Programme

Programme

Monday, 9 October 2023 (Pre-Regional Committee meetings)

07:00–09:00

Walk the Talk – including event on youth

10.00–10.30

Coffee break

10.30–10.45

Opening remarks and ground rules setting

10:45–11:30

Session 1: Pre-Regional Committee technical meeting

Minimizing morbidity and mortality due to trauma in humanitarian settings

11:30–12:15

Session 2: Pre-Regional Committee technical meeting

Designing and implementing PHC-oriented models of care in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: what do we know so far?

12:15–13:00

Session 3: Pre-Regional Committee technical meeting

Developing and implementing national plans for the development and implementation of clinical practice and public health guidelines

13:00–14:00

Lunch break

14:00–14:45

Session 4: Pre-Regional Committee technical meeting

The increasing threat of vector-borne diseases: the need for an integrated approach

14:45–16:00

Session 5: Panel discussion

The Regional Health Alliance: accelerating Joint UN Implementation of the health-related Sustainable Development Goals to support Member States of the Eastern Mediterranean Region

16:30–18:00

Session 6: OPENING CEREMONY

Recital from the Holy Quran

Address by the Chair of the 69th session of the Regional Committee

Address by Dr Ahmed Al-Mandhari, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean (followed by a video)

Address by Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General

High-level segment

Ms Amina J. Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations and Chair of the United Nations Sustainable Development Group

Dr Moustafa ElFiky, Egyptian journalist and political thinker

Ms Omnia El Omrani, COP27 President’s Youth Envoy

Awards

Group photo