Tentative Programme for RC74

Tentative Programme for the Seventy-fourth Session of the
WHO Regional Committee (Virtual), Nepal, 6–10 September 2021
9 August 2021
Date Morning Afternoon
Monday
6 Sept. 2021
9:45 a.m.–12:45 p.m. (Nepal Time)
Inauguration of the Seventy-fourth Session of the
Regional Committee
Opening of the Session (Item 1)
 Election of Officebearers (Item 2)
 Credentials of Representatives (Item 3)
 Adoption of the Agenda (Item 4)
Key addresses and report on the work of WHO
(Item 5) (Plenary)
 Introduction to the Regional Director’s Annual
Report on the Work of WHO in the South-East
Asia Region covering the period 1 January–31
December 2020 (Item 5.1)
2:15 p.m.–5:15 p.m. (Plenary) (Nepal Time)
Key addresses and report on the work of WHO
(Item 5) (Plenary)
 Address by the Director-General (Item 5.2)
 Member State interventions: Hon’ble Ministers of Health/
Heads of Delegations
Governing Body matters (Item 10)
 Elective posts for Governing Body meetings
(WHA, EB and PBAC) (Item 10.3)
Tuesday
7 Sept. 2021
9:45 a.m.–12:45 p.m. (Nepal Time)
Ministerial Roundtable
COVID-19 and measures to ‘build back better’
essential health services to achieve UHC and the
health-related SDGs (Item 6.1)
2:15 p.m.–5:15 p.m. (Nepal Time)
Programme Budget matters (Item 7)
 Programme Budget 2020–2021: Implementation and
mid-term review (Item 7.1)
 Programme Budget 2022–2023
(Item 7.2)
Management and Governance matters (Item 11)
(Plenary)
 Transformation in the South-East Asia Region (Item
11.1)
 Evaluation: Annual Report (Item 11.2)
 Status of the SEA Regional Office Building
(Item 11.3)
Wednesday
8 Sept. 2021
9:45 a.m.–12:45 p.m. (Plenary) (Nepal Time)
Policy and technical matters (Item 8)
 Accelerating progress on prevention and control
of NCDs, including oral health and integrated eye
care, in the WHO South-East Asia Region (Item
8.1)
 Annual report on monitoring progress on UHC
and health-related SDGs (Item 8.2)
 Strategic Framework of the South-East Asia
Regional Vaccine Action Plan 2022–2030 as
aligned with the Global Immunization Agenda
2030 (Item 8.3)
 Beginning of the Decade of Action for ending
viral hepatitis, HIV and STIs as public health
threats by 2030 in the South-East Asia Region
(Item 8.4)
2:15 p.m.–5:15 p.m. (Plenary) (Nepal Time)
Policy and technical matters (Item 8)
 Strengthening public health emergency preparedness and
response in the South-East Asia Region
(Item 8.5)
 Revitalizing school health and health-promoting school in
the South-East Asia Region
(Item 8.6)
Governing Body matters (Item 10)
 Key issues arising out of the Seventy-fourth World Health
Assembly and the 148th and 149th Sessions of the WHO
Executive Board
(Item 10.1)
 Review of the Draft Provisional Agenda of the 150th
Session of the WHO Executive Board (Item 10.2)
Date Morning Afternoon
Thursday
9 Sept. 2021
9:15 a.m.–12:45 p.m. (Plenary) (Nepal Time)
Progress reports on selected Regional
Committee resolutions: (Item 9)
 Measles and rubella elimination by 2023
(SEA/RC72/R3) (Item 9.1)
 Challenges in polio eradication (SEA/RC60/R8)
(Item 9.2)
 Delhi Declaration on improving access to
essential medical products in the Region and
beyond (SEA/RC71/R2) (Item 9.3)
 Covering every birth and death: improving civil
registration and vital statistics (SEA/RC67/R2)
(Item 9.4)
 South-East Asia Regional Health Emergency
Fund (SEARHEF) (SEA/RC60/R7) (Item 9.5 a)
 Expanding the scope of the South-East Asia
Regional Health Emergency Fund (SEARHEF)
(SEA/RC69/R6) (Item 9.5 b)
2:15 p.m.–4:00 p.m. (Plenary) (Nepal Time)
Progress reports on selected Regional Committee
resolutions: (Item 9)
 Patient safety contributing to sustainable universal
health coverage (SEA/RC68/R4) (Item 9.6)
 Delhi Declaration on Emergency Preparedness in the
South-East Asia Region (SEA/RC72/R1) (Item 9.7)
 Colombo Declaration on strengthening health systems to
accelerate delivery of NCD services at the primary health
care level (SEA/RC69/R1) (Item 9.8)
Friday
10 Sept.
2021
9:15 a.m.–12:45 p.m. (Nepal Time)
Special Programmes (Item 12)
 UNICEF/UNDP/World Bank/WHO Special
Programme for Research and Training in
Tropical Diseases: Joint Coordinating Board
(JCB) – Report on attendance at JCB in 2021
(Item 12.1)
 UNDP/UNFPA/UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Special
Programme of Research, Development and
Research Training in Human Reproduction
(HRP): Policy and Coordination Committee
(PCC) – Report on attendance at PCC in 2021
and nomination of a member in place of Nepal
whose term expires on 31 December 2021
(Item 12.2)
 Time and place of future Sessions of the
Regional Committee (Item 13)
 Adoption of resolutions (Item 14)
 Closing of the Session (Item 15)
NOTE:
Lunch interval: 12:45–2:15 p.m. daily
Tea/coffee breaks will be usually from 10:45–11:15 a.m. and from 3:45–4:00 p.m. daily.
Physical activity sessions:
 2 sessions of 3-minute energizers on meeting days. Video footage on stretching exercises at the desk will be
broadcast.
 Morning exercises to be broadcast live from SEARO on social media platforms (Facebook and YouTube), at 8 a.m.
(Nepal time).
Other session: The following session will also be held:
Side-Event on:
 Release of WHO Publications: Tuesday, 7 September 2021, following the conclusion of the Ministerial Roundtable.