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Some key products, initiatives, courses and networks

Leadership for Health Programme (LfH)

An initiative to establish a critical mass of public health leaders in the Region. Two rounds have taken place, in 2015 and 2016.
http://www.emro.who.int/about-who/regional-director/leadership-for-health-programme.html
Health Governance & Financing Team HEEN, a Disease Control Priorities Network (DCPN) related regional community of practice of health economists on economics
Regional DCP Health Economic Evaluation Network

of health and health care. http://dcp-3.org/country-work/health-economic-evaluation-network
The role of law in health system strengthening in the Region - practical skills for legislators and regulators

A training course on making better use of laws for effective and sustainable health system interventions. emrgohhr@who.int

Integrated Service Delivery Team Bridging programme for building capacities of general practitioners in family medicine
A joint programe with the American University of Beirut (AUB) has established master trainers in 12 countries of the Region.
emrgophc@who.int
Capacity development workshops for hospital managers

Capacity development workshops are organized for hospital managers and policy-makers in the Region. emrgohcm@who.int

Eastern Mediterranean Drug Regulatory Authorities (EMDRA) network
EMDRA network is an exclusive forum for major stakeholders in the area of drug regulation. emrgoemp@who.int

The good governance for medicines (GGM) initiative
Essential Medicines & Technologies Team 16 out of 22 countries are implementing the GGM initiative in the Region to improve transparency and accountability in the
management of medicines. emrgoemp@who.int

The low-cost medical devices (LCMD) initiative
An initiative to improve access to priority medical devices that have a strong value proposition and substantial potential for
high impact. emrgoemp@who.int

Health workforce observatories
A forum for improving, sharing and dissemination of information on health workforce in the Region. http://www.emro.who.int/
Health Workforce Development Team Action framework for health workforce development
healthworkforce_observatory/index.html

To provide guidance to address health workforce challenges with a long-term vision in the Region. http://www.emro.who.int/
health-workforce/strategy/index.html