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Sixty-second session of the WHO Regional Committee for the Eastern Mediterranean

Draft provisional agenda

1

Opening of the Session

(a) Election of Officers

(b) Adoption of the Agenda

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2.

(a) Annual Report of the Regional Director 2014

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Progress reports on:

(b) Eradication of poliomyelitis

EM/RC62/INF.DOC.1

(c) Emergency preparedness and response

EM/RC62/INF.DOC.2

(d) Prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases

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(e) National core capacities for implementation of the International Health Regulations: meeting the 2016 deadline

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(f) Universal health coverage

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(g) Regional strategy on health and the environment 2014-2019

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(h) Saving the lives of mothers and children

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(i) Regional strategy for the improvement of civil registration and vital statistics systems 2014-2019

EM/RC62/INF.DOC.8

3. 

Technical Discussions

(a) Global health security, with special emphasis on MERS-Cov and H5N1

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(b) From the Millennium Development Goals to sustainable  development goals in the post-2015 development agenda

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4.

Technical Papers

(a) Review of medical education: challenges, opportunities and the way forward

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(b) Scaling up mental health care: a framework for action

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(c) Regional Strategy for assessing and monitoring the implementation of the International Health Regulations (2005) EM/RC62/8

5.

World Health Assembly and Executive Board

(a) Resolutions and decisions of regional interest adopted by the Sixty-eighth World Health Assembly and the Executive Board at its 136th and 137th Sessions

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(b) Review of the draft provisional agenda of the 138th Session of the WHO Executive Board

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(c) Global vaccine action plan

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6.

Report of the third meeting of the Technical Advisory Committee to the Regional Director

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7.

Prevention and control of viral hepatitis

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8.

Awards

(a) Award of the Dr A.T. Shousha Foundation Prize and Fellowship

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(b) Award of the State of Kuwait Prize for the Control of Cancer, Cardiovascular Diseases and Diabetes in the Eastern Mediterranean Region

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(c) Award of the Down Syndrome Research Prize

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9.

Place and date of future sessions of the Regional Committee

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10.

Other business

11.

Closing session