AFR/RC59/1 29 June 2009
REGIONAL COMMITTEE FOR AFRICA Fifty-ninth session Kigali, Republic of Rwanda, 31 August–4 September 2009 Provisional agenda item 4 AGENDA 1. Opening of the meeting 2. Constitution of the Subcommittee on Nominations 3. Election of the Chairman, the Vice-Chairmen and the Rapporteurs 4. Adoption of the agenda (Document AFR/RC59/1) 5. Appointment of members of the Subcommittee on Credentials 6. Nomination of the Regional Director
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7. The Work of WHO in the African Region: Annual Report of the Regional Director 2008 (Document AFR/RC59/2) 8. Report of the Programme Subcommittee (Document AFR/RC59/15) 8.1 8.2 Towards reaching health-related Millennium Development Goals: progress report and way forward (Document AFR/RC59/3) Framework for the implementation of the Ouagadougou Declaration on primary health care and health systems in Africa: achieving better health for Africa in the new millennium (Document AFR/RC59/4) Framework for the implementation of the Algiers Declaration on Research for Health in the African Region (Document AFR/RC59/5) Public Health, innovation and intellectual property: regional perspective to implement the global strategy and plan of action (Document AFR/RC59/6) WHO Programme Budget 2010-2011: orientations for implementation in the African Region (Document AFR/RC59/7) Drug resistance related to AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria: issues, challenges and way forward (Document AFR/RC59/8) Accelerated malaria control: towards elimination in the African Region (Document AFR/RC59/9)
8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.7
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8.8 8.9
Tackling neglected tropical diseases in the African Region (Document AFR/RC59/10) Policy orientations on the establishment of centres of excellence for disease surveillance, public health laboratories, food and medicines regulation (Document AFR/RC59/11) 8.10 Strengthening outbreak preparedness and response in the African Region in the context of the current influenza pandemic (Document AFR/RC59/12) 8.11 Towards the elimination of measles in the African Region by 2020 (Document AFR/RC59/14) 8.12 Terms of reference of the meeting of African Region delegations to the World Health Assembly and the Executive Board (Document AFR/RC59/13)
9. Information 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 Acceleration of HIV prevention in the WHO African Region: progress report (Document AFR/RC59/INF.DOC/1) Progress report on ‘Child Survival: a strategy for the African Region’ (Document AFR/RC59/INF.DOC/2) Implementation of the International Health Regulations in the African Region: progress report (Document AFR/RC59/INF.DOC/3) WHO internal and external audit reports (Document AFR/RC59/INF.DOC/4) Report on WHO staff in the African Region (Document AFR/RC59/INF.DOC/5) Poliomyelitis eradication: progress report (Document AFR/RC59/INF.DOC/6)
10. International recruitment of health personnel: draft global code of practice (Document AFR/RC59/16) 11. Round tables • Sharing best practices in strengthening local or district health systems (Document AFR/RC59/RT/1)
12. Correlation between the work of the Regional Committee, the Executive Board and the World Health Assembly (Document AFR/RC59/17) 13. Dates and places of the sixtieth and sixty-first sessions of the Regional Committee (Document AFR/RC59/18) 14. Adoption of the Report of the Regional Committee (Document AFR/RC59/19) 15. Closure of the fifty-ninth session of the Regional Committee.
AFR/RC59/1 29 June 2009
REGIONAL COMMITTEE FOR AFRICA Fifty-ninth session Kigali, Republic of Rwanda, 31 August–4 September 2009
ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
Provisional agenda item 4
AGENDA
1. Opening of the meeting
2. Constitution of the Subcommittee on Nominations
3. Election of the Chairman, the Vice-Chairmen and the Rapporteurs
4. Adoption of the agenda (Document AFR/RC59/1)
5. Appointment of members of the Subcommittee on Credentials
6. Nomination of the Regional Director
7. The Work of WHO in the African Region: Annual Report of the Regional Director 2008 (Document AFR/RC59/2)
8. Report of the Programme Subcommittee (Document AFR/RC59/15)
8.1 Towards reaching health-related Millennium Development Goals: progress report and way forward (Document AFR/RC59/3)
8.2 Framework for the implementation of the Ouagadougou Declaration on primary health care and health systems in Africa: achieving better health for Africa in the new millennium (Document AFR/RC59/4)
8.3 Framework for the implementation of the Algiers Declaration on Research for Health in the African Region (Document AFR/RC59/5)
8.4 Public Health, innovation and intellectual property: regional perspective to implement the global strategy and plan of action (Document AFR/RC59/6)
8.5 WHO Programme Budget 2010-2011: orientations for implementation in the African Region (Document AFR/RC59/7)
8.6 Drug resistance related to AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria: issues, challenges and way forward (Document AFR/RC59/8)
8.7 Accelerated malaria control: towards elimination in the African Region (Document AFR/RC59/9)
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8.8 Tackling neglected tropical diseases in the African Region (Document AFR/RC59/10) 8.9 Policy orientations on the establishment of centres of excellence for disease surveillance,
public health laboratories, food and medicines regulation (Document AFR/RC59/11) 8.10 Strengthening outbreak preparedness and response in the African Region in the context of
the current influenza pandemic (Document AFR/RC59/12) 8.11 Towards the elimination of measles in the African Region by 2020
(Document AFR/RC59/14) 8.12 Terms of reference of the meeting of African Region delegations to the World Health
Assembly and the Executive Board (Document AFR/RC59/13)
9. Information
9.1 Acceleration of HIV prevention in the WHO African Region: progress report (Document AFR/RC59/INF.DOC/1)
9.2 Progress report on ‘Child Survival: a strategy for the African Region’ (Document AFR/RC59/INF.DOC/2)
9.3 Implementation of the International Health Regulations in the African Region: progress report (Document AFR/RC59/INF.DOC/3)
9.4 WHO internal and external audit reports (Document AFR/RC59/INF.DOC/4) 9.5 Report on WHO staff in the African Region (Document AFR/RC59/INF.DOC/5) 9.6 Poliomyelitis eradication: progress report (Document AFR/RC59/INF.DOC/6)
10. International recruitment of health personnel: draft global code of practice (Document AFR/RC59/16)
11. Round tables
• Sharing best practices in strengthening local or district health systems (Document AFR/RC59/RT/1)
12. Correlation between the work of the Regional Committee, the Executive Board and the World Health Assembly (Document AFR/RC59/17)
13. Dates and places of the sixtieth and sixty-first sessions of the Regional Committee (Document AFR/RC59/18)
14. Adoption of the Report of the Regional Committee (Document AFR/RC59/19)
15. Closure of the fifty-ninth session of the Regional Committee.