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SEA/RC67/35 Distribution: General WHO Regional Committee for South-East Asia Report of the Sixty-seventh Session Dhaka, Bangladesh 9–12 September 2014 © World Health Organization 2014 All rights reserved. Requests for publications, or for permission to reproduce or translate WHO publications – whether for sale or for noncommercial distribution – can be obtained from SEARO Library, World Health Organization, Regional Office for South-East Asia, Indraprastha Estate, Mahatma Gandhi Marg, New Delhi 110 002, India (fax: +91 11 23370197; e-mail: [email protected]). The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the World Health Organization concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. 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Printed in India ii WHO REGIONAL COMMITTEE FOR SOUTH-EAST ASIA Contents 1 Introduction ...................................................................................................... 1 2 Inaugural session ............................................................................................. 3 Welcome speech by Mr M.M. Neazuddin, Secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh ........................ 3 Address by Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, Regional Director, WHO South-East Asia ........... 4 Speech by the outgoing Chairman of the Health Ministers’ Forum, His Excellency Dr Harsh Vardhan, Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India ........................................................................................................ 6 Address by Dr Margaret Chan, Director-General, World Health Organization ................... 7 Address by His Excellency Mr Mohammed Nasim, Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh ....................... 8 Inaugural Address by Her Excellency Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister, People’s Republic of Bangladesh ..................................................................................... 9 Vote of Thanks by His Excellency Mr Zahid Maleque, State Minister, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh ........... 10 3 Business session ............................................................................................. 14 Opening of the Session .................................................................................................. 14 Appointment of the Subcommittee on Credentials ................................................. 14 Approval of the report of the Subcommittee on Credentials ................................... 14 Election of office-bearers ................................................................................................ 15 Adoption of the Agenda ................................................................................................ 15 Drafting Group on Resolutions ....................................................................................... 15 Key addresses and report on the Work of WHO ............................................................. 16 Introduction to the Regional Director’s Biennial Report on the Work of WHO in the South-East Asia Region covering the period 1 January 2012–31 December 2013 ....................................................................... 16 Statements by representatives of United Nations and Specialized Agencies ............ 20 Address by the Director-General ............................................................................. 22 REPORT OF THE SIXTY-SEVENTH SESSION iii WHO reform .................................................................................................................. 25 Framework of engagement with non-State actors .................................................. 25 Follow-up of the Financing Dialogue ....................................................................... 27 Strategic Resource Allocation .................................................................................. 28 Programme Budget matters ........................................................................................... 30 Programme Budget Performance Assessment: 2012–2013 ..................................... 30 Implementation of the Programme Budget 2014–2015 .......................................... 31 Proposed Programme Budget 2016–2017 .............................................................. 33 Technical matters ........................................................................................................... 35 Consideration of the recommendations arising out of the Technical Discussions on “Covering every birth and death: improving civil registration and vital statistics” ..... 35 Selection of a subject for the Technical Discussions to be held prior to the Sixty-eighth session of the Regional Committee ............................................ 36 Traditional medicine: Delhi Declaration ................................................................... 38 Strengthening the implementation of the WHO Global Strategy to Reduce the Harmful Use of Alcohol to support the achievement of the regional targets on prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases ............................................ 39 Strengthening emergency and essential surgical care and anaesthesia as a component of universal health coverage................................................................. 42 Viral hepatitis .......................................................................................................... 44 Regional strategy on strengthening health workforce education and training ......... 46 Progress reports on selected Regional Committee resolutions ........................................ 47 Nutrition and food safety in the South-East Asia Region ......................................... 48 South-East Asia Regional Health Emergency Fund ................................................... 50 Challenges in polio eradication ............................................................................... 51 Injury prevention and safety promotion .................................................................. 52 2012: Year of intensification of routine immunization in the South-East Asia Region: Framework for increasing and sustaining coverage ..... 54 Regional Health Sector Strategy on HIV 2011–2015 ............................................... 56 Consultative Expert Working Group on Research and Development: Financing and Coordination .................................................................................... 57 iv WHO REGIONAL COMMITTEE FOR SOUTH-EAST ASIA Comprehensive and coordinated efforts for the management of autism spectrum disorders and developmental disabilities .................................................. 59 Regional action plan and targets for prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases (2013–2020) ............................................................... 60 Governing body matters ................................................................................................. 62 Key issues arising out of the Sixty-seventh World Health Assembly and the 134th and 135th sessions of the WHO Executive Board .................................... 62 Review of the Draft Provisional Agenda of the 136th session of the WHO Executive Board ....................................................................................... 63 Special Programmes ....................................................................................................... 64 UNICEF/UNDP/World Bank/WHO Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases: Joint Coordinating Board (JCB) – Report on attendance at JCB in 2014 and nomination of a member in place of Nepal whose term expires on 31 December 2014 ................................................... 64 UNDP/UNFPA/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP): Policy and Coordination Committee (PCC) – Report on attendance at PCC in 2014 and nomination of a member in place of Bangladesh whose term expires on 31 December 2014 ............................................................. 65 Time and place of future sessions of the Regional Committee ........................................ 66 Adoption of the report of the Sixty-seventh Session of the Regional Committee ............ 66 Closure of the