Brazzaville, 12 November 2015 – Delegates from the 47 countries in the WHO African Region will meet in N’Djamena, Chad from 23-27 November 2015, for the annual session of the WHO Regional Committee. The week-long meeting is hosted by the Chadian government.

The Regional Committee is the annual flagship meeting of ministers of health from the Region during which they discuss a range of strategies and actions to tackle public health challenges in the Region. As the highest decision-making body on health, its decisions have over the years contributed immensely towards improving the health and well-being of people in the Region.

Dignitaries attending the meeting include: Dr Margaret Chan, Director-General of WHO; Dr Matshidiso Moeti, WHO Regional Director for Africa; senior WHO officials; representatives of agencies of the United Nations system; bilateral and multilateral organizations; nongovernmental organizations; and high ranking decision-makers from Ministries of Health.

Priority topics on the agenda for this year’s Regional Committee include:

• Research for health: a strategy for the African Region, 2016–2025 
• Global strategy on human resources for health: perspectives from the African Region
• The Transformation Agenda of the WHO Secretariat in the African Region
• Progress report on the establishment of the Africa Centre for Disease Control 
• The African Public Health Emergency Fund (APHEF) 
• The 2014 Ebola virus disease outbreak: lessons learnt and way forward
• Progress  on the implementation of the Health Promotion Strategy for the African Region
• Progress on Strategy for Addressing Key Determinants of Health in the African Region
• Progress on the establishment of the African Medicines Agency.

An updated RC65 Journal will be posted on the web every morning from 24 November 2015.

Social media:

The WHO Regional Office for Africa will provide regular updates from the Regional Committee via Twitter. Follow us @WHOAFRO and use the hashtag #AFRC65.

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Regional Committee contacts:

Dr Joseph Cabore , Director for Programme Management ; Tel: +47 24139386; Email: caborej [at] who.int (caborej[at]who[dot]int)
Collins Boakye-Agyemang, Regional Communications Adviser; Tel: + 242 06 520 6565; Email: boakyeagyemangc [at] who.int (boakyeagyemangc[at]who[dot]int)
Jonas Naissem, Communications Officer in Chad; Tel: +235 52 3805; Email: naissemj [at] who.int (naissemj[at]who[dot]int)
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Related links:

Draft provisional agenda (pdf: 37.63 kB)

Sixty-fifth session of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa