Introduction of the Annual Report | PDF
Dr Ala Alwan, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean 

Implementation of the United Nations Political Declaration on Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases | PDF
Dr Ala Alwan, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean

New approach for assessing and monitoring the implementation of the International Health Regulations (2005) | PDF
Dr Jaouad Mahjour, Director of Programme Management 

Progress on emergency preparedness and response | PDF
Dr Jaouad Mahjour, Director of Programme Management

Global health security, with special emphasis on MERS-CoV and H5N1 | PDF
Dr Mamunur Malik, Regional Adviser, Pandemic and Epidemic-prone Diseases

Review of medical education: challenges, opportunities and the way forward | PDF
Dr Sameen Saddiqi, Director, Health System Development

From the Millennium Development Goals to sustainable development goals in the post-2015 development agenda | PDF
Haifa Madi, Director, Health Protection and Promotion

WHO reform: partnership and financing dialogue | PDF
Gaudenz Silberschmidt, Director, Policy and Strategic Directions

Update on polio eradication in the Region | PDF
Chris Maher, Manager, Polio

Scaling up mental health care: a framework for action | PDF
Dr Khalid Saeed, ai Director, Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health 

Prevention and control of viral hepatitis: proposed global hepatitis strategy | PDF
Dr Gabriel Riedner, Regional Adviser, AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Diseases 

Global vaccine action plan | PDF
Dr Nadia Teleb, Regional Adviser, Vaccine Preventable Diseases 

Resolutions and decisions of regional interest adopted by the Sixty-eighth World Health Assembly and the Executive Board at its 136th and 137th Sessions and draft provisional agenda of the 138th Session of the WHO Executive Board | PDF
Dr Jaouad Mahjour, Director of Programme Management 

Presentations from technical meetings

Health Technology Assessment (HTA): a tool for evidence-informed decision making in health | PDF
Dr Adham Ismail, Regional Adviser, Health Technologies

Food safety perspectives in the Eastern Mediterranean | PDF
Dr Elmi, Regional Adviser, Food and Chemical Safety

Social health insurance for universal health coverage | PDF
Dr Awad Mataria, Regional Adviser, Health Economics

Regional malaria action plan | PDF
Dr Hoda Atta, Director (a.i), Communicable Diseases

Nursing and midwifery in the Eastern Mediterranean Region | PDF
Dr Fariba Al Darazi, Regional Adviser, Health Workforce Development

Social determinants of health | PDF
Dr Haifa Madi, Director, Health Protection and Promotion