Monday, 9 October 2023 (Pre-Regional Committee meetings)
Walk the Talk – including event on youth
Coffee break
Opening remarks and ground rules setting
Session 1: Pre-Regional Committee technical meeting
Minimizing morbidity and mortality due to trauma in humanitarian settings
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?
Session 3: Pre-Regional Committee technical meeting
Developing and implementing national plans for the development and implementation of clinical practice and public health guidelines
Lunch break
Session 4: Pre-Regional Committee technical meeting
The increasing threat of vector-borne diseases: the need for an integrated approach
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
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