An intercountry meeting to build regional capacity on the new System of Health Accounts 2011 (SHA 2011) will take place in Doha, Qatar, from 17 to 21 June 2012. SHA 2011 was launched in October 2011.

The targeted participants are national and regional experts with previous experience in health accounting who are responsible for implementing the new System of Health Accounts 2011 in their countries, or who will be involved in promoting the use of the new system in the countries of the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region.

Targeted countries are those that are currently engaged, or are planning to be engaged in the near future, in producing new rounds of health accounts. This includes: Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Oman, Pakistan, occupied Palestinian territory, Qatar and Tunisia.