EMRO Meeting Agenda

Annex I: Meeting Agenda

 

WHO-EMRO and DCPN Collaboration Kick-off Meeting

Beirut-Lebanon,

6-7 September 2012  

 

PROVISIONAL AGENDA

 

Golden Tulip Hotel,

Hamra. Beirut

 

Day 1: Using Priority-Setting to Address NCDs in EMRO Region

 

Opening of meeting and goals

8:30 am – 9:00 am

 

Ala Alwan, Regional Director, WHO-EMRO

Rachel Nugent, Associate Professor, University of Washington and Director DCPN-DGH

 

Introductions

9:00 am —9:30 am     All participants

 

Session 1: History and Purpose of DCPN

9:30 am – 10:30 am    Rachel Nugent, UW

Discussion - All

 

Tea/Coffee Break

10:30 am – 11:00 am

 

Session 2: Non-communicable Diseases in EMRO

11:00 am – 12:00 pm  Dr. Ala Alwan, WHO-EMRO: Policy Priorities for Public Health in the Eastern Mediterranean Region with Special Emphasis on Non-communicable Diseases

 

 

 

12:00 pm – 12:30 pm  Dr. Ibtihal Fadhil, WHO-EMRO: Regional NCD Research Priorities for WHO

 

Discussion – All

 

 

Lunch

12:30 pm -- 1:30 pm  

 

 

Session 3: Non-communicable Diseases in EMRO: Conditions, Evidence Gaps, Policy Response

Moderator: Professor Ali Mokdad, University of Washington

 

Each speaker will present for 10 minutes and there will be 5 minutes of discussion per talk

 

Heart Disease              Regional Challenges: Dr. Samir Alam, Lebanon

1:45 pm – 2:45 pm      Regional Challenges:  Dr. Samer Jabbour, Syria

Regional Challenges:  Dr. Hassen Ghannem, Tunisia

                                    Regional Challenges:  Dr. Nooshin Bazargani, UAE

 

Diabetes                      Global Challenges:      Dr. Venkat Narayan, US

3:00 pm – 3:30 pm      Regional Challenges:  Dr. Ala Alwan, WHO

 

Diet and Nutrition      Global Challenges:      Dr. Simin Liu, US

3:30 pm -4:00 pm        Regional Challenges:              TBD

 

Tea/Coffee Break

4:00 pm – 4:15 pm

                                   

Community                 Global Challenges:      Dr. Eduardo Simoes, US

4:15 pm – 4:45 pm      Regional Challenges:  Dr. Rima Nakkash, Lebanon

 

Cancer                         Regional Challenges:  Dr. Aisha Jumaan, US

4:45 pm – 5:00 pm

 

Surveillance                 Global Challenges:      Dr. Kathleen Strong, Switzerland

5:00 pm – 5:30 pm      Regional Challenges:  Dr. Abla Sibai, Lebanon

 

Stroke                          Regional Challenges:  Dr. Hassen Ghannem, Tunisia

5:30 pm – 5:45 pm

 

Meeting Close             Rachel Nugent

6:00 pm

 

7:00 pm Dinner                                 Location TBD

 


 

Day 2: Constructing Disease Control Priorities on NCDs for the EMRO Region

 

Session 4: Plenary Discussion: Developing an Outline of a DCP-EMRO Book

9:00 am – 10:45 am    Moderator: Dr. Ala Alwan, WHO/EMRO  

                                    “Structure, goals, and audience of NCD Priorities in EMRO”

 

        I.            Burden

      II.            Risk factors

    III.            Priority Diseases and Conditions

    IV.            Health Systems Capabilities and Needs

      V.            Community-based Approaches

    VI.            Economic evaluations

  VII.            Setting NCD Priorities in EMRO: meeting the global and regional targets

 

Tea/Coffee Break

10:45 am – 11:00 am

 

Session 5:        Small Groups: Developing Chapter Outlines and Author Selection

 

11:00 am – 12:45 pm  For each sub-section of the book, a small group will discuss the content, important messages, and evidence-building. Groups will develop chapter outlines. Potential authors will be nominated by the participants.

 

Lunch

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

 

 

Session 6:                    Roundtables on Economic Evaluation of Policies to Reduce NCDs

2:00 pm – 4:00 pm      Moderator: Dr. Hassan El-Bushra, WHO/EMRO

 

Regional Roundtable

 

Global Roundtable (skype/telecon)

 

Dr Hossein Salehi, Iran

 

Dr Abdo Yazbeck, World Bank/AFRO

 

Dr Arash Rashidian, NIHR, Iran

 

Dr Enis Baris, World Bank/MENA

 

Dr. Shadi Saleh, AUB/Lebanon

 

Dr Irina Nikolic, World Bank/HQ

 

Dr. Awad Mataria, WHO/EMRO

Dr Sania Nishtar, Heartfile

 

 

                                   

Session 7: Coordination and Communications

4:00 pm –5:00 pm       Rachel Nugent, moderator

 

  • Coordination with DCP3                               
  • Author teams: global and regional experts
  • External Communication

 

Session 8:        Next Steps and Meeting Close

5:00 pm – 5:30 pm      Dr. Ala Alwan

 

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Annex II: List of participants

 

WHO-EMRO and DCPN Collaboration Kick-off Meeting

Beirut-Lebanon,

6-7 September 2012

                                                                                                                                               

PROVISIONAL LIST OF PARTCIPANTS

 

ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN

 

Dr Arash Rashidian

Director

Iranian National Institute of Health Research (NIHR)

Poursina Ave, Tehran 1417613191

Tel: 00-98-2188991112

Fax: 00-98-2188991113

Email: arashidian@tums.ac.ir

 

LEBANON

 

Professor Samir Alam

Head, Division of Cardiology

Department of Internal Medicine

American University of Beirut Medical Center

Email: salam@aub.edu.lb

 

Dr Shadi Saleh

Associate Professor and Chair

Health Management and Policy
Faculty of Health Sciences
American University of Beirut
Beirut
Tel: 00-961-1-350000 ext. 4683

Fax: 00-961-1-744470
Email: ss117@aub.edu.lb

 

Dr Abla Sibai

Professor

Department of Epidemiology and Population Health

Faculty of Health Sciences

American University of Beirut

Beirut

Tel: 00‐961‐1‐350000 extension (4647‐Direct) (4640‐Sec.)

Fax: 00‐961‐1‐744470

E‐mail: am00@aub.edu.lb

Dr Samer Jabbour

Senior Lecturer

Health Management and Policy
Faculty of Health Sciences
American University of Beirut
Beirut
Tel: 00-961-1-350000 ext. 4680

Fax: 00-961-1-744470
Email: sjabbour@aub.edu.lb

 

Dr Rima Nakkash

Assistant Professor

Coordinator of AUB-TCRG

Department of Health Promotion and Community Health

Center for Research on Population and Health

American University of Beirut

Office: Room 335, Van Dyck Building

PO Box 11-0236

Beirut, Lebanon

Tel: 961 1 350000 ext. 4667

Fax: 961-1-744470

Email: rn06@aub.edu.lb

 

PAKISTAN (virtual participation via skype)

 

Dr Sania Nishtar

Founder and President

Heartfile

One Park Road, Chak Shahzad

Islamabad

Tel: 00-92‐51‐2243580 | 00-92‐51‐8358968 |00-92‐51‐8358584

Fax: 00-92‐51‐2240773

Email: sania@heartfile.org

 

TUNISIA
 

Dr Hassen Ghannem

Senior Consultant

Council on Health Research for Development (COHRED)/North Africa and the Middle East

Professor, Community Medicine and Head of Epidemiology Department

University Hospital Farhat Hached

Sousse

Tel: 00-216-73-222600

Fax: 00-216-73-224899

Email: ghannem@cohred.org

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

 

Dr Hossein Salehi

Former Regional Advisor for Health Economics

WHO/EMRO

Tel: 00-1-7478883199

Email: ahsalehi1@gmail.com

Los Angeles

 

Professor Simin Liu

University of California, Los Angeles

Department of Epidemiology

siminliu@ucla.edu

 

Professor Venkat Narayan

Emory University

7049 Rollins School of Public Health

1518 Clifton Rd

Atlanta, GA 30322

kmvnarayan@sph.emory.edu

 

Professor Eduardo Simoes

University of Missouri

CE707 Clinical Support & Education Building, DC006.00
Columbia, MO 65212

simoese@health.missouri.edu

 

CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL

 

Aisha Jumaan

Regional Director

Center for Disease Control

1600 Clifton Road 

Atlanta, Georgia 30333

aoj1@cdc.gov

 

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON

 

Dr. Ali Mokdad

Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation

University of Washington

2301 5th Avenue, #600

Seattle, WA 98121

 

 

Dr. Rachel Nugent

Disease Control Priorities

University of Washington

325 Ninth Avenue, Box 359931

Seattle, WA 98104

 

WORLD BANK (virtual participation via skype/teleconference)

 

Dr. Irina Nikolic

World Bank

1818 H St. NW

Washington, DC 20433

Email: inikolic@worldbank.org

 

Dr Abdo Yazbeck

World Bank

1818 H St. NW

Washington, DC 20433

 

UNITAID

 

Dr Katheline Louise Strong

Programme Monitoring Officer

UNITAID

strongk@who.int

 

WHO SECRETARIAT

 

WRO/LEBANON

 

Dr Hassan El-Bushra

WHO Representative in Lebanon

elbushrah@leb.emro.who.int

 

 

Mrs Samar Hammoud

Administrative Support

WHO Office in Lebanon

hammouds@leb.emro.who.int

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WHO/EMRO

 

Dr Ala Alwan

Regional Director

alwana@emro.who.int

 

Dr Ibtihal Fadhil

Regional Advisor, Non-Communicable diseases

fadhili@emro.who.int

 

Dr Awad Mataria

Health Economist

matariam@emro.who.int

 

Ms Tatyana El-Kour

Technical Officer/Regional Director’s Office

elkourt@emro.who.int

 

Mrs Marie-Helen Caponis

Remote Administrative Support

Regional Director’s Office

caponism@emro.who.int