Nomination of a Member State to the Joint Coordinating Board (JCB) of the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Disease (TDR)

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Nomination of a Member State to the Joint Coordinating
Board (JCB) of the Special Programme for Research and
Training in Tropical Disease (TDR)
Ahmed Mandil, TDR Focal Point, WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean

2. Headlines
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• TDR mandate
• JCB composition
• Regional contributions
• Member States selected by the Regional
Committee
• Vacancy (20232026)
• Selection

3. TDR mandate
• The Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical
Diseases (TDR) is a global programme of scientific collaboration that
helps facilitate, support and influence efforts to combat the diseases
of poverty e.g. TB, malaria and neglected tropical diseases
• TDR is co-sponsored by UNICEF, UNDP, the World Bank and WHO
• In the Eastern Mediterranean Region, we contribute to the TDR-Joint
Coordinating Board (JCB); support research grants (Impact Grants
Scheme, migration health, IHR and security preparedness); host the
TDR-Regional Training Centre (RTC) at the Pasteur Institute, Tunis,
Tunisia; and support capacity-building activities
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4. TDR-JCB Composition
The TDR-JCB has 24 members:
• 12 financial contributors (MoU: para 2.2.1): government representatives,
selected by contributors to TDR resources
• 6 representatives of WHO regions (MoU: para 2.2.2): selected by WHO
regional committees from countries directly affected by the diseases dealt
with by TDR or those providing technical or scientific support to the TDR
• 6 representatives of other cooperating parties (MoU: para 2.2.3): designated
by the JCB itself from among the remaining cooperating parties
• 4 co-sponsors (MoU: para 2.2.4): representatives of the four United Nations
agencies that comprise the standing committee (UNICEF, UNDP, the World
Bank, WHO)
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5. Regional
contributions to the
TDR-JCB
• Membership (20192022): Egypt
• Observer status: Member States of
the Region who have observer
status and are not currently
members, include Djibouti, Iran
(Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Jordan,
Kuwait, Morocco, Oman, Pakistan,
Saudi Arabia, Libya, Sudan, Syrian
Arab Republic, Tunisia, United Arab
Emirates and Yemen
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6. Member States selected by the Regional Committee
(19782022)
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Egypt 1978 – 1979 (2 years)
Pakistan 1978 – 1980 (3 years)
Iraq 1980 – 1982 (3 years)
Yemen Arab Republic 1984 – 1985 (2 years)
Sudan 1984 – 1986 (3 years)
Islamic Republic of Iran 1986 – 1988 (3 years)
Morocco 1987 – 1989 (3 years)
Somalia 1989 – 1991 (3 years)
Republic of Yemen 1990 – 1992 (3 years)
Egypt 1992 – 1994 (3 years)
Saudi Arabia 1993 – 1995 (3 years)
Tunisia 1995 – 1997 (3 years)
Islamic Republic of Iran 1996 – 1998 (3 years)
United Arab Emirates 1998 – 2000 (3 years)
Oman 1999 – 2001 (3 years)
Saudi Arabia 2001 – 2003 (3 years)
Kuwait 2002 – 2004 (3 years)
Bahrain 2004 – 2006 (3 years)
Djibouti 2005 – 2007 (3 years)
Syrian Arab Republic 2007 – 2009 (3 years)
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 2008 – 2010 (3 years)
Iraq 2010 – 2013 (4 years)
Djibouti 2011 – 2014 (4 years)
Afghanistan 2015 – 2018 (4 years)
Egypt 2019 – 2022 (4 years)

7. Vacancy for TDR-JCB Membership (20232026)
• Members of the JCB serve for a period of 4 years and may be
reappointed
• From the Region, Egypt (under paragraph 2.2.2 of the MoU: governments
selected by WHO regional committees) is currently a member of the
Board. The term of office of Egypt will expire on 31 December 2022
• The Regional Office invited Member States to apply to vacancies that
exist under paragraph 2.2.2. Subsequently, Egypt and Morocco applied
for selection for JCB membership for the period 20232026
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8. Selection process
Member States are invited to vote for the selection of:
• Egypt (three previous rounds of membership, the last during
20192022);
• Morocco (one previous round of membership, the last during
19871989)
for membership of the TDR-JCB for 20232026.
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Thank you for your kind
attention