REGIONAL COMMITTEE
SEA/RC55/19
Fifty-fifth Session 11-13 September 2002
4 October 2002
DECISIONS AND LIST OF RESOLUTIONS
I. DECISIONS SEA/RC55/(1) Selection of a subject for the Technical Discussions to be held prior to the fifty-sixth session of the Regional Committee Recognizing the significance of high proportion of out-of-pocket expenditure and scarce availability of public funding for health care, the Committee selected the topic of “Social health insurance” and decided to hold Technical Discussions on the subject in conjunction with the 40th meeting of the CCPDM. It urged the Member States to participate fully in the Technical Discussions and requested the Regional Director to take steps for the preparation and conduct of the Discussions. SEA/RC55/(2) Nomination of a member to the Policy and Coordination Committee (PCC) of the WHO Special Programme for Research, Development and Research Training in Human Production The Committee nominated Thailand as a member of PCC (category 2) for a period of three years with effect from 1 January 2003 and requested the Regional Director to inform WHO headquarters accordingly. SEA/RC55/(3) Time and place of forthcoming sessions of the Regional Committee The Committee confirmed its earlier decision to hold the fifty-sixth session of the Regional Committee in 2003 at the WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia in New Delhi, India. The Committee noted the invitation of the Government of India to host the meeting of the Health Ministers in conjunction with the Regional Committee.
II. RESOLUTIONS SEA/RC55/R1 Resolution of thanks SEA/RC55/R2 Proposed Programme Budget 2004-2005
SEA/RC55/R3 Management of decentralization of health care SEA/RC55/R4 Accessibility to essential medicines