08:30 – 09:00 

Registration  

09:00 – 9:15

 Opening remarks 

Dr Zuhair Hallaj
WHO/EMRO

09:15 – 09:30

 Meeting objectives 

Dr A. Seita
WHO/EMRO

09:30 – 10:00

 Progress report (country presentation) – I  

Bahrain
Kuwait

10:00 – 10:30

Coffee break 

10:30 – 11:10

Progress report (country presentation) – II

Qatar
UAE
Comment:
Dr D Enarson 

11:10 – 12:00

Issues in TB elimination: achieving 70/85 targets
Progress report (country presentation) – III
- Management of non-national TB patients
- Estimates of TB cases 

Saudi Arabia

12:00 – 12:40

Issues in TB elimination: reducing TB burden
Progress report (country presentation) – IV
- Epidemiological trend of TB 

Oman

12:40 – 13:00

Issues in TB elimination: partnerships
Malaria free initiative in the  Arabian peninsula 

Dr Z Hallaj
WHO/EMRO

13:00 – 14:00

Coffee break 

14:00 – 15:00

General discussion, recommendations, closing session