WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION FIFTY-NINTH WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY Provisional agenda item 11.5 A59/10 Add.1 18 May 2006
Report on administrative and financial implications for the Secretariat of resolutions proposed for adoption by the Executive Board or Health Assembly 1. Resolution Smallpox eradication: destruction of variola virus stocks 2. Linkage to programme budget Area of work Epidemic alert and response Expected result Support provided to Member States for strengthening national communicable disease surveillance and response systems, including the capability for early detection, investigation of, and response to, epidemics, pandemics and emerging infectious disease threats
(Briefly indicate the linkage with expected results, indicators, targets, baseline) Resolution WHA49.10 recommended a date for the destruction of the remaining stocks of variola virus, subject to a decision by the Health Assembly, and resolution WHA52.10 authorized temporary retention of the virus stocks to a later date, subject to annual review by the Health Assembly. 3. Financial implications (a) Total estimated cost for implementation over the “life-cycle” of the resolution (estimated to the nearest US$ 10 000, including staff and activities) US$ 5 million (b) Estimated cost for the biennium 2006-2007 (estimated to the nearest US$ 10 000, including staff and activities) US$ 1 million (c) Of the estimated cost noted in (b), what can be subsumed under existing programmed activities? None 4. Administrative implications (a) Implementation locales (indicate the levels of the Organization at which the work will be undertaken and identify the specific regions where relevant) All activities are to be coordinated at headquarters (b) Additional staffing requirements (indicate additional required staff full-time equivalents, noting necessary skills profile) One full-time medical officer with relevant experience and a 20% full-time equivalent logistician (c) Time frames (indicate broad time frames for implementation and evaluation) 10 years
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