Programme of work

AFR/RC69/1 Add. 1/Rev3 19 August 2019 REGIONAL COMMITTEE FOR AFRICA Sixty-ninth Session Brazzaville, Republic of Congo, 19–23 August 2019 ORIGINAL: ENGLISH PROGRAMME OF WORK Sunday, 18 August 2019 09:00 Walk the Talk: Promoting physical activity (Corniche) DAY 1: Monday, 19 August 2019 Morning session Venue: Grand Kintele Hotel - Kintele 09:00–11:30 Agenda item 1 Opening of the meeting 11:30–12:00 Group photograph followed by tea break 12:00–14:00 Lunch break 14:00–15:00 (Transportation of participants to the Regional Office) Afternoon Session Venue: WHO Regional Office Conference Room 1 16:00–16:30 Agenda item 2 Election of the Chairperson, the Vice-Chairpersons and the Rapporteurs Agenda item 3 Adoption of the Provisional Agenda and Programme of Work (Document AFR/RC69/1) Agenda item 4 Appointment of Members of the Committee on Credentials 16:30–17:30 Agenda item 5 The Work of WHO in the African Region 2018–2019: Report of the Regional Director (Document AFR/RC69/2) 17:30–18:00 Tea break 18:00–19:00 Agenda Item 8 Nomination of the Regional Director (Note by the Legal Counsel) (Documents AFR/RC69/INF.DOC/10 and AFR/RC69/INF.DOC/11) AFR/RC69/1 Add.1/Rev3 Page 2 19:00 End of the day’s session (Meeting of the Committee on Credentials) 19:30 Reception hosted by the Government of the Republic of Congo and the Regional Director DAY 2: Tuesday, 20 August 2019 09:00–09:15 Agenda item 4 (cont’d) Report of the Committee on Credentials (closed meeting) 09:15–10:45 Agenda item 8 Nomination of the Regional Director (Interview session – closed meeting) Immediately followed by 10:45–12:15 Agenda Item 8 Nomination of the Regional Director (Voting - closed meeting) 12:15–12:45 Agenda Item 8 Nomination of the Regional Director (Open meeting) 12:45–14:30 Lunch break 13:00–14:15 Side event Contributing to Universal Health Coverage: Lessons from country experiences 14:30–16:30 Special Briefing on the Ebola Outbreak 16:30–17:45 Agenda Item 7 Thirteenth General Programme of Work, 2019–2023 Results Framework: An Update (Document AFR/RC69/4) 17:45 End of the day’s session 17:45–19:15 Side event ESPEN side event on NTDs DAY 3: Wednesday, 21 August 2019 07:30–08:45 Breakfast meeting Three Years without a wild poliovirus case in the African Region: Let us finish polio once and for all 09:00–09:15Agenda Item 6 Statement of the Chairperson of the Programme Subcommittee (Document AFR/RC69/3) 09:15–10:30 Agenda item 10 Regional Strategy for Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response: 2020–2030 (Document AFR/RC69/6) 10:30–11:00 Tea Break AFR/RC69/1 Add.1/Rev3 Page 3 11:00–11:45 Agenda item 9 Fourth Progress Report on the Implementation of the Transformation Agenda of the World Health Organization Secretariat in the African Region: 2015–2020 (Document AFR/RC69/5) 11:45–12:30 Agenda item 11 Strategic plan to reduce the double burden of malnutrition in the African Region (2019–2025) (Document AFR/RC69/7) 12:30–14:30 Lunch break 13:00–14:15 Side event The African Continental TB Accountability Framework for Action: Enhancing leadership for Ending TB in Africa by 2030 14:30–16:00 Agenda item 12 Framework for provision of essential health services through strengthened district/local health systems to support UHC in the context of the SDGs (Document AFR/RC69/8) 16:00 End of the day’s session 16:00–16:30 Tea Break 16:30–18:00 Side event Time to deliver: Combating Sickle Cell Disease is a political choice DAY 4: Thursday, 22 August 2019 07:20–08:45 Breakfast meeting The New Global Digital Health Strategy: Member States Input Forum 09:00–10:30 Agenda item 13 Framework for the implementation of the Global Vector Control Response in the WHO African Region (Document AFR/RC69/9) 10:30–11:00 Tea Break 11:00–12:30 Agenda item 14 Accelerating the response to noncommunicable diseases in the African Region in line with the Political Declaration of the High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on the prevention and control of NCDs (Document AFR/RC69/10) 12:30–14:30 Lunch Break 13:00–14:15 Side event Immunization for all by 2030 – Success and challenges towards reaching every child AFR/RC69/1 Add.1/Rev3 Page 4 14:30–16:00 Agenda item 15 Information Documents Agenda Item 15.1 Progress on the implementation of the Regional Strategy on Heath Security and Emergencies (Document AFR/RC69/INF.DOC/1) Agenda Item 15.2 Progress report on the implementation of the Regional Strategic Plan for Immunization 2014–2020 (Document AFR/RC69/INF.DOC/2) Agenda Item 15.3 Progress report on the implementation of the Regional Strategy for cancer prevention and control (Document AFR/RC69/INF.DOC/3) Agenda Item 15.4 Progress report on the implementation of the Regional Strategy on Neglected Tropical Diseases 2014–2020 (Document AFR/RC69/INF.DOC/4) Agenda Item 15.5 The first United Nations General Assembly High-level Meeting on TB – Implications for the WHO African Region (Document AFR/RC69/INF.DOC/5) Agenda Item 15.6 Progress report on the implementation of the Regional Framework for Public Health Adaptation to Climate Change (Document AFR/RC69/INF.DOC/6) Agenda Item 15.7 Progress Report towards Certification of Polio Eradication and Endgame Strategy in the African Region (Document AFR/RC69/INF.DOC/7) Agenda Item 15.8 Report on WHO Staff in the African Region (Document AFR/RC69/INF.DOC/8) Agenda Item 15.9 Regional matters arising from reports of the WHO internal and external audits (Document AFR/RC69/INF.DOC/9) 16:00–16:30 Tea break 16:30–17:00 Agenda item 16 Draft provisional agenda, place and dates of the Seventieth session of the Regional Committee (Document AFR/RC69/11) 17:00 End of the day’s session 17:00–18:30 Side event Improving Access to Assistive Technology in the African Region: Inclusiveness in Universal Health Coverage Day 5: Friday, 23 August 2019 10:00–12:00 Agenda item 17 Adoption of the report of the Regional Committee (Document AFR/RC69/12) 12:00–12:30 Agenda item 18 Closure of the Sixty-ninth session of the Regional Committee AFR/RC69/1 Add.1/Rev3 Page 5 12:30–14:30 Lunch 13:00–14:30 Side meeting GAVI Anglophone constituency meeting 13:00–14:30 Side meeting Improving the availability of TB products in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, Guinea, Mali, Niger and Senegal 14:30 Site visit in Brazzaville