WHO Regional Committee for the Eastern Mediterranean: Journal: 9 October 2017

1 09/10/2017 64th Session of the WHO Regional Committ0ee for the Eastern Mediterranean, 9–12 October 2017 Islamabad, Pakistan EMRO/RC64/DJ/1 9 October 2017 Contents 1. Programme of work …………………………………………………………………... 2 2. Other meetings …………………………………………………………………... 4 3. Other information …………………………………………………………………... 5 Credentials Original credentials not submitted in advance of the opening session should be handed to the WHO Secretariat on the first day of the meeting. Documents Documents will be distributed through the website http://www.emro.who.int/about- who/rc64/index.html and the Regional Committee mobile app. The daily journal will be distributed to participants each morning. Note: There will be return service for documents to Member States. Internet access Wireless internet access is available in all meeting areas. For participants residing in Serena hotel: Please use the same WIFI credentials used in the hotel. 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Programme of work Monday, 9 October 2017 Pre-Regional Committee technical meetings (Sheesh Mahal Hall/Serena Hotel) Private sector engagement for advancing universal health coverage Developing national capacity for research and research ethics to improve decision-making for health Good Governance for Medicines (GGM) programme in the Region – implementation status and results Development of a noncommunicable disease emergency health kit for the Region: rationale and approach Full implementation of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC): Save lives Integrated surveillance for communicable diseases Second Meeting of the Programme Subcommittee for the WHO Regional Committee for the Eastern Mediterranean (Faisalabad Meeting Room) Opening ceremony of the 64th Session of the Regional Committee (Shamadan Hall/Serena Hotel) Formal opening of the session Address by the Vice-chairman of the Sixty-third Session of the Regional Committee Address by Dr Mahmoud M. Fikri, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean Video on regional emergencies in the Eastern Mediterranean Region Address by Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General Video on polio eradication Welcome speech by H.E. Ms Saira Afzal Tarar, Federal Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination, Pakistan Address by H.E. the President of Pakistan Group photo for heads of delegations Dinner hosted by H.E. Saira Afzal Tarar, Federal Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination, Pakistan (Pakistan National Council of the Arts) Tuesday, 10 October 2017 Agenda item Regular session 1 Election of officers Adoption of the provisional agenda and provisional daily time- table Establishment of the Drafting Committee 3 09/10/2017 2 Annual report of the Regional Director for the year 2016 and progress reports EM/RC64/2 EM/RC64/INF.DOC.1-10 Agenda item Special session Update on the polio eradication programme in Pakistan and Afghanistan Humanitarian emergencies in the Eastern Mediterranean Region Public health preparedness and response: meeting the IHR obligations Agenda item Regular session 4(c) Towards WHO’s 13th General Programme of Work 2019–2023 Keep the World Safe, Improve Health, Serve the Vulnerable Draft Concept Note 6 First report of the Programme Subcommittee of the Regional Committee EM/RC64/9 8 Place and date of future sessions of the Regional Committee EM/RC64/INF.DOC.14 Regional Suggestions for Elective Posts for WHA71 and Executive Board Members Dr A.T. Shousha Foundation Award Ceremony Dinner hosted by Dr Mahmoud Fikri, Regional Director (Shamadan Hall/Serena Hotel Garden) Wednesday, 11 October 2017 Agenda item Regular session 3(a) Regional framework for action on cancer prevention and control EM/RC64/3 3(b) Climate change and health: a framework for action EM/RC64/4 3(c) Operationalization of the adolescent health component of the global strategy for women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health, 2016–2030 EM/RC64/5 3(d) Antimicrobial resistance in the Eastern Mediterranean Region EM/RC64/6 Agenda item Plenary Discussion Sustainable Development Goals – Globally and in the Region Agenda item Regular session 4(a) Resolutions and decisions of regional interest adopted by the Seventieth World Health Assembly and the Executive Board at its 140th and 141st Sessions EM/RC64/7 4 09/10/2017 2. Other meetings Side meetings Venue Tuesday, 10 October 2017 Dr A.T. Shousha Foundation, Down Syndrome, and State of Kuwait Prize selection (closed side meeting) Baltit Meeting Room Ground Floor Social health protection: global and regional good practices Faisalabad Meeting Room Ground Floor Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Faisalabad Meeting Room Ground Floor G5 Initiative Quetta Meeting Room Ground Floor Daily meetings of the Drafting Committee Baltit Meeting Room Ground Floor Wednesday, 11 October 2017 Improving access to assistive technology Faisalabad Meeting Room Ground Floor Global Network for Health in All Policies Quetta Meeting Room Ground Floor Update on polio transition planning and post-certification strategy Quetta Meeting Room Ground Floor Update on the support of GAVI, the Vaccine Alliance Faisalabad Meeting Room Ground Floor Daily meetings of the Drafting Committee Baltit Meeting Room Ground Floor 4(b) Review of the draft provisional agenda of the 142nd Session of the WHO Executive Board EM/RC64/7-Annex 1 5(a) Nomination of a Member State to the Policy and Coordination Committee of the Special Programme of Research, Development, and Research Training in Human Reproduction EM/RC64/8 Thursday, 12 October 2017 Agenda item Regular session Adoption of the report, resolutions and decisions Closing session 5 09/10/2017 3. 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