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REGIONAL COMMITn:E FOR AFRICA
AFRlRC49/TD/2 10 February 1999
Forty-ninth session Windhoek. Namibia 30 August - 3 September 1999 Provjsional a~enda
ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
item 10
GUIDELINES FOR THE ORGANIZATION AND CONDUCT OF TECHNICAL DISCUSSIONS Disease Control in the African Region in th~ 21s! Century 1. This document has be.!I1 prepared on the basis of infonnation available in the Regional Office as weil as the main orientations outlined in document AFRlRC49/TD/1. Il provides, in A1mex 1, explanatory notes for working groups, and proposes ways in which participants may deliberate and make recommendations. 2. Il must be noted that the Technical Discussions do not fonn part of the Regional Committee. Participants will therefore be making contributions in their personal capacity. 3. The suggested composition of the working groups is contained in Armex 2, whiie Armex 3 details the programme of work.
CONTENTS Pages ORGANIZATION OF WORK ... . ............................................ . .... 1 METROD OF WORK ... . ....... . ................... ... ............ . ......... . ... 1
ANNEXES 1. 2. 3. Explanatory notes for working groups .. . .. . ............... . . .. ...... . ............. 3 Composition of worki ng groups " .... " " " . , .. , ..... ", .. ", .. . . ' ... , ... ,." ... 4 Programme of work . .......... , .. , .. .. ...... . . , ... ,." . . . .. ............ ,' ..... 5
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ORGANIZATION OF WORK Chairman: Professor Peter NDUMBE Vlce-Chairman: Professor Auguste KADIO Rapporteun for the Technical Discussions
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The Regional Committee will appoint three Rapporteurs during the discussion of Agenda item 5 (one English-speaking, one French-speaking and one Portuguese-speaking). 1.3 Participants
Ali delegates to the forty-ninth session of the Regional Committee can participa,e in the Technical Discussions in their personal capacity. 1.4 Discussions
The Technical Discussions do not form part of the Regional Committee's work. The Chairman of the Technical Discussions will, however, submit a report to the Committee under Agenda item II (document AFRlRC49/!3). 1.5 Worklng document
Document AFRlRC491TD/1 entitled "Disease Control in. the Afrlcan Region in the 21st Centnry" is the working document on the subject.
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METBOD OF WORK Worklng groups
To ensure active participation of ail concemed, the discussions will be conducted in three working groups: one English-speaking, one French-speaking and one trihngual. Simultaneous interpretation facilities in the three official working languages of the Region will be provided for the plenary session and the trilingual group only. 2.2 Chairpersons of the working groups Participants in each orthe working groups will elect a chairperson from amongst themselves. 2.3 Rapporteurs
The three rapporteurs appointed by the Regional Committee will participate in the working groups. In cooperation with the Secretariat, they will take notes that will form the basis for drafting the report on the Technical Discussions. 2.4 Discussions
When the chairperson bas given the floor to a participant, the latter may address the meeting in bis/ her personal capacity and not as a representative of a country. However, his/her co:mtry's experience may be useful during the discussions.
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Resource persons
During the meetings, the Chainnan and the Vice-Chainnan of the Technical Discussions as weil as members of the Secretariat will be available to the working groups as resource persons.
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ANNEXI EXPLANATORY NOTES FOR WORKING GROUPS
INTRODUCTION The working groups will focus on key areas identified in the backgroWld document AFRIRC49rrD/t. Ali three groups will discu~s the same set of questions as proposed.
METHOD OF WORK Step 1: Nominate a chairperson. Step 2: List on a flipchart Ideas Wlder the foJ1owing headings: successes, failures, obstacles, potential facilitating factors .
Successes Based on your experiences in your COWltry, what are the approaches or initiatives that have positively influenced the developmem of disease control programmes?
Fai/ures Based on your experiences in your country, what are the negative approaches or '.nitiatives that have retarded the development of disease control programmes?
Obstacles What are the potential factors that may impact negatively on the developmem of disease control programmes?
Potential facilitating factors What are the potential facilitating factors that would sustain development of disease control programmes in the Ministry ofHealth? Step 3: Based on the results of Step 2 and the questions raised in the background document (paragraph 41), formulate appropriate recommendations for action by governments, WHO and partners as weJ1 as make recommendations for monitoring and evaluation of disease control programmes at regional and country levels. The recommendations must be realistic, feasible, practical and affordable.
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ANNEX2 SUGGESTED COMPOSITION OF WORKING GROUPS
GrOllP 1 En2lish. French. Portu2l1.ose (15 countries) Angola Benin Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Ethiopia Guinea Guinea-Bissau Seychelles Mauritius Mozambique Rwanda Sao Tome and Principe Zambia
GrOllP 2 En2lish only ( 16 countries) Botswana Eritrea Ghana Gambia Lesotho Liberia Malawi Namibia NIgeria Kenya Sierra Leone South Africa Swaziland Tanzania Uganda Zimbabwe English-speaking Rapporteur A member of the Secretariat
Group 3 Frenc"'.!!!!ly (15 cOl-ntries) Algeria Burkina Faso Chad Comoros Congo Côte d ' Ivoire Dem. Rep. of Congo EquatOlial Guine.. Gabon Madagascar Mali Mauritania Niger SenegaJ Togo
Portuguese-speaking Rapporteur A member of the Secretariat
French-speaking Rapporteur A member of the Secretaliat
The Chairrnan and the Vice-Chairrnan of the Technical Discussions and memben; of the Seeretariat will be at the disposai of the working groups.
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ANNEX3
PROGRAMME OF WORK
Date: Languages:
English, French and Portuguese First plenary
8 a.m. - 9 a.m.
Introductory remarks by Dr A. Kabore, Director, Division of Communicable Disease Prevention and Control, WHO/AFRO, and Dr M. Bellocine, Director, Division of Noncommlmicable Diseases, WHO/AFRO Introduction ofworking document (AFRJRC49/IDII) by Professor P. Ndumbe, Chairman, Technical Discussions Introduction of the Guidelines for the organization and conduct of the Technical Discussions by Professor A. Kadio, Vice-Chairman, Technical Discussions Questions and clarifications 9 a.m. - 9.15 a.m. 9.15 a.m. - 10.30 a.m. Formation of working groups Group work (English, French and Trilingual) Election of group chairpersons Discussion Recommendations 10.30 a.m. - Il a.m. Il a.m. - 1 p.m. 1 p.m. - 2 p.m. 2 p.m. - 3.30 p.m. Tea break Group work continues Lunch Closing session Presentation and synthesis of group reports Recommendations 3.30 p.m. - 5 p.rn. Preparation of Chairman's report