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REGIONAL COMMITTEE FOR EUROPEForty-eighth session, Copenhagen, 14 - 18 September 1998

4 Q A W ORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATIONM 1 9 4 8 Regional Office for Europe

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Provisional agenda items 4(a), (b), (c), (d) EUR/RC48/64 April 1998

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M e m b e r s h ip o f t h e E x e c u t iv e B o a r d a n d V a r io u s O t h e r C o m m it t e e s

In accordance with rules 14.2.1 and 14.3.2 of the Regional Committee’s Rules of Procedure and resolution EUR/RC45/R1, the Regional Director invited Member States of the European Region to submit, by 14 March 1998, nominations for membership of the:

• Executive Board (EB)• Standing Committee of the Regional Committee (SCRC)• Joint Coordinating Board of the Special Programme for Research and Training in

Tropical Diseases (JCB)• Management Advisory Committee of the Action Programme on Essential Drugs.

This document contains, for each of the above bodies, a table giving an overview of past membership, the curricula vitae of candidates and, where appropriate, the terms of reference of the body in question and other related information.

CONTENTS

Page

I. Executive B oard.............................................................................................................................................. 1

Curricula V itae.................................................................................................................................................4

II. Standing Committee of the Regional Committee....................................................................................... 9

Curricula V itae............................................................................................................................................... 12

III. Joint Coordinating Board of the Special Programme for Research andTraining in Tropical D iseases................................................................................................................... 21

Curricula V itae...............................................................................................................................................24

IV. Management Advisory Committee of the Action Programme on Essential Drugs............................ 29

Curricula V itae...............................................................................................................................................30

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I. E x e c u t iv e B o a r d

Present membership from the European Region

1. The Region has seven seats on the Board, which from May 1998 will be filled by persons designated by France, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, the Russian Federation and the United Kingdom. Two seats will become vacant in May 1999, when the terms of office of the members designated by Poland and the United Kingdom will expire.

Candidatures

2. In his letter of 16 January 1998, the Regional Director requested Member States to inform him whether they wished to submit candidatures for election at the Fifty-second World Health Assembly in 1999, and the governments of Belgium, Italy, Spain, Switzerland and Tajikistan have announced their intention of doing so.

3. Nominations from those countries were received at the Regional Office by 14 March 1998, and the corresponding curricula vitae, in standard format, are contained in pages 4 to 8 .

Overview of membership

4. Table 1 shows which countries in the European Region designated members of the Executive Board in the period 1978-2001.

Table 1. Executive Board - Overview of m em bership3

WHA WHA WHA WHA WHA WHA WHA WHA WHA WHA WHA WHA WHA WHA WHA WHA WHA WHA WHA WHA WHA WHA WHA WHA Countries 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54

1978 1979 19801981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001AlbaniaArmenia ----- ----- ----- ----- ....... ----- ----- ----- ...... ----- ----- Member State in 1992Austria XXX XXX XXXAzerbaijan ----- ...... ...... ----- ...... ----- ....... ...... ...... ...... ...... Member State in 1992Belarus5Belgium XXX XXX XXXBosnia & Herzegovina ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- Member State in 1992Bulgaria XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXXCroatia ----- ----- ----- ----- ....... ----- ----- ----- ....... ----- ...... Member State in 1992 XXX XXX XXXCzechoslovakia (former) XXX XXX XXX XXX XXXCzech Republic ----- ----- ...... ...... ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ...... ...... ----- Member State in 1993Denmark X X X XXX XXXEstonia ----- ----- ----- ----- ...... ...... ----- ----- ----- ----- ...... ----- Member State in 1993Finland XXX XXX XXX XXXFrance XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXXGeorgia ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... Member State in 1992German Democratic Republic0

XXX XXX XXX

Germany0 XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXXGreece XXX XXX XXX XXX XXXHungary XXX XXX XXXIceland XXX XXX XXXIreland XXX XXX XXXIsrael XXX XXX XXXItaly XXX XXX XXXKazakhstan ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- Member State in 1992Kyrgyzstan ----- ....... ----- ...... ...... ----- ----- ...... ...... ----- ----- Member State in 1992Latvia ----- ----- ----- ...... ----- ----- ----- ....... ...... ----- Member State in 1991Lithuania ----- ....... ----- ----- ----- ...... ----- ...... ...... ...... Member State in 1991Luxembourg

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WHA WHA WHA WHA WHA WHA WHA WHA WHA WHA WHA WHA WHA WHA WHA WHA WHA WHA WHA WHA WHA WHA WHA WHA Countries 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54

1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001Malta XXX XXX XXXMonacoNetherlands XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXXNorway XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXXPoland XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXXPortugal XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXXRepublic of Moldova ----- ...... ...... ----- ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... Member State in 1992Romania XXX XXX XXXRussian Federation^ XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXXSan Marino Member State in 1979Slovakia ...... ...... ----- ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... Member State in 1993Slovenia Member State in 1992Spain XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXXSweden XXX XXX XXXSwitzerlandTajikistan ----- ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... Member State in 1992The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... Member State in 1993

T urkey XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXXTurkmenistan ....... ----- ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ----- ...... Member State in 1992Ukraine*United Kingdom XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXXUzbekistan ----- ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ----- ...... ----- Member State in 1992Yugoslavia® (former) XXX XXX XXX XXX

a In accordance with Rule 105 of the Rules of Procedure of the Health Assembly, 'The term of office of each Member entitled to designate a person to serve on the Board shall begin immediately after the closing of the session of the Health Assembly at which the Member concerned is elected and shall end immediately after the closing of the session of the Health Assembly during which the Member is replaced'. However, for the purpose of this table, each term of office is shown as starting with the January session of the Board (about half a year after the Member first takes office) in the year indicated and ending after the close of the Assembly in the year indicated.

b Non-active Member State until 1992.c As from the date of unification in 1990, both act in WHO under the designation "Germany". d Membership of the former USSR has been continued by the Russian Federation. e Membership pending (according to resolution WHA46.1).

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C u r r ic u l u m V it a e

Family name............ COLLA.................First/Other names.......Marcel...................................................

Present nationality... Belgian................Male/Female......M .......Date of b irth .. 28 September 1943 .

Language abilities: please indicate in which of the Regional Committee working languages the nominee is able to function effectively

N o m in a tio n f o r M em b e rsh ip o f t h e E x e c u t iv e B o a r d o f WHO

Speak Read Write

English X X

French X X X

German X

Russian

Professional education: name (up to 5) most important professional degrees taken Year

Licence (Bachelor’s degree) in social sciences.............................................................................. 1966

Professional career: name (up to 5) most important positions held Year (start/end)

Professor, Faculty of Sociology.............................................................................................. 1970-1978Member of Parliament (Cham bre des D ep u te s ).............................................1978-1979/1981-1995Member of European Parliament............................................................................................1979-1981Secretary of State for Science Policy..................................................................................... 1988-1989Minister of Posts and Telecommunications, Minister of Pensions....................................1989-1992

and Minister of Public Health and Pensions...............................................1994-1995/1995 to date

Experience of working for and with international organizations

As Minister of Public Health, relations with WHO

Experience o f acting as Chairperson of high-level political and technical committees at national and/or international level

Name and position of person making nomination

Mr E. Derycke, Minister of Foreign Affairs

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N o m in a tio n f o r M em b ersh ip o f t h e E x e c u t iv e B o a r d o f WHO


Family nam e............ BENAGIANO......First/Other nam es.......Giuseppe (Pino)..................................

Present nationality... Italian..................Male/Female..... M .......Date of birth.. 15 October 1937.......


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French

German

Russian


Doctor in medicine and surgery.........................................................................................................1961Specialist in obstetrics and gynaecology......................................................................................... 1965Libero Docente (Ph.D.), obstetrics and gynaecology....................................................................1966Libero Docente (Ph.D.), human reproduction..................................................................................1969


Assistant Associate Professor, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Rome University........... 1961-1973Scientific Medical Officer, HRP, WHO, Geneva..................................................................1973-1980Professor and Director, 1st Institute, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Rome University ...1980-1993Director HRP, WHO, Geneva.................................................................................................1993-1997Director General, National Institute of Health of Italy........................................................1997 to date


Member of WHO/HRP Scientific and Ethical Review Group............................................ 1988-1993US/AID:

Mission to Rwanda ............................................................................................................. 1984Mission to Somalia.............................................................................................................. 1988Evaluation of Family Health Int...........................................................................................1989External evaluation of AID .................................................................................................1995

UNFPA: team leader, PRSD Mission to India..................................................................................1996

Experience of acting as Chairperson of high-level political and technical committees at national and/or international level

Chairman of more than 20 meetings held at WHO/HQ Chairman of more than 25 conferences or congresses Secretary of HRP task forces of HRP/PPCSecretary General, International Federation of Obstetrics and Gynaecology


Dr Rosy Bindi, Minister of Health

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N o m in a tio n f o r M em b e rsh ip o f t h e E x e c u t iv e B o a r d o f WHO


Family name.... MARTIN-MORENO ... First/Other names......Jose M.....................................................

Present nationality... Spanish...............Male/Female......M .......Date of birth.. 25 July 1959 ..............


Speak Read Write

English X X X

French X X X

German X X

Russian X


M.D., Granada University, Spain.......................................................................................................1982Specialization in preventive medicine and public health, Granada University...........................1985MPH/Epidemiology, Harvard University, USA................................................................................ 1987Ph.D./Medical sciences, Granada University, Spain..................................................................... 1989Dr P.H./Epidemiology, Harvard University, U S A ............................................................................1992


Professor and Chairman, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics,National School of Public Health, Spain............................................................................. 1990-1994

Director, National Centre for Epidemiology, Spain............................................................. 1994-1995Director, National School of Public Health, Spain..............................................................1995 to date


Chairman, “Discipline Oriented Group” on Epidemiology and Clinical Trials, Biomed I, European CommissionMember, Project Review Board, Biomed I and Biomed II Associate Professor (Johns Hopkins University)Spanish observer, Executive Board, WHOWHO Temporary Adviser. Consultation on Public Health Functions and Infrastructure, Europe


Chairman, “Discipline Oriented Group” on Epidemiology and Clinical Trials within the European Community BoardChairman, Epidemiology, Public Health and Health Services Research Committee, Spanish Research Funding Board


Pedro Gomez Aguerre, General Technical Secretary, Ministry of Health and Consumer Affairs

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Family name............ZELTNER........... First/Other names.......Thomas Bjorn.....................................

Present nationality... Swiss................... Male/Female......M .......Date of birth.. 15 November 1947..


Speak Read Write

English X X X

French X X X

German X X X

Russian


Completion of medical education (Dr. med.)................................................................................... 1974Specialist physician (Facharzt), pathology.......................................................................................1982Completion of legal education (lie. iur.)............................................................................................ 1984Professor of public health, University of Berne...............................................................................1992


Faculty of Medicine, University of Berne, Physician and Senior Physician.................... 1975-1985Harvard School of Public Health, Visiting Research Associate........................................ 1986-1987Director, Medical Section, Berne University Hospital Management Group.................... 1988-1990Director, Federal Health Office................................................................................................. from 1991


Head of Swiss delegation to World Health Assembly........................................................... from 1991Head of Swiss delegation to sessions of the Regional Committee....................................from 1991Head of Swiss delegation to the Governing Council of the International Agency for

Research on Cancer (IARC), Lyons......................................................................................from 1991Head of Swiss delegation to the Second European Conference on Environment and

Health................................................................................................................................................... 1994


Vice-Chairman, 41st and 43rd sessions of the Regional Committee for EuropeChairman, Standing Committee of the Regional Committee, September 1993-September 1994Executive President, 44th session of the Regional Committee for Europe


Mrs R. Dreifuss, Member of the Federal Council (Bundesrat), Head, Federal Department of Internal Affairs

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Family nam e.............SHERALIEVA .... First/Other nam es....... Makhbuba Mustafaevna...................

Present nationality... Tajik ..................... Male/Female...... F ........ Date of birth.. 19 July 1950 ..............



Speak Read Write

English With dictionary X

French

German

Russian X X X


Physician, higher grade


Head of Department, Municipal Hospital No. 5 .................................................................... 1981-1987Senior Physician, Municipal Polyclinic No. 9 ........................................................................1987-1994Director, Division of Organization of Medical Care, Ministry of Health..........................1994 to date


Working closely with all international organizations present in Tajikistan and engaged in solving health care problems


None


A.A. Akhmedov, Minister of Health

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II. S t a n d in g C o m m i t t e e o f t h e R e g io n a l C o m m i t t e e

Present membership

5. When considering document EUR/RC43/Inf.Doc./l and adopting resolution EUR/RC43/R6, the Regional Committee at its forty-third session recognized the importance of selecting members of the SCRC who not only have a high level of competence in and knowledge of public health but also are available for and committed to the work of the SCRC. It also agreed that there should be a balance among members in terms of individual qualities, skills, competence and experience, as well as equitable geographical distribution between larger and smaller countries.

6 . It will be recalled that the terms of office of members from Bulgaria, Kazakhstan and Portugal will expire at the forty-eighth session of the Regional Committee. The Regional Committee will therefore be requested to elect new members of the SCRC, each having a three-year term of office (from September 1998 to September 2001).

7. The terms of office of the remaining six members will continue as follows:

Ms Pnina Herzog, Israel Member until September 1999 Dr Bozo Ljubic, Bosnia and Herzegovina " "Professor Ay?e Akin, TurkeyDr Jeremy M. Metters, United Kingdom Member until September 2000 Mr Davi'3 A. Gunnarsson, Iceland "Dr Viktor M. Volovej, Republic of Moldova

8 . It will be recalled that the Deputy Executive President of the forty-eighth session of the Regional Committee will be ex-officio Chairperson of the SCRC from September 1998 to September 1999.

Nominations

9. The following nominations were received at the Regional Office by 14 March 1998, and curricula vitae in standard format are contained on pages 12 to 19:

Belgium (Professor Marcel Colla)Czech Republic (Dr Libuse Romanovska)Ireland (Dr James Kiely)Romania (Dr Cristian Vladescu)Russian Federation (Dr Mihail N. Saveliev)Slovakia (Dr Anna Holecyova)Spain (Dr Isabel De la Mata)Tajikistan (Dr Giesudin Mirodzhov)

Overview of membership

10. Table 2 gives an overview of countries which have provided members of the SCRC since 1993.

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Table 2. Standing Com m ittee of the Regional Committee (SCRC) - Overview of m em bership3

Countries 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000

AlbaniaArmeniaAustriaAzerbaijanBelarus XXX XXX XXX XXXBelqiumBosnia and Herzeqovina XXX XXX XXX XXXBulqaria XXX XXX XXX XXXCroatiaCzechoslovakia (former)Czech RepublicDenmark l-SCRC“EstoniaFinlandFrance l-SCRC

XXX XXX XXXGeorqiaGermany l-SCRC XXX XXX XXX XXXGreeceHungary l-SCRC

XXX XXXIceland XXX XXX XXX XXXIrelandIsrael XXX XXX XXX XXXItaly l-SCRC XXX XXX XXX XXXKazakhstan XXX XXX XXX XXXKyrgyzstanLatviaLithuania l-SCRC XXX XXX XXX XXXLuxembourgMalta l-SCRC

XXX XXX XXXMonacoNetherlandsNorway XXX XXX XXX XXXPolandPortugal XXX XXX XXX XXXRepublic of Moldova XXX XXX XXX XXXRomaniaRussian Federation l-SCRC XXX XXX XXX XXX

a For the purpose of this table, each term of office of a member of the SCRC starts with the session of the Regional Committee in the year in which the member is elected and ends at the Regional Committee of the year indicated.

b l-SCRC - Interim Standing Committee of the Regional Committee.

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Countries 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000

San MarinoSlovakia XXX XXX XXX XXXSloveniaSpain XXX XXX XXXSweden I-SCRC

XXX XXXSwitzerlandTajikistanThe Former Yugoslav Republic of MacedoniaTurkey I-SCRC XXX XXX XXX XXXTurkmenistanUkraine XXX XXX XXX XXXUnited Kingdom I-SCRC

XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXXUzbekistanYugoslavia (former)

Office holders

Chairperson (Member ex-officio as Deputy

Executive President)Vice-Chairperson

1993-1994 Professor Thomas Zeltner Dr Andras Javor

1994-1995 Dr Niall Tierney Dr Anthony Vassallo

1995-1996 Professor Jean-Frangois Girard Dr Mikhail N. Saveliev

1996-1997 Dr Marta di Gennaro Professor Vilius J. Grabauskas

1997-1998 Professor Vilius J. Grabauskas Dr Jeremy M. Metters

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Family name............ COLLA................ First/Other nam es....... Marcel...................................................

Present nationality... Belgian............... Male/Female......M .......Date of birth.. 28 September 1943.


N o m in a tio n fo r M em b er sh ip o f t h e S ta n d in g C o m m ittee o f th e

R e g io n a l C o m m itte e f o r E u ro p e o f WHO

Speak Read Write

English X X X

French X X X

German X

Russian


Licence (Bachelor’s degree) in social sciences.............................................................................. 1966


Professor, Faculty of Sociology..............................................................................................1970-1978Member of Parliament (Chambre des Deputes)............................................. 1978-1979/1981-1995Member of European Parliament........................................................................................... 1979-1981Secretary of State for Science Policy.....................................................................................1988-1989Minister of Posts and Telecommunications, Minister of Pensions....................................1989-1992and Minister of Public Health and Pensions............................................... 1994-1995/1995 to date


As Minister of Public Health, relations with WHO



Mr E. Derycke, Minister of Foreign Affairs

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N o m in a tio n for M em bersh ip o f t h e S ta n d in g C o m m it te e o f th e



Family nam e...........ROMANOVSKA.... First/Other nam es...... Libuse...................................................

Present nationality... Czech..................Male/Female......F ........Date of birth.. 18 November 1944..


Speak Read Write

English X X X

French

German

Russian X X X


Ph.D., Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences.................................................................................... 1977Doctor’s degree in Natural Sciences from Charles University, Prague...................................... 1970M.A., Natural Science, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Charles University, Prague.................... 1968


Director, Ministry of Health, International Relations Department................................................. 1996Director, Ministry of Environment, International Relations Department...........................1993-1996Deputy Director, Ministry of Health, International Relations..............................................1991-1993Head of Secretariat, National Cardiovascular Research Programme............................. 1986-1990Researcher, Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague............................1977-1985


Member, International Organizational Committee of the Ministerial Conference on Environment, Sofia, October 1995Other experience of working with international organizations in various roles, and always within the framework of Director of the Department of International Relations



Dr Zuzana Roithova, M.D., M.B.A., Minister of Health

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N o m in a tio n fo r M em b er sh ip o f th e Sta n d in g C o m m it te e o f th e



Family name............ KIELY................... First/Other names....... James...................................................

Present nationality... Irish..................... Male/Female......M .......Date of birth.. 3 March 1951.............


Speak Read Write

English X X X

French

German

Russian


Bachelor of Medicine............................................................................................................................1974Diploma in Child Health....................................................................................................................... 1977Diploma in Public Health..................................................................................................................... 1979Fellowship in Public Health.................................................................................................................1987Masters in Business Administration.................................................................................................. 1989


Senior Area Medical Office......................................................................................................1981-1983Medical Officer of Health.......................................................................................................... 1983-1991Deputy Chief Medical Officer.................................................................................................. 1994-1997Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health..................................................................... 1997 to date


Meetings on health questions and Council of Ministers - EU Member of EU/US Task Force on C.D. - EU Member of Health Committee - Council of Europe Member of Delegation to Executive Board - WHO Leader of Delegation, Regional Committee - WHO


Chairperson, National Committees on Infectious Diseases/Vaccination Chairperson, Expert Group on Aspects of Blood SafetyChairperson, National Committee on Medical Manpower and Postgraduate Medical Training


Mr J. O’Dwyer, Secretary General, Department of Health

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N o m in a tio n for M em b er sh ip o f th e Sta n d in g C o m m it t e e o f th e



Family nam e............ VLADESCU........First/Other names.......Cristian.................................................

Present nationality... Romanian.......... Male/Female...... M.......Date of birth.. 19 August 1962........


Speak Read Write

English X X X

French X X X

German

Russian


Medical Doctor...........................................................................................................................1982-1988M.Sc. in Political Studies.......................................................................................................... 1990-1992M.A. in Health Services Studies..............................................................................................1997-199?Ph.D. in Social Policy................................................................................................................1995-1998


Director General, Department for Health Programmes, Reform and AccreditationSecretary General, National Council for Health ReformSenior Lecturer in Health Policy and Public Health, University of Bucharest


Consultant for World Bank Projects in Romania..................................................................1991-1998Coordinator for Phare Projects in Romania..........................................................................1994-1998Director, Ministry of Health for European IntegrationCountry Coordinator for Overseas Development Institute from United Kingdom.......... 1996-1997


Chairperson of the 1st National Committee for Reforming the Romania Health Care Sector Chairperson of the International Donors Agencies from the Health Care Sector in Romania


Professor Ion Victor Bruckner, Minister of Health

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Family nam e............ SAVELIEV..........First/Other nam es.......Mihail Nikolaevich...............................

Present nationality... Russian.............. Male/Female......M .......Date of birth.. 10 November 1938..


N o m in a tio n for M em b er sh ip o f t h e S ta n d in g C o m m ittee o f th e


Speak Read Write

English X X X

French X

German

Russian X X X

Professional education: name (up to 5) most important professional degrees taken

Candidate of Medical SciencesSenior ScientistPhysician


Director, International Relations Board, Ministry of Healthof the Russian Federation................................................................................................... 1993 to date

Deputy Director, International Relations Board, Ministry of Healthof the Russian Federation..................................................................................................... 1992-1993

Head, Department of International Health, N.A. Semashko Institute ofSocial Hygiene, Public Health, Economics and Management........................................ 1981-1992


Staff Member, W HO/EURO.................................................................................................... 1980-1981Delegate of the Russian Federation at sessions of the Regional Committee for Europe, the WHO Executive Board and the World Health Assembly...................1993 to date


Member, Standing Committee of the Regional Committee...............................................1995-1997


T.B. Dmitrieva, Minister of Health of the Russian Federation

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Family name.............HOLECYOVA .... First/Other names.......Anna.....................................................

Present nationality... Slovak..................Male/Female...... F ........ Date of birth.. 3 March 1947............


N o m in a tio n fo r M em b er sh ip o f th e Sta n d in g C o m m it te e of th e


Speak Read Write

English X X X

French

German

Russian X X X

Professional education: name (up to 5) most important professional degrees taken

Doctor of Medicine, M.D Scientific Degree, Ph.D

Professional career: name (up to 5) most important positions held

Scientific Secretary, Institute of Normal and Pathological Physiology of the Slovak Academy of SciencesHead, Department of European Integration in the Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic


Working with WHO and the Council of Europe



Lubomi'r Javorsky, Minister of Health of the Slovak Republic

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N o m in a tio n for M em b er sh ip o f th e Sta n d in g C o m m it t e e o f th e



Family nam e............. DE LA MATA......First/Other names....... Isabel.......................................................

Present nationality... Spanish............... Male/Female......F ........ Date of birth.. 26 August 1 9 6 0 .........


Speak Read Write

English X X X

French X X X

German

Russian


M.D., University of Basque Country, Spain...................................................................................... 1983M.P.H., University of Louvain, Belgium.............................................................................................1986Degree scientifique de medecin hygieniste, University of Louvain, Belgium............................. 1986Master’s degree in Hospital Administration, University of Louvain, Belgium............................. 1989Top Management Programme, National Institute of Public Administration, Spain................... 1995


Chief Medical Officer, Spain, Counsellor to the Vice Minister of Health........................1996 to dateDeputy Director, Organization and Methods, Department of Health, Spain................... 1994-1995Chief of Service, Rationalization of Health Resources,

Department of Health, Spain...........................................................................1992-1994, 1995-1996Chief of Section, Ministry of Health, International Relationships, Epidemiology........... 1990-1992Epidemiologist, Basque Health Service, Spain.................................................................... 1989-1990


Consultant, Pan American Health Organization, Washington, Bolivia,Honduras, Brazil...................................................................................................................... 1991-1997

Research Assistant, European Registration of Congenital Anomalies, EU .................... 1986-1988Agency for International Cooperation, Spain

Epidemiologist, Nicaragua.....................................................................................................1988-1989Consultant, Equatorial Guinea, Paraguay, Bolivia................................................. 1991, 1992, 1994

Medecins sans frontieres, Guatemala and Panama...................................................................... 1991


Chief Medical Officer, Spain.................................................................................................. 1996 to dateHigh Level Committee in Health...........................................................................................1996 to dateTechnical Committee on Minimum Data Set, National Health Service............................ 1993-1996Committee of Experts in Health Cards, Spain.................................................................................1994



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Family nam e............MIRODZHOV......First/Other names.......Giesudin Kudbudinovich...................

Present nationality... Tajik.................... Male/Female......M .......Date of birth.. 2 October 1944.........


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Physician/therapist............................................................................................................................... 1968Candidate of medical sciences..........................................................................................................1971Doctor of medical sciences.................................................................................................................1981Corresponding member of the Tajik Academy of Sciences.......................................................... 1991Professor................................................................................................................................................1992


Senior scientist, Gastroenterology Research Institute................................................................... 1971Deputy Research Director, Gastroenterology Research Institute................................................1972Head, Department of Research Management and Programming, Ministry of Health............. 1995


None


None



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Present membership

11. The membership of Hungary on the Joint Coordinating Board for the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (JCB) expires on 31 December 1998. The Regional Committee will therefore be requested to select or reselect one member for JCB membership for a three- year period from 1 January 1999 under paragraph 2.2.2 of the Memorandum of Understanding on the Special Programme.

Nominations


Belgium (Dr Jacques W. Laruelle)Israel (Dr Moshe A. Ephros)Spain (Dr Alberto Torres Cantero)Tajikistan (Dr Bandisho Shoismatulloev)Turkey (Dr Osman N. £akmak)

III. J o in t C o o r d in a t in g Board o f th e Sp e c ia l P r o g r a m m e fo rRese a r c h and T r a in in g in T r o pic a l D isea ses

M e m b e r s h ip o f t h e J o i n t C o o r d in a t in g B o a r d (J C B ) - E u r o p e a n R e g i o n (a s o f 1 J a n u a r y 1 9 98 )

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(a) Members selected according to paragraph 2.2.1 of the Memorandum of Understanding (government representatives selected by the contributors to the Special Programme resources)

Australia to 3 December 1999Canada to 3 December 1998Denmark to 3 December 1998Germany to 3 December 1998Japan to 3 December 2000Luxembourg to 3 December 2000Netherlands to 3 December 1999Norway to 3 December 2000Sweden to 3 December 1998Switzerland to 3 December 1999United Kingdom to 3 December 2000United States of America to 3 December 1999

(b) Members selected according to paragraph 2.2.2 of the Memorandum of Understanding (government representatives selected by WHO Regional Committees)

European Region

Belarus to 31 December 2000Hungary to 31 December 1998

(There will be a vacancy fo r a member to be selected according to paragraph 2.2.2 o f the Memorandum o f Understanding, when the membership o f Hungary expires on 31 December 1998.)

(c) Members selected according to paragraph 2.2.3 of the Memorandum of Understanding (members designated by the JCB itself from among the remaining Cooperating Parties)

European Region

France to 31 December 2000

N o t e o n M e c h a n is m s f o r S e l e c t i o n o r R e s e l e c t io n o f M e m b e r s o f t h e J C B

Composition of the JCB (Extracted from the Memorandum of Understanding on the Special Programme)

(a) Members

The JCB shall consist of 30 members from among the Cooperating Parties as follows:

2.2.1 Twelve government representatives selected by the contributors to the Special Programme resources.

2.2.2 Twelve government representatives selected by WHO Regional Committees from among those countries directly affected by the diseases dealt with by the Special Programme, or from among those providing technical or scientific support to the Special Programme.

2.2.3 Three members, designated by the JCB itself, from among the remaining Cooperating Parties.

2.2.4 The three Agencies which comprise the Standing Committee.

Members of the JCB shall serve for a period of three years and may be reappointed.

(b) Observers

Other Cooperating Parties may, at their request, be represented as observers upon approval by the JCB.

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Family name............ LARUELLE.........First/Other names....... Jacques Walter...................................

Present nationality... Belgian................Male/Female...... M .....Date of birth.. 19 October 1945.......


N o m in a tio n fo r M em b er sh ip o f th e Jo in t C o o r d in a t in g B o a rd o f t h e

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Special diploma in Public Health (School of Public Health,Catholic University of Louvain)..............................................................................................June 1990

Tropical medicine (Tropical Diseases Institute, Antwerp)............................................February 1971MD, Surgery and obstetrics (Catholic University of Louvain)..............................................July 1970


Programme manager, United Nations Department, GeneralAdministration for Development Cooperation (AGCD).................................................. 1995 to date

Project manager, African Development Bank (ADB).......................................................... 1990-1994Joint Director, Health for All project, Kinshasa, Zaire......................................................... 1984-1989Chief Medical Officer, Kikwit Health Zone............................................................................. 1981-1984Director, Gbado Lite and Mobayi-Mbongo rural hospitals (180 beds)

and District Medical Officer responsible for a rural health zone.....................................1971-1977


Project and programme evaluation in an international environmentProject manager, African Development Bank (ADB), 1990-1994Meetings of various management and technical committees at WHO in Geneva (AGCD)


Health sector policy (AGCD - 1997)


D. Ghekiere

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Family name............. EPHROS.............. First/Other names....... Moshe A...............................................

Present nationality... Israeli...................Male/Female......M .......Date of birth.. 19 April 1 9 5 1 .............


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B.A. Princeton University, U S A ................................................................................................................1973M.D., University of Pennsylvania Medical School, USA ....................................................................1977D.T.M. & H., Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, U K .................................................................. 1989


Research Fellow in Medicine, Division of Tropical Medicine, Harvard, USA................... 1982-1983Research Fellow in Medicine, Children's Hospital M.C., Boston, U S A .............................1987-1988Lecturer in Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University, Israel..........1985-1987Lecturer in Paediatrics, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel................................ 1991 to date


Consultant, Joint Distribution Committee’s medical centre in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Member, Section on Infectious Diseases, American Academy of Paediatrics Fellow, American Academy of PaediatricsMember, Steering Committee, Section on Infectious Diseases, ICDC



Yehoshua Matza, Minister of Health

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Family name ..TORRES CANTERO ... First/Other names......Alberto....................................................

Present nationality... Spanish.............. Male/Female......M .......Date of birth.. 31 October 1958.......


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M.D. with honours, University of Granada, Spain..........................................................................1982M.P.H., Harvard School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, USA..........................1986Dr. P.H., Harvard School of Public Health, USA............................................................................. 1991Specialist in family and community medicine...................................................................................1993


Head, Department of International Health, School of Public Health, Spain............................... 1994Medical Officer, W H O .............................................................................................................. 1991-1994Expert, Unite sante communitaire-medecine tropicale,

Faculte de medecine, Geneva..............................................................................................1991-1993Inspector, Ministry of Health, Spain.......................................................................................1984-1986General Practitioner, Region of Andalucia, Spain...............................................................1982-1983


Secretariat of Independent Commission on Health Researchfor Development, Boston........................................................................................................1988-1990

Medical Officer, W H O ...............................................................................................................1991-1994Medecins sans frontieres, Switzerland, Guatemala.............................................................1988-1989World Bank, Health Sector Priorities Review........................................................................1988-1990ECHO (EEC), Evaluation of health and nutritional needs of refugees in Tindouf..................... 1995


Steering Committee: Task Force for Social Science Research onReproductive Health, W HO .............................................................................................................. 1992

Scientific Committee of Health Service of Migration International Organization........... 1994-1996Scientific Committee of Action Against Hunger.............................................................................. 1996Technical Advisory Group on Child Health and Development, W H O ........................................ 1997



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Family name ..SHOISMATULLOEV.... First/Other names......Bandisho..............................................

Present nationality......Tajik.................. Male/Female......M.......Date of birth.. 1 June 1940..............


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Graduated from Tajik Medical Institute.............................................................................................1964Specialization in general epidemiology, Tashkent..........................................................................1975Postbasic training in epidemiology, Moscow...................................................................................1967Postbasic training in selected issues in epidemiology, Moscow.................................................. 1977Postbasic training in medical parasitology (malaria), Moscow.....................................................1978Postbasic training in issues in medical parasitology, Moscow......................................................1985


Head, Department of Epidemiology, Regional Sanitary/EpidemiologicalSurveillance (SES) Unit, Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAR)...........................1964

Chief physician, Regional SES Unit, GBAR..........................................................................1965-1972Chief physician, Leninsky District SES Unit..........................................................................1972-1977Chief physician, National SES Unit...................................................................................... 1977 to date


From 1993, Ministry of Health official responsible for coordination of the work of international organizations located in Dushanbe on control of infectious diseases (malaria, typhoid, etc.)


Head, National team responsible for control of malaria and typhoid................................1994-1998


Ismail Uzmanov, First Deputy Minister of Health, Chief Medical Officer

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Family name............ QAKMAK............. First/Other nam es.......Osman Niyazi.....................................

Present nationality ...Turkish............... Male/Female......M .......Date of birth.. 3 September 1960...


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Diploma in Medicine, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Turkey............................. 1985M.Sc. Health Policy, Planning and Financing, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London School of Economics, U K .................................................................1996


Deputy Provincial Health Director, Diyarbakir Provincial Directorate,Ministry of Health....................................................................................................................1987-1989

Programme Manager, Department of Malaria Control, Ministry of Health...................... 1989-1990Head of New Projects Health Planning and Coordination Division

Health Project Coordination Unit, Ministry of Health.........................................................1993-1995Project Coordinator, Health Project Coordination Unit, Ministry of Health..................... 1990-1993Deputy Director-General, General Directorate of Primary Health Care,

Ministry of Health.................................................................................................................... since 1995


WHO Temporary Adviser, WHO/EURO Primary Health Care Unit WHO Temporary Adviser, WHO/EURO Regions for Health Network Member of the Turkish Delegation to several World Health Assembly and

Regional Committee Meetings


National Coordinator, Community Nutrition Programme .................................................. since 1995National Coordinator, National Food Safety Programme.................................................. since 1995National Coordinator, National Trachoma Control Programme........................................ since 1995National Coordinator, National Primary Eye Care Programme........................................ since 1995Chairman, National Primary Health Care In-service Training Steering Committee.......1993-1995Chairman, National Health Information Systems Steering Committee............................1993-1995Chairman, National Health Policy Steering Committee......................................................1993-1995Vice-President, General Practitioners Unit, Turkish Medical Association...................... 1989-1992


Professor Yildiz Batirbaygil, Deputy Under-Secretary

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IV . M a n a g e m e n t A d v is o r y C o m m it t e e o f t h e A c t io n P r o g r a m m e o n E s s e n t ia l D r u g s

Present membership

13. The membership of Armenia on the Management Advisory Committee (MAC) expires on31 December 1998. The Regional Committee will therefore be requested to select or reselect one member for membership of MAC for a three-year period from 1 January 1999.

Membership from 1991 to 1999

14. The following table gives an overview of members of MAC from the European Region in the period 1991-1999.

MAC31991

MAC41992

MAC51993

MAC61994

MAC71995

MAC81996

MAC91997

MAC 10 1998

MAC 11 1999

EuropeHungary XXX XXXIsrael XXX XXX XXXTurkey XXX XXX XXXSlovakia XXX XXX XXXArmenia XXX XXX XXXPortugal XXX XXX XXX

Nominations


Israel (Dr Michael Weingarten)Poland (Dr Janina Mariko)Spain (Dr Alfonso Rodriguez)Tajikistan (Dr Narzullo B. Saidov)Turkey (Dr Sevgi Oksuz)

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Family nam e..........WEINGARTEN.....First/Other names.......Michael................................................

Present nationality... Israeli.................. Male/Female......M .......Date of birth.. 30 June 1947............


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M.A. Physiology....................................................................................................................................1971B.M. B.ch. Clinical Medicine................................................................................................................1971M.D. (United Kingdom).........................................................................................................................1972M.D. (Israel).......................................................................................................................................... 1973Specialization Certificate Family Medicine....................................................................................... 1978


Director, Family Medicine Clinic, Kupat Holim Rosh Hayain...........................................1978 to datePhysician, Community Health Clinic, North Hamilton, Canada........................................ 1987-1988Senior Resident, Internal Medicine Department, Beilinson Hospital, Israel................... 1975-1976Medical Officer, Claybury Psychiatric Hospital, London, U K .............................................1973-1974General Medicine House Officer, Stoke Mandeville Hospital, U K .................................... 1972-1973


US-lsrael Bi-National Science FoundationIsrael Association of Family PhysiciansGerman Israel FundIsrael Cancer AssociationWorld Conference on Family Medicine (WONCA)


Chairman, Education Committee, Israeli Medical Association President, Israel Association of Family PhysiciansVice-President, Executive Committee, Scientific Council of Israeli Medical Association


Yehoshua Matza, Minister of Health


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N o m in a tio n for M em b er sh ip o f t h e M a n a g em en t A d v iso r y

C o m m it te e o f th e A ction P r o g r a m m e on Essen tia l D ru gs

Family nam e............ M ANKO .............. First/Other nam es.......Janina..................................................

Present nationality... Polish..................Male/Female......F ........Date of birth.. 13 June 1947............


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M.Sc. Pharmacist, Medical Academy of Gdarisk...........................................................................1971Specialization in pharmacy.................................................................................................................1979


Director, Department of Pharmacy, Ministry of Health and Social Welfare.................... 1991-1994Deputy Minister and Inspector General for Pharmaceuticals......................................... 1997 to date


Cooperation with European Pharmacopoeia Committee and with INTERPOL in the field of drugs

Cooperation with United Nations Drug Control Programme


Supervision of the national pharmaceutical policy


Dr Wojciech Maksymowicz, Minister of Health and Social Welfare

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Family name............ RODRIGUEZ......First/Other names.......Alfonso.................................................

Present nationality... Spanish...............Male/Female......M ...... Date of birth.. 6 March 1963............


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National Health Pharmacist................................................................................................................1993Hospital Expert Degree in Clinical Biochemistry............................................................................. 1992Pharmacy degree..................................................................................................................................1987


Technical Adviser, Pharmaceutical Planning Sub-directorate......................................................1997Chief, Pharmaceutical Attendance Department................................................................... 1996-1997Chief, Technical Evaluation of Foreign Drugs Section.......................................................1994-1996Chief, Drugs Control and Analysis Section...........................................................................1993-1994Intern in Clinical Biochemistry................................................................................................. 1989-1992


Member, Ministry of Health Drug Selection Working Group for drug donation inI nternational Cooperation....................................................................................................... 1993-1997

(This group manages selection of drugs and medical devices, preparing theirexpedition in accordance with previous needs expressed by recipient countries.)


Member, Ministry of Health, National Formulary Standing Committee............................ since 1995Member, Ministry of Health, Good Manufacturing Practice Working Group for Official Preparations...........................................................................................................since 1997



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N o m in a tio n for M em b er sh ip o f th e M a n a g em en t A d v iso r y

C o m m it te e o f th e Ac tio n P r o g r a m m e on E ssen tia l D rugs


Family nam e............ SAIDOV.............. First/Other names.......Narzullo Boboevich............................

Present nationality... Tajik....................Male/Female......M .......Date of birth.. 10 April 1957 ............


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Pharmacist, Candidate of Pharmaceutical Sciences, specialty pharmaceutical chemistry and pharmacognosy (15.00.02).....................................................................................1991


Assistant lecturer, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry,Tajik State Medical University...............................................................................................1985-1987

Postgraduate student, Moscow Medical Academy............................................................. 1988-1991Head, State Department for Standardization and Quality Control of Drugs

and Medical Technology........................................................................................................1993-1994Head, Directorate for State Control of Drug Quality ..........................................................1994-1995Director-General, State Research Centre for Expert Assessment of Drugs.................1996 to date


Regularly organize meetings with international humanitarian organizations on carrying out WHO’s and CIS countries' recommendations on drug policy


First Vice-Chairman, Intergovernmental Committee for Expert Assessment,Registration, Standardization and Quality Control of Drugs of the CIS countries.....1996 to date



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Family name.............OKSOZ..................First/Other nam es........Sevgi.....................................................

Present nationality ...Turkish................Male/Female...... F ........ Date of birth.. 1 May 1954................


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M.Sc. in pharmacology........................................................................................................................ 1989Postgraduate courses, Johns Hopkins University, School of Hygiene

and Public Health, USA.......................................................................................................... 1986-1987Diploma in pharmacy...........................................................................................................................1975


Head of Quality Assurance Division, Directorate of Pharmaceuticals...........................1994 to dateDirector, Turkish ADRs Monitoring Centre..........................................................................1985 to dateChief, Quality Control Section................................................................................................. 1987-1994Expert, Consumer Protection Section....................................................................................1984-1985Expert, Pricing Section............................................................................................................. 1984-1984


Co-work for WHO activities on pharmaceuticals with WHO consultants Consultancy work for ADRs monitoring for WHO Monitoring Centre in Uppsala



Kemalettio Akalin, General Director, General Directorate of Drugs and Pharmacy, Ministry of Health

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