REGIONAL COMMITTEE FOR THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN Sixty-second Session Kuwait, 5-8 October 2015 Draft Provisional Agenda 1. Opening of the Session (a) Election of Officers (b) Adoption of the Agenda 2. (a) Annual Report of the Regional Director 2014 Progress reports on: (b) Eradication of poliomyelitis (c) Emergency preparedness and response (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 (f) Universal health coverage (g) Regional strategy on health and the environment 2014-2019 (h) Saving the lives of mothers and children (i) Regional strategy for the improvement of civil registration and vital statistics systems 2014-2019 3. Technical Discussions (a) Global health security, with special emphasis on MERS-Cov and H5N1 (b) From the Millennium Development Goals to sustainable development goals in the post-2015 development agenda 4. Technical Papers (a) Review of medical education in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: challenges, priorities and a framework for action (b) Scaling up mental health care: a framework for action
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(c) Assessment and monitoring the implementation of the International Health Regulations (2005): meeting the 2016 target 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 (b) Review of the draft provisional agenda of the 138th Session of the WHO Executive Board (c) Global vaccine action plan (d) WHO financing dialogue 6.
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Report of the third meeting of the Technical Advisory Committee to the Regional Director Prevention and control of viral hepatitis Awards (a) Award of the Dr A.T. Shousha Foundation Prize and Fellowship (b) Award of the State of Kuwait Prize for the Control of Cancer, Cardiovascular Diseases and Diabetes in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (c) Award of the Down Syndrome Research Prize
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Place and date of future sessions of the Regional Committee Other business Closing session