WHO South-East Asia Advisory Committee, thirty-first session of WHO South-East Asia Advisory Committee on Health Research, Kathmandu, Nepal, 21-23 July 2009

Thirty-first Session of WHO South-East Asia Advisory Committee on Health Research Kathmandu, Nepal, 21-23 July 2009 SEA/ACHR/31 10 July 2009 Sl. No. Document Name Document No. 1. Terms of reference for the thirty-first session of WHO SEA- ACHR SEA/ACHR/31/1 2. Provisional agenda SEA/ACHR/31/2 3. Provisional programme of work SEA/ACHR/31/3 4. List of participants SEA/ACHR/31/4 5. Follow-up actions on the recommendations of the thirtieth session of WHO SEA-ACHR • Broad major recommendations SE/ACHR/31/5 (Agenda Item 3.1.1) 6. • Avian Influenza Research SEA/ACHR/31/6 (Agenda item 3.1.2) 7. • Research Management in countries SEA/ACHR/31/7 (Agenda Item 3.1.3) 8. • Promotion of research and development in areas of drugs and vaccines SEA/ACHR/31/8 (Agenda item 3.1.4) 9. Research Management in WHO South-East Asia Region: • Regional & Country level SEA/ACHR/31/9 (Agenda Item 3.2.1) 10. Review of Global Work of WHO on health research: • Review of global work and update of WHO strategy on research for health SEA/ACHR/31/10 (Agenda Item 3.3.1) 11. • UNDP/World Bank/ UNICEF/ WHO Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR) SEA/ACHR/31/11 (Agenda Item 3.3.2) CONTENTS C:\Documents and Settings\library\Desktop\ACHR\31st ACHR\documents\SEA-ACHR-31-0_Content sheet 18 July 2009.doc 30- Jul-1010:16 AM 2 Sl. No. Document Name Document No. 12. • UNDP/UNFPA/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP) SEA/ACHR/31/12 (Agenda item 3.3.3) 13. Research priorities in communicable diseases SEA/ACHR/31/13 (Agenda Item 3.4) 14. Research priorities in non-communicable diseases SEA/ACHR/31/14 (Agenda item 3.5) 15. Review of Regional Strategy on Research for Health: • Countries Situation towards Future Health Research Strategies in SEAR SEA/ACHR/31/15 (Agenda item 3.6.1) 16. • Strategy for the next medium-term period (2010-2014) SEA/ACHR/31/16 (Agenda item 3.6.2) 17. Adoption of the recommendations SEA/ACHR/31/17 (Agenda item 3.7) C:\Documents and Settings\library\Desktop\ACHR\31st ACHR\documents\SEA-ACHR-31-0_Content sheet 18 July 2009.doc 30- Jul-1010:16 AM 3 Information documents a. Recommendations:1976-2007 WHO South-East Asia Advisory Committee on Health Research, July 2009 b. Report of Regional Workshop on Research Priorities in Communicable Diseases organized at SEARO, New Delhi from 4-6 March, 2009. c. Report of the Inter-country Workshop on Research Management. Bali, Indonesia, 3–6 June, 2008 d. Report of the Meeting of the Regional Task Force Meeting on Avian Influenza Bali, Indonesia, 3-5 March 2008 e. Report of the First Meeting of the Task Force on Health Research Management and Capacity Building, WHO/SEARO, New Delhi, 6–7 March 2008 f. Report of the Thirtieth Session of WHO South-East Asia Advisory Committee on Health Research organized at Jakarta, Indonesia from 14-16 March 2007 g. Report of National Consultation on Avian Influenza Jakarta, Indonesia, 8-9 November 2007 h. Strategies for Health Research Systems Development in South-East Asia Region, 2001 (SEA-RES-117) i. Report on Meeting of the Scientific Working Group (SWG) on Management and Coordination of Health Research Activities in the Countries, 2000 (SEA-RES-111) j. Report on the Meeting of the Scientific Working Group (SWG) on Formulation of National Health Research Policies and Strategies, Jakarta, Indonesia, 2000 (SEA-RES-112) k. Meeting of the WHO Scientific Working Group on Criteria for Setting Health Research Priorities, 2000 (SEA-RES-113) l. Meeting of the Scientific Working Group on Management of Health Research Information, 2000 (SEA-RES-114)