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Introduction of the annual report 2016 - English
1. 64th
Session of
the Regional Committee
for the Eastern Mediterranean
Islamabad, Pakistan
9–12 October 2017
Introduction of the
Annual Report
Dr Mahmoud Fikri
WHO Regional Director for the Eastern
Mediterranean
Agenda item 2
14. Road safety awareness
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World Congress on
Road Safety, Tunisia,
May 2017
Fourth UN Road Safety Week,
Egypt, May 2017
Launch of the National road safety campaign Egypt, September 2017
31. Estimated number of people living with hepatitis C
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Eastern
Mediterranean
Region
European
Region
Western Pacific
Region
African Region South-East Asia
Region
Region of the
Americas
71 million infected globally
The Eastern Mediterranean has the highest prevalence (2.3%) and the
highest number of infected people among all regions (15 million)
Millions
32. Achievements in hepatitis control
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Celebrating achievements in hepatitis
treatment, Cairo, October 2016
Launch of National Hepatitis Strategic
Framework (20172021), Islamabad,
October 2017
33. Regional tuberculosis strategic plan
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• 40% reduction in tuberculosis deaths in each country
compared to 2015
• 20% reduction in incidence as compared to 2015
• 0% catastrophic cost
34. First WHO Global Ministerial Conference
• Ending Tuberculosis in
the Sustainable
Development Era: a
multisectoral response
• Moscow, 1617
November 2017
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43. WHO emergency and outbreak funding trends
2017
Fund type
Funding received
in USD
Bilateral funds 440 962 309
Contingency and solidarity funds 9 034 155
TOTAL 449 996 464
US$ 200 million (41%)
funding gap for the Region in 2017
(as of 13 September)
2016–2017
biennium
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50. Development of the roadmap
Considerations
• Global, regional and national contexts
• Agenda for Sustainable Development 2030
• WHO reform
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51. Four interrelated pillars
1. Public health priorities
2. Enabling factors
3. Strengthening WHO’s presence in countries
4. WHO’s working environment
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52. Five priority areas of work
1. Emergencies and health security
2. Prevention and control of communicable diseases
3. Prevention and control of noncommunicable
diseases
4. Maternal, neonatal, child and adolescent health
5. Health systems strengthening
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53. Enabling factors
• Health in All Policies
• Public health management and leadership
• Partnerships
• Mainstreaming health in the SDGs
• Multisectoral and risk management approaches
• Resource mobilization
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54. WHO’s presence in countries
• Joint planning
• Greater engagement of countries in WHO’s work
• Strengthening and expanding country offices
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55. WHO’s working environment
• Professional development and capacity
• Communication, coordination and teamwork
• Internal control framework
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