AFR/RC58/1 9 July 2008
REGIONAL COMMITTEE FOR AFRICA Fifty-eighth session Yaounde, Republic of Cameroon, 1–5 September 2008 Provisional agenda item 4 AGENDA 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Opening of the meeting Constitution of the Subcommittee on Nominations Election of the Chairman, the Vice-Chairmen and Rapporteurs Adoption of the agenda (document AFR/RC58/1) Appointment of members of the Subcommittee on Credentials
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The Work of WHO in the African Region 2006-2007: Biennial Report of the Regional Director (document AFR/RC58/2) Report of the Programme Subcommittee (document AFR/RC58/10) 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 7.8 Actions to reduce the harmful use of alcohol (document AFR/RC58/3) Cancer prevention and control: a strategy for the WHO African Region (document AFR/RC58/4) Women’s health in the WHO African Region: a call for action (document AFR/RC58/5) Strengthening public health laboratories in the WHO African Region: a critical need for disease control (document AFR/RC58/6) Iodine deficiency disorders in the WHO African Region: situation analysis and way forward (document AFR/RC58/7) Patient safety in African health services: issues and solutions (document AFR/RC58/8) Implementation of the regional oral health strategy: update and way forward (document AFR/RC58/9) Adoption of the Ouagadougou Declaration on Primary Health Care and Health Systems in Africa: achieving better health for Africa in the new millennium (document AFR/RC58/11)
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Information 8.1 Acceleration of HIV prevention in the WHO African Region: progress report (document AFR/RC58/INF.DOC/1)
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Country focus initiative and strengthening WHO country offices: an update (document AFR/RC58/INF.DOC/2) WHO internal and external audit reports: progress report for the African Region (document AFR/RC58/INF.DOC/3) Report on WHO staff in the African Region (document AFR/RC58/INF.DOC/4) Poliomyelitis eradication: progress report (document AFR/RC58/INF.DOC/5) Harmonization for health in Africa: progress report (document AFR/RC58/INF.DOC/6)
Panel discussions: Sharing best practices in scaling up interventions related for reducing maternal and newborn mortality (document AFR/RC58/PD/1); prevention and control of malaria (document AFR/RC58/PD/2); HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment and care (document AFR/RC58/PD/3); improving routine immunization coverage (document AFR/RC58/PD/4) Adoption of the Algiers Declaration on Research for Health in the African Region (document AFR/RC58/12) Programme Budget Performance Assessment 2006-2007 (document AFR/RC58/13) Proposed WHO Programme Budget 2010-2011 (document AFR/RC58/14) Framework for implementation of the Ouagadougou Declaration on Primary Health Care and Health Systems in Africa: achieving better health for Africa in the new millennium (document AFR/RC58/16) Director-General of the World Health Organization (document AFR/RC58/17) Correlation between the work of the Regional Committee, the Executive Board and the World Health Assembly (document AFR/RC58/18) Dates and places of the fifty-ninth and sixtieth sessions of the Regional Committee (document AFR/RC58/19) Intergovernmental working group on public health, innovation and intellectual property (IGWG-PHI) and follow-up of Resolution WHA61.21 (document AFR/RC58/22) Adoption of the Report of the Regional Committee (document AFR/RC58/20) Closure of the fifty-eighth session of the Regional Committee.
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