Day one | Day two | Day three | Day four
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Sunday, 2 October |
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09.00-10.00 |
A. Opening of the Session (Kuwait Conference Hall) |
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a) Recital from the Holy Quran |
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b) Formal Opening of the Session by H.E. Dr Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Al-Rabeeah, Minister of Health, Saudi Arabia, and Chairman of the Fifty-seventh Session of the Regional Committee. |
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c) Address by Dr Hussein A. Gezairy, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean |
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d) Opening Remarks by Dr Margaret Chan, WHO Director-General |
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10.00-10.30 |
First Coffee Break (at the Pergola) |
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10.30-12.40 |
B. Regular Sessions (Kuwait Conference Hall) a) Election of Officers
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(Agenda item 1 (a)) |
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b) Adoption of the Agenda |
(Agenda item 1(b)) |
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c) Decisions on:
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d) Award of Dr A.T. Shousha Foundation Prize for 2011 |
(Agenda item 10(a)) EM/RC58/INF.DOC.9 |
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e) Award of the State of Kuwait Prize for the Control of |
(Agenda item 10(b)) EM/RC58/INF.DOC.10 |
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f) Address by Dr Margaret Chan, WHO Director-General |
(Agenda item 10(c)) EM/RC57/INF.DOC.8 |
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g) Launch of the Country Cooperation Strategy (CCS) of Somalia |
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h) World No Tobacco Day Award to Dr Mariam Al Jalahma (Bahrain) |
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i) Annual Report of the Regional Director for the year 2010 and Progress Reports
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(Agenda item 2)
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12.40 -13.00 |
j) Group Photo all members of delegations |
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13.00-14.00 |
Lunch Break |
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14.00-15.30 |
Annual Report of the Regional Director for the year 2010 and Progress Reports (continued)
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(Agenda item 2) |
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Report on the Regional Consultative Committee (35th meeting)
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Agenda item 6 (a) |
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Presentation on Mass Medicine by Dr Ziad Memish, Assistant Deputy Minister for Preventive Medicine, Ministry of Health, Riyadh
Strategic directions for scaling up research for health in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
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(Agenda item 4(d)) EM/RC58/6
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15.30 |
Second Coffee Break |
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20.30-22.30 |
Dinner hosted by the Regional Director |
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Monday, 3 October |
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8.00 : 10.00 |
Dengue: call for urgent interventions for a rapidly expanding emerging disease
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(Agenda item 4(a)) EM/RC58/3
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Scaling up the Expanded Programme on Immunization to meet global and regional targets
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(Agenda item 4(b))
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10.00-10.30 |
First Coffee Break |
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10.30-13.00 |
Nomination of the Regional Director (Private Meeting) |
(Agenda item 5) EM/RC58/WP.1 |
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1300-14.00 |
Lunch Break |
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14.00-15.30 |
Review of the draft provisional agenda of EB130
Short Intervention by H.R.H. Prince Abdulaziz Ahmad Al-Saud
WHO Reform for a healthy future
Resolutions and decisions of regional interest adopted by the Sixty-fourth World Health Assembly
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(Agenda item 7 (b)) EM/RC58/9-Annex I
(Agenda item 7(c)) EM/RC58/12
(Agenda item 7(a)) EM/RC58/9
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15.30 : 16.00 |
Second Coffee Break |
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Tuesday, 4 October |
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08.00-10.00 |
Technical Papers:
Strategy for mental health and substance abuse in the Eastern Mediterranean Region 2012–2016
Report of the 25th meeting of the Eastern Mediterranean Advisory Committee on Health Research
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(Agenda item 4 (C)) EM/RC58/5
(Agenda item 6 (b)) EM/RC58/8
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10.00-10.30 |
First Coffee Break |
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10.30-13.00 |
Technical Discussions: |
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Managing the use of public health pesticides in the face of the increasing burden of vector-borne diseases
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(Agenda item3) |
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13.00-14.00 |
Lunch Break |
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14.00-15.30 |
Nomination of a Member State to the Board of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS,
Nomination of a Member State to the Policy and Coordination Committee of the Special Programme of Research, Development, and Research Training in Human Reproduction
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(Agenda item 8) EM/RC58/10
(Agenda item 9) EM/RC58/11
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Place and date of future sessions of the Regional Committee |
(Agenda item 11) |
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Other business |
(Agenda item 12) |
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Wednesday, 5 October |
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Adoption of the Report, Resolutions and Decisions |
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Closing Session |
(Agenda item 13) |








