Tentative Programme for the Seventy-fourth Session of the WHO Regional Committee (Virtual), Nepal, 6–10 September 2021

Tentative Programme for the Seventy-fourth Session of the WHO Regional Committee (Virtual), Nepal, 6–10 September 2021 23 August 2021 Rev 1 Date Morning Afternoon Monday 6 Sept. 2021 9:45 a.m.–12:45 p.m. (Nepal Time) Inauguration of the Seventy-fourth Session of the Regional Committee Opening of the Session (Item 1) • Election of Officebearers (Item 2) • Credentials of Representatives (Item 3) • Adoption of the Agenda (Item 4) Key addresses and report on the work of WHO (Item 5) (Plenary) • Introduction to the Regional Director’s Annual Report on the Work of WHO in the South-East Asia Region covering the period 1 January–31 December 2020 (Item 5.1) 2:45 p.m.–5:15 p.m. (Plenary) (Nepal Time) Key addresses and report on the work of WHO (Item 5) (Plenary) • Address by the Director-General (Item 5.2) • Member State interventions: Hon’ble Ministers of Health/ Heads of Delegations Governing Body matters (Item 10) • Elective posts for Governing Body meetings (WHA, EB and PBAC) (Item 10.3) Tuesday 7 Sept. 2021 9:45 a.m.–12:45 p.m. (Nepal Time) Ministerial Roundtable COVID-19 and measures to ‘build back better’ essential health services to achieve UHC and the health-related SDGs (Item 6.1) 2:45 p.m.–5:15 p.m. (Nepal Time) Programme Budget matters (Item 7) • Programme Budget 2020–2021: Implementation and mid-term review (Item 7.1) • Programme Budget 2022–2023 (Item 7.2) Management and Governance matters (Item 11) (Plenary) • Transformation in the South-East Asia Region (Item 11.1) • Evaluation: Annual Report (Item 11.2) • Status of the SEA Regional Office Building (Item 11.3) Wednesday 8 Sept. 2021 9:45 a.m.–12:45 p.m. (Plenary) (Nepal Time) Policy and technical matters (Item 8) • Accelerating progress on prevention and control of NCDs, including oral health and integrated eye care, in the WHO South-East Asia Region (Item 8.1) • Annual report on monitoring progress on UHC and health-related SDGs (Item 8.2) • Strategic Framework of the South-East Asia Regional Vaccine Action Plan 2022–2030 as aligned with the Global Immunization Agenda 2030 (Item 8.3) • Beginning of the Decade of Action for ending viral hepatitis, HIV and STIs as public health threats by 2030 in the South-East Asia Region (Item 8.4) 2:45 p.m.–5:15 p.m. (Plenary) (Nepal Time) Policy and technical matters (Item 8) • Strengthening public health emergency preparedness and response in the South-East Asia Region (Item 8.5) • Revitalizing school health and health-promoting school in the South-East Asia Region (Item 8.6) Governing Body matters (Item 10) • Key issues arising out of the Seventy-fourth World Health Assembly and the 148th and 149th Sessions of the WHO Executive Board (Item 10.1) • Review of the Draft Provisional Agenda of the 150th Session of the WHO Executive Board (Item 10.2) Date Morning Afternoon Thursday 9 Sept. 2021 9:45 a.m.–12:45 p.m. (Plenary) (Nepal Time) Progress reports on selected Regional Committee resolutions: (Item 9) • Measles and rubella elimination by 2023 (SEA/RC72/R3) (Item 9.1) • Challenges in polio eradication (SEA/RC60/R8) (Item 9.2) • Delhi Declaration on improving access to essential medical products in the Region and beyond (SEA/RC71/R2) (Item 9.3) • Covering every birth and death: improving civil registration and vital statistics (SEA/RC67/R2) (Item 9.4) • South-East Asia Regional Health Emergency Fund (SEARHEF) (SEA/RC60/R7) (Item 9.5 a) • Expanding the scope of the South-East Asia Regional Health Emergency Fund (SEARHEF) (SEA/RC69/R6) (Item 9.5 b) 2:45 p.m.–4:45 p.m. (Plenary) (Nepal Time) Progress reports on selected Regional Committee resolutions: (Item 9) • Patient safety contributing to sustainable universal health coverage (SEA/RC68/R4) (Item 9.6) • Delhi Declaration on Emergency Preparedness in the South-East Asia Region (SEA/RC72/R1) (Item 9.7) • Colombo Declaration on strengthening health systems to accelerate delivery of NCD services at the primary health care level (SEA/RC69/R1) (Item 9.8) Friday 10 Sept. 2021 9:45 a.m.–12:45 p.m. (Nepal Time) Special Programmes (Item 12) • UNICEF/UNDP/World Bank/WHO Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases: Joint Coordinating Board (JCB) – Report on attendance at JCB in 2021 (Item 12.1) • UNDP/UNFPA/UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP): Policy and Coordination Committee (PCC) – Report on attendance at PCC in 2021 and nomination of a member in place of Nepal whose term expires on 31 December 2021 (Item 12.2) • Time and place of future Sessions of the Regional Committee (Item 13) • Adoption of resolutions (Item 14) • Closing of the Session (Item 15) NOTE: Lunch interval: 12:45–2:45 p.m. daily Tea/coffee breaks will be usually from 10:45–11:15 a.m. and from 3:45–4:00 p.m. daily. Physical activity sessions: • 2 sessions of 3-minute energizers on meeting days. Video footage on stretching exercises at the desk will be broadcast. • Morning exercises to be broadcast live from SEARO on social media platforms (Facebook and YouTube), at 7 a.m. (Nepal time). Other session: The following session will also be held: Side-Event on: • Release of WHO Publications: Tuesday, 7 September 2021, following the conclusion of the Ministerial Roundtable.