Tuesday, 29 January 2013 |
First day: Technical forum |
08:00 - 08:30 |
Registration |
08:30 - 9:30 |
Opening Session: Maternal and child health initiative in the Region: What’s it all about?
- RD/WHO/EMRO
- RD/UNICEF/MENARO
- RD/UNFPA/ASRO
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9:30 - 11:00 |
Session 1: The global and regional situation:
Co-Chairs: Minister of Health, UAE and Regional Director UNICEF
- Global progress towards MDGs 4 & 5: Dr F. Bustreo
- Regional overview of maternal and child health: Dr H. Madi
- Successful experiences in meeting the challenges in maternal, neonatal and child health in MDGs priority countries in the Region: Country presentations, Ministers of Health of Egypt, Morocco and Yemen
- Review of constraints, challenges and lessons learned: Dr Carole Presern
- Discussion
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11:00 - 11:30 |
Coffee break |
11:30 – 12:30 |
Session 2 : Scaling up
Co-Chairs: Minister of Health, Oman and Regional Director UNFPA
- Packages of essential interventions: Professor Z. Bhutta
- Cost and impact of scaling up interventions: Dr Elizabeth Mason/Dr Mikael Ostergren
- Discussion
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12:30 - 14:00 |
Lunch Break |
14:00 - 16:30 |
Session 3: Country accelerated plans
Co-Chairs: Minister of Health, Lebanon and Professor Z. Bhutta
- Country acceleration plans for MDGs 4 and 5 – an overview
- Ministerial panel: Progress made with special emphasis on human resources, commodities, and accountability
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16:30 - 17:00 |
Coffee break |
17: 00 - 17:30 |
Session 4 : next steps:
Co-Chairs: Minister of Health, Jordan and Regional Director WHO
- Follow-up in countries, coordination mechanisms, partnerships and partnering
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17:30 - 18:30 |
Drafting Committee: finalization of the Dubai Declaration |
Wednesday 30 January 2013 |
SECOND Day: Rising to the Challenge |
08:30 - 09:30 |
Inauguration Session
- Opening remarks: Regional Directors of UNICEF, UNFPA and WHO
- Address by UN Messenger of Peace and Chairperson of Dubai Health Care City Authority HRH Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein, wife of HH Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai
- Film: “Saving lives of mothers and children” rising to the challenge
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09:30 - 10:00 |
Coffee Break |
10:00 - 11:00 |
Session 1: Highlighting the Need
Co-Chairs: Minister of Health, Tunisia and Dr F. Bustreo
- Film: ‘Why did Mrs X Die’?
- Outcome of the Technical Forum: Minister of Health, Afghanistan
- Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5 in the Eastern Mediterranean Region:
Rising to the Challenge - A plan to scale up, Dr S. Ben Yahmed
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11:00 - 13:00 |
Session 2: Together we can rise to the challenge
- Statements and commitments from Ministers of Health of the 10 high-burden countries
- Statements and commitments by partners/donors: USAID, Qatar Foundation, Gulf Cooperation Council, GAVI
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13:00 - 13:30 |
Session 3: Closing Ceremony: Forging the change - Commitment to maternal and child health
- Dubai Declaration
- Closing and Group Photo
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