WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
ORGANISATION MONDIALE DE LA SANTE
REGIONAL OFFICE FOR THE WESTERN PACIFIC BUREAU REGIONAL DU PACIFIQUE OCCIDENTAL
REGIONAL COMMITTEE Fifty-iIfth session Shanghai, China 13-17 September 2004
WPRlRC5511 Rev.l 3 August 2004 ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
PROVISIONAL AGENDA Opening of the session and adoption ofthe agenda 1.
Opening of the session Address by the retiring Chairperson Election of new officers: Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson and Rapporteurs Address by the incoming Chairperson Adoption of the agenda WPRlRC55/1 Rev.l
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Keynote address
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Address by the Director-General Address by a keynote speaker: Professor William Hsiao, K.T. Li Professor of Economics, Harvard School of Public Health
Review of the work of WHO
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Report of the Regional Director WPRlRC55/2
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WPRlRC55/1 Rev.1 page 2
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Programme budget 2002-2003: budget performance (final report) WPR/RC55/3
Policies, programmes and directions for the future 10. Proposed programme budget, 2006-2007 and eleventh general programme of work, 2006-2015 WPR/RC55/4 11. Outbreak response, including severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), influenza and a progress report on the revision of the International Health Regulations WPR/RC55/5 12. Food safety WPRlRC55/6
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HIV/AIDS WPR/RC5517
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Blood safety WPR/RC55/8
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Regional strategy for lmprovmg access to essential medicines in the Western Pacific, 2005-2010 WPRlRC55/9
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Tobacco control WPRlRC551l 0
WPRJRC55/1 Rev.l page 3
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Expanded programme on immunization: measles and hepatitis B WPRlRC55111
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Tuberculosis WPRlRC55112
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Coordination of the work of the World Health Assembly, the Executive Board and the Regional Committee WPRlRC55113
Ministerial round table
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International cooperation in the face of public health emergencies WPRlRC55114
Membership of global committees
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Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training Reproduction: Membership of the Policy and Coordination Committee WPRlRC55115
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Human
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Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases: Membership of the Joint Coordinating Board WPRlRC55/16
Other matters
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Time and place of the fifty-sixth and fifty-seventh sessions of the Regional Committee Closure of the session