Provisional Agenda English – RC65

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REGIONAL COMMITTEE FOR THE EM/RC65/1
EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN 10 July 2018
Sixty-fifth Session
Khartoum, Sudan, 1518 October 2018
Provisional Agenda
1. Opening of the Session
(a) Election of Officers
(b) Adoption of the Agenda EM/RC65/1
2. Programme and Budget matters
Programme Budget 20202021 EM/RC65/2
3. (a) Annual Report of the Regional Director 2017 EM/RC65/3
Progress reports on:
(b) Eradication of poliomyelitis EM/RC65/INF.DOC.1
(c) Scaling up family practice: progressing towards universal health
coverage
EM/RC65/INF.DOC.2
(d) Improving access to assistive technology EM/RC65/INF.DOC.3
(e) Strategic framework on strengthening health laboratory services
2016–2020
EM/RC65/INF.DOC.4
(f) Implementation of the regional strategic framework for blood
safety and availability 2016–2025
EM/RC65/INF.DOC.5
(g) Regional strategy and action plan for tobacco control reflecting
the commitments of the WHO Framework Convention on
Tobacco Control
EM/RC65/INF.DOC.6
(h) Progress of States Parties in implementing the International
Health Regulations (2005), including Report of the Regional
Assessment Commission
EM/RC65/INF.DOC.7
(i) Health issues facing populations affected by disasters and
emergencies
EM/RC65/INF.DOC.8
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4. Technical papers
(a) Advancing universal health coverage EM/RC65/4
(b) Protecting populations from the impact of health emergencies EM/RC65/5
(c) Promoting health and well-being EM/RC65/6
(d) Optimizing WHO’s performance: countries at the centre EM/RC65/7
(e) Private sector engagement for advancing universal health coverage EM/RC65/8
5. World Health Assembly and Executive Board
(a) Resolutions and decisions of regional interest adopted by the
Seventy First World Health Assembly and the Executive Board at
its 142nd and 143rd Sessions
EM/RC65/9
(b) Review of the draft provisional agenda of the 144th Session of the
WHO Executive Board
EM/RC65/9-Annex 1
(c) Global strategy on health, environment, and climate change EM/RC65/10
(d) WHO’s work on access to medicines and vaccines EM/RC65/11
(e) Draft global action plan on the health of refugees and migrants EM/RC65/12
6. Nominations
Nomination of a Member State to the Joint Coordinating Board on the
Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Disease
EM/RC65/13
7. Report of the third meeting of the Programme Subcommittee of the
Regional Committee
EM/RC65/14
8. Awards
(a) Award of the Dr A.T. Shousha Foundation Prize and Fellowship EM/RC65/INF.DOC.9
(b)Award of the State of Kuwait Prize for the Control of Cancer,
Cardiovascular Diseases and Diabetes in the Eastern Mediterranean
Region
EM/RC65/INF.DOC.10
(c) Award of the Down Syndrome Research Prize EM/RC65/INF.DOC.11
9. Place and date of future sessions of the Regional Committee EM/RC65/INF.DOC.12
10. Other business
11. Closing session