Assistant Regional Director

DIVISION

On the occasion of Visit of Mrs Shaikha Al-Sulaiti, Head

of International Health Section, International Relations
Department, Qatar, 9 to 13 May 2010, EMRO
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RPC EHA CBI GHD GAP EGP HPD MAC COR PME
MISSION
Community - Based Initiatives Unit
( CBI )
 Tackling social determinants and health equity through
community-based initiatives

Community-based initiatives

Community organization & Skills Income Social Public health

engagement of public development generation development interventions
sectors

Address SDH and health equity

Organized
and Improved
empowered Reduced
Poor, rural, poverty quality of
community Improved health life
disempowered
community
Women’s development

Sustainability
 We are expecting Qatar
to join healthy city
network by adopting
HCP using experiences
of neighboring countries
 WHD 2010 has created
this opportunity
 The Purpose of WHD 2010

l Bring urban health to the forefront of city’s political

agenda.
l Facilitate collaboration between community, city
planners, media, other Gov sectors, UN agencies and
stakeholders
l Assess urban health and social status/ challenges,
identify needs and priorities in order to promote U & H
and reduce health inequity.
l Encourage Mayors’ leadership on health equity.
l Better use of available local resources and re-direct
Gov. budget to fill the gaps at urban areas.
 209 Registered cities in EMR
Countries No of registered Countries No of registered
cities cities
Afghanistan 6 Oman 4
Djibouti 1 Pakistan 12
Bahrain 3 oPt 3
Iraq 26 Syria 7
Iran 65 Somalia 8

Egypt 10 Saudi Arabia 26

Jordan 2 Sudan 13
Kuwait 1 Qatar 1
Lebanon 8 Tunisia 1
Libya 1 Yemen 5
Morocco 1 UAE 5
 EMRO assistance during 2010
lSupport 209 lRapid assessment at
registered cities to city level to identify
be recognized as local needs and come
healthy cities and out with PoA to fill
link it to the HCP major gaps;
Global Network;
lIntroduction of Urban
lEncourage cities to HEART using
form healthy city experiences of Iran.
coordinating
committee chaired
by the Mayors;
Gender in Health and Development Unit
( GHD )
 Gender in Health and Development (GHD)

lEnsures that the differential needs of men and women, particularly

those belonging to vulnerable groups, are effectively addressed in
health systems.
lMechanisms include disaggregation and analysis of health
indicators by sex, age and other social determinants such as
socioeconomic status.
lFocus on ‘health for all’ from the demand/population side
perspective.
Main areas of work of GHD
lCapacity building of health managers on developing gender
sensitive health care programmes and policies;

lResearching gender differences in health seeking behaviour and

resultant impacts on health;

lIdentifying health sector roles in responding to, and documenting

violence against women;

lAddressing gender issues in HIV/AIDS.

Media and Communication Unit ( MAC )
Major tasks and objectives
 Building networks and Celebration
Celebrationof
ofWHO
WHOspecial
specialdays
days
partnerships with media and
other partners for health Social
Socialnetworking
networkingfor
forHealth
Health
promotion as well as social
and recourse mobilization Building
Buildingpartnership
partnershipwith
withUN,
UN,NGOs
NGOs
and people of influence
and people of influence

Press
PressReleases
Releasesand
andconferences
conferences
Provision of reliable ,
authoritative and up - to - date Awareness
information on health issues Awarenessraising
raisinglectures
lectures
Media and WHO activities to media
Media and and and public Simplifying
Simplifyingscientific
scientificmaterials
materialsfor
for
Communication
Communication media and public use
media and public use
Unit
Unit’ s’ s major
major
tasks
tasks Production and dissemination In-house
In-housemedia
mediaproduction
productionstudio
studio
of professional quality and
region - specific public health
advocacy materials Production
Productionof
ofprinted
printedand
andelectronic
electronic
advocacy
advocacymaterials
materials

Capacity Building of WHO , MOH Communication

and media professionals in Communicationtraining
trainingworkshops
workshops
the fields related to
dissemination of public Joint
Jointactivities
activitieswith
withAcademia
Academiaand
and
health messages media training institutions
media training institutions
 Some of MAC major aims and
objectives 1
►Further Collaboration with Ministries of Health in the region to
reflect on Member states achievements and challenges

►Using innovative methodologies to raise effectiveness of WHO

media and communication campaigns and materials

►Strengthening WHO network of friends and partners in UN, media

and the civil society

►Shifting towards use of IT communication tools in the interest

of environment, time and cost effectiveness

►Improving quality of WHO/EMRO advocacy materials

►Expanding collaboration with Regional media networks

 Some of MAC major aims and
objectives 2
►Improving the dissemination mechanism for wider and faster
distribution of WHO advocacy materials
►Working with Academia for response gauging and scientific
assessment of WHO media campaigns
►
►Establishing new partnerships with more people of influence
throughout the region for health promotion and education
►
►Arranging more focused media events and campaigns for raising
awareness of public and policy makers on health issues
►Maximizing the use of the In-house studio with the aim of
increasing production of high quality Audio Visual materials
►Capacity building of country offices and focal points with the
aim of localization of advocacy campaigns and materials
Samples of some recent campaigns
Programme Planning , Monitoring ,
and Evaluation Unit ( PME )
Managerial and Planning Process in WHO

Responsibility of all
General Global Health (MS, Secretariat and
Programme Partners)
of Work Agenda
Responsibility of
MS
Mid-Term Strategic Objectives and Secretariat
Strategic Responsibility
Plan Organization Wide of
Expected Results the Secretariat

•Office-specific Responsibility
Biennial
•Operational of
Programme
Budget •Budgeted each office
 General Programme of 10 yrs
Member
States
Work Secretariat
2006-2015
Strategic Objectives
Mid-
National Strategic OWERs
term
plans Strateg 6
ic
Plan yrs
National Comments & (MTSP)
Priorities Operational feedback of RERs 2008-
Country Regional 2013
Plans J Advisors
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Country or Office ERs

Biennial 2
yrs
workplans
Products 2010-2011

Activities
Programme Planning, Monitoring, and
Evaluation
l Strategic directions:
– Application of Results-Based Management
approach for program management in EMRO
– Country Focus,
l Core Responsibilities:
l 1- Strategic and Operational Planning.
l 2- Monitoring and Assessment
l 3- Implementation of Country Focus Policy in EMR
l 4- Act as secretariat for organizing and reporting of
statutory meetings.
Research Policy and Cooperation Unit
( RPC )
 Research Policy and Cooperation (RPC)

Ø Works with Member States in strengthening their health

research systems
Ø Stimulates “research for health” in Member States by
identifying emerging trends in scientific knowledge and
important priority areas to improve health;
Ø Promotes capacity-building in health research and improves
management of research within Member States through:
• Training;
• Collaboration;
• Information exchange; and
• Harnessing resources at national, regional and international
levels.
 Activities & Functions of RPC

*COMSTECH: Organization of the Islamic Conference Standing Committee on Scientific and Technological Cooperation
 Planned RPC activities in Qatar

Ø Assistance in formulation of the National Health Research

Strategy
Ø Establishment of Evidence Informed Policy Network (EVIPNet)

Ø Participation of researchers/ policy-makers from Qatar in the

planned Regional Workshops:
• Quantitative and Qualitative Research Methodology for
Health Research;
• Policy Course (policy-makers trained in use of research
results);
• Clinical Trials; and
• Strengthening capacities in Health Systems Research
External Coordination Unit
( COR )
External Coordination (COR)
 External Coordination (COR)
l Building and maintaining partnership and technical cooperation
– with other organizations and bodies from the UN system,
– inter-governmental organizations outside the UN system,
– multilateral financial institutions, international development agencies,
civil society including NGOs and voluntary organizations.
l Implementing, following-up and monitoring of the UN General Assembly
resolutions, decisions and recommendations of other UN apex bodies
having implications for WHO.
l Resource mobilization for EMRO (donor database, contacts, agreements
and reporting
l Advocacy : promoting and supporting inter-country cooperation for health
development
Knowledge Management and Sharing
 Knowledge Management and Sharing
lGlobal Arabic Programme (GAP): supports translation into
national languages of WHO publications and
implementation of the action plan on multilingualism
lEditorial, Graphics and Publishing Support (EGP):
supports capacity development in research writing and in
bridging the communication gap between researchers
and policy makers, and implementation of WHO
publications policy
lHealth Publications, Production & Dissemination:
supports capacity development in libraries, provision of
health literature, and markets and distributes Regional
Office publications

l
Emergency and Humanitarian Action
( EHA )
WHO’s Strategic Area for Health Action in
Crises: EPR/EHA/HAC/SO5
“Urging all Member
States to build up the
national capacity for
emergency preparedness
and disaster
reduction/mitigation and
response, in order to
reduce avoidable
mortality and disability”
Resolution EM/RC49/R7
(adopted during 49th Session of the
Regional Committee, October 2002)
II.
Humanitarian Burden:

1. EMR hosts the three most challenging complex humanitarian emergencies: Somalia,
Occupied Palestinian Territories, and Darfur, Sudan with over 300, 000 deaths and over
10 million refugees/displaced.

2. Insurgencies and subsequent displacements in Pakistan and Yemen, coupled with conflict in
Iraq and Afghanistan currently contribute to over 10 Million refugees and/or displaced
in EMR

3. Over 11.6 million internally displaced persons (IDPs) in and over 5 million refugees in EMR at
present

4. Changing demographics and polarized disease burden (ageing population; communicable

and NCDs, HIV/AIDS) in affected populations

5. Pre-mature urbanization in mega-cities in EMR at high risk of natural or man-made disasters:

Tehran, Kabul, Baghdad, Karachi, Rabat, Sana’a, Tunis, Hargeisa, Muscat, Dubai,
Doha, Riyadh, Manama, etc

6. Climate change and potential humanitarian consequences:

a. displacement
b. conflict over scarce resources

7. Somalia and Afghanistan currently has one of the highest malnutrition, IMR and MMR in the
world

8. H1N1 Pandemic coupled with H5N1 in high risk countries namely Egypt, Pakistan, and
Afghanistan.
 What We Do

Natural Disasters Complex Humanitarian

Emergencies Impact
(Climate Change)
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Dom s tion
s
Strategy
ains & Policy

Response Capacity
Building

Operations
Recovery
 What we can offer
l Capacity building in emergency
preparedness, disaster risk reduction,
humanitarian response and recovery
measures from an “all hazards”
approach

l Information/Knowledge Management in/for

Crises

l Pandemic Preparedness and Response

l Generation of “practice-based evidence”;

applied and evaluation research in
disaster preparedness, mitigation,
response and early recovery programs

l HR training and capacity building

l
Past/On-going initiatives with partners in
Qatar

l Hamada Medical Corporation:

– Capacity Building: Children in Emergencies
– Hospitals Safe from Disasters: Strategy and
Implementation
– Qatar Medical Congress: session on disaster
management: all hazard approach
– Training and simulation: mass casualty

l Qatar Red Crescent:

– Developing hospital preparedness plan in Gaza
– Health sector capacity building in Somalia