-term review of progress in implementing the regional tobacco control strategy EM/RC68/INF.DOC.2
(d) Scaling up mental health care: a framework for action EM/RC68/INF.DOC.3
(e) Regional framework for action on climate change EM/RC68/INF.DOC.4
(f) Regional framework on ending preventable newborn, child and adolescent deaths and improving health and development EM/RC68/INF.DOC.5
(g) Framework for action for the hospital sector in the Eastern Mediterranean Region EM/RC68/INF.DOC.6
(h) Developing national institutional capacity for evidence?informed policy-making for health EM/RC68/INF.DOC.7
(i) Accelerating regional implementation of the Political Declaration of the Third High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases, 2018 EM/RC68/INF.DOC.8
(j) Regional framework for action to strengthen the public health response to substance use EM/RC68/INF.DOC.9
(k) COVID 19 preparedness and response activities in the Region EM/RC68/INF.DOC.10
(l) Accreditation of regional non-State actors to the Regional Committee EM/RC68/INF.DOC.11
(m)Health issues facing populations affected by disasters and emergencies including IHR [special update] EM/RC68/INF.DOC.1
3. Technical papers
(a) Accelerating health emergency preparedness and response – a plan of action EM/RC68/4
(b) A regional strategy for integrated disease surveillance – overcoming data fragmentation in the Eastern Mediterranean Region EM/RC68/5
(c) Building resilient communities for better health and well-being EM/RC68/6
(d) Addressing diabetes as a public health challenge in the Eastern Mediterranean Region EM/RC68/7
4. World Health Assembly and Executive Board
(a) Programme and budget matters - Revision of Proposed Programme Budget 22-23 - Sustainable financing
(b) Governance matters EM/RC68/8 EM/RC68/9
- Resolutions and decisions of regional interest adopted by the Seventy-fourth World Health Assembly and the Executive Board at its 148th and 149th sessions EM/RC68/10
- Review of the draft provisional agenda of the 150th session of the WHO Executive Board EM/RC68/10-Annex 1
- Membership of WHO bodies and committees EM/RC68/11
- Transformation update EM/RC68/12
5. Report of the fifth meeting of the Technical Advisory Committee to the Regional Director EM/RC68/13
6. Report of the tenth and eleventh meeting of the Programme Subcommittee of the Regional Committee EM/RC68/14 EM/RC68/15
7. Report of the first and second meeting of the Regional Subcommittee for Polio Eradication and Outbreaks EM/RC68/16 EM/RC68/17
8. Awards
(a) Award of the State of Kuwait Prize for the Control of Cancer, Cardiovascular Diseases and Diabetes in the Eastern Mediterranean Region EM/RC68/INF.DOC.13
(b) Award of the Down Syndrome Research Prize EM/RC68/INF.DOC.14
9. Place and date of future sessions of the Regional Committee EM/RC68/INF.DOC.15
10. Other business
11. Closing session
