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AIDS and sexually transmitted diseases

Summary report on the Twenty-second intercountry meeting of national AIDS programme managers, Cairo, Egypt, 8–11 September 2014

Summary report on the Twenty-first intercountry meeting of national AIDS programme managers, Casablanca, Morocco, 11–13 September 2013

Summary report on the Regional workshop for the dissemination of new WHO consolidated guidelines on HIV treatment and care, Casablanca, Morocco, 9–10 September 2013

Report on the Regional meeting of experts on surveillance and strategic information, Cairo, Egypt, 24–26 June 2013

Summary report on the Meeting of the regional technical working group on the elimination of mother to-child transmission of HIV, Cairo, Egypt, 27–28 February 2012

Technical consultation with civil society organizations and networks on ending the HIV treatment crisis in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, Beirut, Lebanon, 19–20 August 2013

Blood safety, laboratory and imaging

Report on the Consultative meeting to develop a strategic public health laboratory plan, Amman, Jordan, 9–11 December 2013 [pdf 180kb]

Report on the Regional workshop on strengthening health laboratory quality systems, Amman, Jordan, 7–9 October 2012 [pdf 124kb]

Child health and development

Civil registration and vital statistics

Control and prevention of blindness and deafness

Educational development and training

eHealth

Emergency preparedness and humanitarian action

Essential medicines and pharmaceutical policies

Summary report on the Intercountry meeting on Good Governance for Medicines – Phase II Muscat, Oman 22–25 September 2014   

Food and chemical safety 

Gender in health and development 

Health and biomedical devices

Health economics and health care financing

Health education and promotion

Health of the elderly

Health promotion in the media

Health publications production and dissemination 

Human resources development

Human resources for health observatory 

International Health Regulations (IHR) 

Malaria control and elimination

Media and communication

Mental health and substance abuse

Summary report on the Intercountry meeting to scale-up action on mental health in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, Cairo, Egypt, 15–17 September 2014

Summary report on the regional consultation on the finalization of a substance use information system, Amman, Jordan, 16–18 September 2013

Summary report on the regional consultation on suicide and attempted suicide, Cairo, Egypt, 14–16 May 2012 [pdf 107.11kb]

Summary report on the regional consultation on the development of the global mental health action plan, Cairo, Egypt, 2–4 July 2012 [pdf 136.44kb]

Summary report on the regional consultation on setting up a master’s degree programme in mental health policy and services, Cairo, Egypt, 5–6 November 2012 [pdf 163kb]

Neglected tropical diseases

Noncommunicable diseases

Report on the Regional meeting on strengthening the integration and management of noncommunicable diseases in primary health care Cairo, Egypt, 8–10 September 2014

Expert meeting on scaling-up cancer care in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, Cairo, Egypt, 21–22 July 2014

Second annual regional meeting to scale up the implementation of the United Nations Political Declaration on noncommunicable diseases prevention and control, Cairo, Egypt, 24–25 April 2014

Regional meeting on cancer control and research priorities, Doha, Qatar, 20-22 October 2013

Regional meeting on prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases and risk factors Kuwait City, Kuwait, 29–30 April 2013

First meeting of the regional Technical Advisory Group on NCDs, 11–12 April 2013

First regional meeting of WHO and the International Diabetes Federation (IDF/MENA) collaborating for action on noncommunicable diseases

Side meeting on global monitoring framework, 30 September 2012

International conference on healthy lifestyles and noncommunicable diseases in the Arab world and the Middle East, Riyadh, 10–12 September 2012

Regional consultation on the development of an updated global action plan for the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases (2013–2020), 30 June–2 July 2012

First coordination meeting on the regional comparative breast cancer research programme, 21–22 January 2012

Consultative meeting on building a regional noncommunicable disease research agenda and enhancing implementation of NCD action plan, 11–13 December 2011

Regional meeting on haemoglobinopathies and genetic diseases in the Region, 27–30 June 2011

Palliative care training workshop, 17–20 October 2010

Plan of action for the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases in the Eastern Mediterranean Region [pdf 449.92kb]

Strategy for cancer prevention and control in the Eastern Mediterranean Region 2009–2013 [pdf 1.44Mb]

Towards a strategy for cancer control in the Eastern Mediterranean Region [pdf 144Mb] 

Report on the technical consultation on the integration of noncommunicable diseases prevention and control in primary health care [pdf 93.44kb]

Nursing, midwifery and allied health personnel

Report on the Consultative meeting on development of a public health leadership programme and strengthening the network of academic institutions in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, Cairo, Egypt, 13–14 December 2013

Report on the Expert group meeting for the development of a post-basic psychiatric nursing programme in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, Amman, Jordan, 2–3 October 2013

Nutrition

Summary report on the Consultation on development of a draft regional nutrient profiling moduleTunis, Tunisia, 8–10 December 2014

Summary report on the Meeting of nutrition focal points in the Eastern Mediterranean Region Muscat, Oman, 23–25 September 2013

Summary report on the Intercountry meeting for the development of an action plan for the implementation of the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes, Cairo, Egypt, 21–24 September 2014

Summary report on the Regional workshop on salt and fat reduction and setting up protocol for measuring salt and fat intake and content in food, Amman, Jordan, 10–12 September 2013

Summary report on the Technical workshop on salt and fat intake reduction Cairo, Egypt, 10–11 April 2013

Report on the Joint WHO/Flour Fortification Initiative harmonization workshop for wheat and maize flour fortification Amman, Jordan, 20–22 February 2012 [pdf 143.14kb]

Report on the Regional workshop on developing plans of action for promotion of physical activity and prevention and control of obesity, 8–10 March 2010 [pdf 196.32kb]

Report on the first regional scientific conference on nutrition, disability and mental health Amman, Jordan, 12–13 October 2010 [pdf 86.33kb]

Report on the consultation on developing strategic directions for salt and fat reduction in the Eastern Mediterranean Region [322.45kb]

Report on the Joint WHO/Flour Fortification Initiative harmonization workshop for wheat and maize flour fortification Amman,Jordan, 20–22 February 2012 

Patient safety

Polio Eradication Initiative

Public health laboratories 

Regional Centre for Environmental Health Action

Reproductive health and research

Summary report on the Technical meeting on maternal and child health acceleration plans, Cairo, Egypt, 6-7 February 2014

Summary report on the Regional meeting on maternal death surveillance and response, Rabat, Morocco, 7–9 October 2013

Summary report on the intercountry meeting on the development of the accountability framework in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, 2–4 September 2012 [140kb]

Research policy and development  

Stop Tuberculosis

Surveillance, forecasting and response

Summary report on the Consultative meeting on developing a strategic framework for cholera prevention and control in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, 29–31 October 2013

Report on the consultative meeting to determine a public health research agenda on MERS-CoV, Cairo, Egypt, 15–16 December 2013

Summary report on the second intercountry meeting on the Eastern Mediterranean Acute Respiratory Infection Surveillance (EMARIS) network, Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, 24-27 November 2013

Summary report on the Intercountry meeting on the Eastern Mediterranean Acute Respiratory Illness Surveillance network, Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, 12–13 December 2012

Report on the Consultative meeting on antimicrobial resistance for countries in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: from policies to action, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, 12–14 November 2013

Summary report on the Subregional meeting on improving public health preparedness for epidemic influenza, Amman, Jordan, 20–22 August 2013

Report on the Intercountry Meeting on the Middle east Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) outbreaks in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, cairo, Egypt, 20-22 June 2013

Summary report on the Consultative meeting on strategic guidance for control of emerging infectious diseases with zoonotic origin, Cairo, Egypt, 11–13 June 2013

Summary report on the meeting on influenza at the human-animal interface, Cairo, Egypt, 19–21 March 2013

Report on the technical consultative meeting on novel coronavirus, Cairo, Egypt, 14-15 January 2013

Report on intercountry meeting on the Eastern Meditearnean Acute Respiratory Illness Surveillance network, Sharm-el-Sheikh, Egypt, 12-13 December 2012

Report on the Meeting on establishing an outbreak alert and response network in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, Casablanca, Morocco, 21-23 October 2012.

Report on the Consultation to identify key issues for implementation of integrated disease surveillance and response strategies in the Eastern Mediterranean Region Cairo, Egypt 23–25 July 2012 [pdf 260kb]

Report on the consultation to develop a guidance tool for surveillance of health care-associated infection, Cairo, Egypt, 18–19 June 2012 [pdf 188kb]

Meeting on dengue fever in the Red Sea rim, Cairo, Egypt, 20–22 July 2011 [pdf 174kb]

Consultative meeting to develop basic epidemiological concepts in public health practice for emerging and re-emerging diseases, Beirut, Lebanon, 14–16 November 2011 [pdf 57kb]

Intercountry meeting on Human Pandemic Influenza: establishment / strengthening and alternative strategies for surveillance and response in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, Cairo, Egypt, 27-29 April 2010 [pdf 203kb]

Report on the first consultation of the team of experts on avian and pandemic influenza, Cairo, Egypt, 3-7 June 2007 [pdf 206kb]

Tobacco Free Initiative

Tropical disease research 

Vaccine preventable diseases and immunization

Summary report on the Fifteenth intercountry meeting on measles/rubella control and elimination, Amman, Jordan, 22–25 November 2014

Report on the Eastern Mediterranean Drug Regulatory Authorities Conference 2014, Amman, Jordan, 5–8 May 2014

Summary report on the Twenty-eighth meeting of national managers of the Expanded Programme on Immunization, Amman, Jordan, 16–19 November 2014

Report on the Twenty-seventh meeting of national managers of the Expanded Programme on Immunization, Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, 16–19 September 2012

Intercountry meeting on measles/rubella control and elimination,Amman, Jordan, 17–20 November 2013

Violence, injuries and disability