Regional Certification Commission intercountry meetings

Regional Certification Commission intercountry meetingsThe objectives of the regional certification commission meetings in the Eastern Mediterranean Region are to review the certification reports submitted by the countries, to formulate recommendations and to review progress towards certification and containment of laboratory stocks of poliovirus.

The meetings are attended by the members of Eastern Mediterranean Regional Certification Commission, Chairpersons of National Certification Committee, focal points of the national epidemiological immunization programme and representatives of partner organizations; mainly Rotary International and Centre for Disease Control and Prevention.

Eastern Mediterranean Regional Certification Commission intercountry meetings

First meeting

Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Alexandria, Egypt
23–24 September 1995

Second meeting

Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Alexandria, Egypt 
02–03 December 1997

Third meeting

Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Alexandria, Egypt
25–26 November 1998

Fourth meeting

Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Alexandria, Egypt
09–11 November 1999

Fifth meeting

Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Alexandria, Egypt
23–25 May 2000

Sixth meeting

Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Cairo, Egypt
21–23 March 2001

Seventh meeting

Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Cairo, Egypt
07–08 November 2001

Eighth meeting

Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Cairo, Egypt
05–06 June 2002

Ninth meeting

Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Cairo, Egypt
29–30 October 2002

Tenth meeting

Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Cairo, Egypt
14–15 October 2003

Eleventh meeting

Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Cairo, Egypt
04–05 April 2004

Twelfth meeting

Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Cairo, Egypt
13–14 October 2004

Thirteenth meeting

Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Cairo, Egypt
19–21 April 2005

Fourteenth meeting

Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Cairo, Egypt
07–08 December 2005

Fifteenth meeting

Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Cairo, Egypt
04–06 April 2006

Sixteenth meeting

Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Cairo, Egypt
01–02 November 2006

Seventeenth meeting

Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Cairo, Egypt
24–26 April 2007

Eighteenth meeting

Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Cairo, Egypt
14–17 April 2008

Nineteenth meeting

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Twentieth meeting

Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Cairo, Egypt
12–14 May 2009

Twenty-first meeting

Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Cairo, Egypt
21–22 October 2009

Twenty-second meeting

Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Cairo, Egypt
04–06 May 2010

Twenty-third meeting

Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Cairo, Egypt 
19–20 October 2010

Twenty-fourth meeting

Dubai, United Arab Emirates
12–14 April 2011

Twenty-fifth meeting

Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Cairo, Egypt

02–03 November 2011

Twenty-sixth meeting

Dubai, United Arab Emirates
03-05 April 2012

Twenty-seventh meeting

Cairo, Egypt 
26-28 March 2013

Twenty-eigth meeting

Amman, Jordan 
22-24 April 2014

Twenty-ninth meeting

Muscat, Oman 
19-21 April 2015

Thirtieth meeting

Amman, Jordan 
4-6 April 2016

Thirty First meeting

Casablanca, Morocco
16-18 May 2017

Thirty Second meeting

Dubai, United Arab Emirates 
24-26 April 2018

Thirty Third meeting

Muscat, Oman
23-25 April 2019

Thirty Fourth meeting

Virtually, Zoom platform  
15-17 September 2020

Thirty Fifth meeting

Virtually, Zoom platform  
1-3 June 2021

Thirty Sixth meeting

Dubai, United Arab Emirates  
31 May - 2 June 2022

Thirty Seventh meeting

Geneva, Swtizerland  
31 20-22 November 2023

Meeting of Chairpersons of National Certification Committees

First meeting of Chairpersons of National Certification Committees
Alexandria, Egypt
15–16 June 1998

Second meeting of Chairpersons of National Certification Committees and National Expert Groups
31 March–02 April 2002
Cairo, Egypt

Intercountry meeting of Chairpersons of National Certification Committees (NCC) of Poliomyelitis Eradication
Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Cairo, Egypt
3 May 2010

Meeting on WHO Global Action Plan (GAPIII) Phase 1 containment activities for national certification committees and containment coordinators
Amman, Jordan
29–30 November 2016