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The WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean would like to acknowledge those who have supported WHO's work in the Region since 2014.

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Afghanistan                                                                                        Italy                                                                                            Saudi Arabia
Australia Japan South Africa
Brazil Jordan Spain (in Spanish)
Canada Kuwait Sudan
China Lebanon Sweden
Croatia Libya Switzerland
Denmark Luxembourg Syrian Arab Republic
Egypt Norway Tunisia
Finland Oman Turkey
France Pakistan United Arab Emirates
Germany Qatar United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Hungary Republic of Korea United States of America
Ireland Russian Federation Yemen

International and intergovernmental organizations

Arab League        GAVI Alliance OPEC Fund for International Development
European Commission Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria UNITAID
European Commission - Europeaid International Organization for Migration World Bank
European Commission – Humanitarian Aid
and Civil Protection Office
Islamic Development Bank

United Nations organizations

Central Emergency Response Fund                                                                   United Nations Childrens’ Fund                                            United Nations Office for Project Services
Common Humanitarian Fund                                                  United Nations Development Group United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations United Nations Development Programme United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Multi Donor Trust Fund United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization United Nations Population Fund
Office of the United Nations Special Coordinator for
the Middle East Peace Process
United Nations Environment Programme United Nations Trust Fund for Human Security
UNAIDS United Nations Fund for International Partnerships
United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

Nongovernmental organizations

Saudi National Campaign to Support People in Syria          International Health Partners                                   Norwegian Aid Committee
Agence de Medecine Preventive International Medical Corps Norwegian Association for the Disabled
Anti Tuberculosis Association - Afghanistan Program International Rescue Committee Program for Appropriate Technology in Health
BRAC International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung
Disease
Qatar Red Crescent Society
Carter Center Islamic Relief USA Relief International
CBM International Kuwait Patients Helping Fund Society Rotary International
Handicap International Les Amis du Liban Save the Children Federation, Inc.
Health Action International Middle East and North Africa Harm Reduction
Association
Sightsavers
Human Appeal International National Philanthropic Trust World Vision International
IMPACT-EMR Network for Education and Support in Immunisation

Foundations

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation                                       IHH Foundation for Human Right, Freedom
and Humanitarian Relief
Swiss Philanthropy Foundation
Bloomberg Family Foundation KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation                                    The Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Trust
CDC Foundation Lion Clubs International Foundation Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc
Drosos Foundation Nippon Foundation UBS Optimus Foundation
Eli Lilly and Company Foundation Rockefeller Foundation Pathfinder International
FIA Foundation for the Automobile and Society Sanofi Espoir Foundation World Lung Foundation
Fundacion Espanola de Psiquiatria y Salud
Mental (FEPSM), Spain (in Spanish)

United Nations organizations

Central Emergency Response Fund                                                                   United Nations Childrens’ Fund                                            United Nations Office for Project Services
Common Humanitarian Fund                                                  United Nations Development Group United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations United Nations Development Programme United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Multi Donor Trust Fund United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization United Nations Population Fund
Office of the United Nations Special Coordinator for
the Middle East Peace Process
United Nations Environment Programme United Nations Trust Fund for Human Security
UNAIDS United Nations Fund for International Partnerships
United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

Private sector

Bayer AG          Kobe Group Sanofi-Aventis
Gilead Sciences Inc. Merck
GlaxoSmithKline Novartis

Other

Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research HRH Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein             Roll Back Malaria Partnership
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programme

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

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

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

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

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

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 Inaugural 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 the lives of mothers and children” Rising to the challenge

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

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

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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