REGIONAL COMMITTEE FOR EUROPE Fifty-first session, Madrid, September 2001

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1 WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION REGIONAL OFFICE FOR EUROPE COPENHAGEN REGIONAL COMMITTEE FOR EUROPE Fifty-first session, Madrid, September 2001 Provisional agenda item 4(a), (b), (c), (d) EUR/RC51/5 21 March ORIGINAL: ENGLISH MEMBERSHIP OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD AND VARIOUS OTHER COMMITTEES In accordance with rules and 14.3 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 10 March 2001, 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 membership, the curricula vitae of candidates and, where appropriate, the terms of reference of the body in question and other related information.

2 CONTENTS I. Executive Board...1 Curricula vitae...4 II. Standing Committee of the Regional Committee...13 Curricula vitae...16 Page III. Joint Coordinating Board of the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases...25 Curricula vitae...28 IV. Management Advisory Committee of the Action Programme on Essential Drugs...33 Curricula vitae...34

3 I. EXECUTIVE BOARD

4 page 1 I. EXECUTIVE BOARD Present membership from the European Region 1. The Region has seven seats on the Board, which from May 2001 will be filled by persons designated by Belgium, Italy, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. Two seats will become vacant in May 2002, when the terms of office of the members designated by Belgium and Switzerland will expire. Candidatures 2. In his letter of 5 January 2001, the Regional Director requested Member States to inform him whether they wished to submit candidatures for election at the Fifty-fifth World Health Assembly in 2002, and the governments of Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Israel, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, the Russian Federation, Spain and Uzbekistan have announced their intention of doing so. 3. Nominations from those countries were received at the Regional Office by 10 March 2001, and the corresponding curricula vitae in standard format are contained in pages 4 to 12. Overview of membership 4. Table 1 shows which countries in the European Region designated members of the Executive Board in the period

5 page 2 Table 1. Executive Board Overview of membership a Countries Albania Andorra Member State in 1997 Armenia Member State in 1992 Austria XXX XXX XXX Azerbaijan Member State in 1992 Belarus b Belgium XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX Bosnia and Herzegovina Member State in 1992 Bulgaria XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX Croatia Member State in 1992 XXX XXX XXX Czechoslovakia (former) XXX XXX XXX Czech Republic Member State in 1993 Denmark XXX XXX XXX Estonia Member State in 1993 Finland XXX XXX XXX France XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX Georgia Member State in 1992 German Democratic Republic c Germany c XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX Greece XXX XXX XXX Hungary XXX XXX XXX Iceland XXX XXX XXX Ireland XXX XXX XXX Israel XXX XXX XXX Italy XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX Kazakhstan Member State in 1992 XXX XXX XXX Kyrgyzstan Member State in 1992 Latvia Member State in 1991 Lithuania Member State in 1991 XXX XXX XXX Luxembourg

6 page 3 Countries Malta XXX XXX XXX Monaco Netherlands XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX Norway XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX Poland XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX Portugal XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX Republic of Moldova Member State in 1992 Romania XXX XXX XXX Russian Federation d XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX San Marino Slovakia Member State in 1993 Slovenia Member State in 1992 Spain XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX Sweden XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX Switzerland XXX XXX XXX Tajikistan Member State in 1992 The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Member State in 1993 Turkey XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX Turkmenistan Member State in 1992 Ukraine b United Kingdom XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX Uzbekistan Member State in 1992 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia e 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 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 of Yugoslavia (former) has been continued by the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia as of 28 November 2000.

7 page 4 NOMINATION FOR MEMBERSHIP OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD OF WHO Family name... STRATIEV... First/Other names... Apostol Petrov... Male/Female... Male... Date of birth... 4 March English French German X X X Russian X X X Acquired Specialty in Oncology Acquired Specialty in Maxillo-facial Surgery Diploma in Medicine Diploma in Stomatology (start/end) Consultant in Maxillo-facial Surgery, Sofia Emergency Institute to date Dean of the Stomatology Faculty, Sofia Head, Chair of Maxillo-facial Surgery, Sofia Medical University Assistant and Associate Professor, Chair of Oral Surgery Head, Surgery Department, Regional Stomatological Polyclinic, Haskovo Member, European Association for Cranio Maxillo-facial Surgery to date Chairman, National Stomatological Association Member, Bulgarian Scientific Association in Medicine Chairman, Standing Commission for Medicine and Sports, National Evaluation and Accreditation Agency, Council of Ministers to date Bulgaria Dr Ilko Semerdjiev, Minister of Health

8 page 5 NOMINATION FOR MEMBERSHIP OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD OF WHO Family name... VíT... First/Other names... Michael... Male/Female... Male... Date of birth October English X X X French German X X X Russian Medical Faculty of Hygiene Professional Examination in Hygiene and Epidemiology Professional Examination in Occupational Medicine Ph.D (start/end) Director, Frýdek-Místek, District Hygiene Institute Head, Department of Toxicology, Ostrava, Regional Hygiene Institute Head, Department of Occupational Medicine, Regional Hygiene Institute Chief Hygienist, Ministry of Health, Prague... Public Health Officer of the Czech Republic to date Cooperation with the United States Environmental Protection Agency on project Silesia Responsibility in Health Risk Assessment Deputy Chairman, Governmental Committee for a Healthy Environment Chairman, Governmental Committee for Implementation of HEALTH21 Czech Republic Professor B. Fišer, CSc., Minister of Health

9 page 6 NOMINATION FOR MEMBERSHIP OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD OF WHO Family name... PINTÉR... First/Other names... Alán... Male/Female... Male... Date of birth August English X X X French German X X X Russian Medical doctor, Semmelweis Medical University, Budapest Specialization in human pathology and histopathology, Budapest Ph.D. degree in retrovirology, Budapest Specialization in public health, Budapest Habilitation at the Semmelweis Medical University, Budapest (start/end) Head, Department of Pathology and Environmental Mutagenesis, National Institute of Public Health, Budapest Deputy Director-General, National Institute of Public Health Director, National Institute of Environmental Health Chief Medical Officer, Hungary to date Expert, International Agency for Research on Cancer (WHO, Lyon) Expert, Joint FAO/WHO Expert committee on Food Additives, (WHO, Geneva) Expert, Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Veterinary Drug Residues (WHO, Geneva) Participation in several committees on environmental health (WHO/EURO) Member, Executive Board, International Union of Toxicology (IUTOX) Chair of technical committees at working groups for the International Agency for Research on Cancer Chair of the intergovernmental negotiation for the Water and Health Protocol to the 1992 Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourse and International Lakes adopted in 1999 Vice-Chair of the European Environment and Health Committee Hungary István Mikola, M.D., Minister of Health X X

10 page 7 NOMINATION FOR MEMBERSHIP OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD OF WHO Family name... SEVER... First/Other names... Yitzhak... Male/Female... Male... Date of birth May English X X X French German Russian Doctor of Medicine, Jerusalem University Board Certification in internal medicine Diploma in Medical and Health Services Administration, Haifa University Board Certification in medical and health services administration Diploma in Health Systems Reforms, Jerusalem School of Public Health (start/end) Director of Health Services of the West Bank Region (Public health, Primary health care, General and mental hospitals, Training of health and medical personnel) Director, Division of General Medicine (Primary health care and General hospitals), Ministry of Health to date Coordinator of the Israeli Ministry of Health with the Palestinian Health Authority to date Coordinator for WHO affairs at the Israeli Ministry of Health and responsible for cooperation with WHO headquarters and the Regional Office for Europe to date Working with WHO experts and representatives of the Director-General, UNDP, Red Cross Member, Israeli Delegation to the World Health Assembly and delegate to Committee B to date Member, Israeli Delegation to the Regional Committee for Europe to date Member, Standing Committee of the Regional Committee alternate, 1999 member Delegate of Israel as an observer to the Executive Board to date Chairperson of the Ramallah WHO Collaborating Centre on Public Health and Primary Health Care and on Health Manpower Development Chairperson, Israeli Health Team for the peace talks with the Palestine Liberation Organization, Washington Chairperson, Israeli Health Committee for the negotiations towards the Agreement on Preparatory Transfer of Powers and Responsibilities, Cairo Chairperson, Israeli Health Committee for the Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, Eilat Israel Dr Boaz Lev, Director-General, Ministry of Health

11 page 8 NOMINATION FOR MEMBERSHIP OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD OF WHO Family name... IBRAIMOVA... First/Other names... Ajnura Sultapovna... Male/Female... Female... Date of birth May English Good Good Good French German Russian Excellent Excellent Excellent Kyrgyz State Medical Institute Clinical specialization (Ordinatura), All-Union Cardiology Research Centre Doctoral specialization (Aspirantura) and defence of thesis for degree of Candidate of Medical Sciences Full training course for national experts as part of the Manas national health care reform programme Course on health economics, York University, United Kingdom (start/end) National expert on the group drawing up Kyrgyzstan s Manas health care reform project Head, Directorate of Extrabudgetary Work, Ministry of Health First Deputy Director-General, National Statutory Health Insurance Fund Deputy Minister of Health to date Participation in various meetings as WHO temporary adviser Participation in meetings, conferences, working groups of various international organizations (WHO, UNAIDS, USAID, UNDP, World Bank) Chairperson of technical committees of the Ministry of Health on health care reform (restructuring of the health care delivery system, changes in financing methods, health insurance); Deputy Chairperson of the Coordinating Committee of the Ministry of Health on Health Care Reform and Coordination with International Organizations Kyrgyzstan T.S. Mejmanaliev, Minister of Health

12 page 9 NOMINATION FOR MEMBERSHIP OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD OF WHO Family name... BOCSAN... First/Other names... Ioan... Male/Female... Male... Date of birth July English X X X French X X X German Russian M.D Ph.D. in Epidemiology Senior consultant physician in epidemiology and infectious diseases Senior consultant physician in public health (start/end) Professor of Epidemiology, Head, Department of Epidemiology, Medical and Pharmaceutical University of Cluj Director, Institute of Public Health, Cluj Chairperson, National Advisory Board for Epidemiology, Ministry of Health USAID/World Vision International project on creation of the Department of Community Medicine and Family Practice at the Medical and Pharmaceutical University of Cluj Chairperson, National Advisory Board for Epidemiology, Ministry of Health to date Romania Dr Daniela Bartos, Minister of Health and Family

13 page 10 NOMINATION FOR MEMBERSHIP OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD OF WHO Family name... SHEVCHENKO... First/Other names... Yuri Leonidovich... Male/Female... Male... Date of birth... 7 April English French German Russian X X X Doctor of Medical Sciences... Academician, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences... Academician and Vice-President, Russian Academy of Natural Sciences... Academician, Russian Academy of Military Medicine... (start/end) Director, Academy of Military Medicine, St Petersburg Head, Regional Cardiology Centre, St Petersburg Minister of Health to date Academician, International Academy of Ecological Sciences and Environmental Safety Permanent representative of the Russian Federation on the International Committee of Military Medicine Organizer of the international movement Protection of military doctors Member, WHO Executive Board to date Editor-in-chief, Klinicheskaja medicina i patofiziologija [Clinical medicine and pathophysiology] Russian Federation President, Government of the Russian Federation

14 page 11 NOMINATION FOR MEMBERSHIP OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD OF WHO Family name... MORENO PALANQUES... First/Other names... Ruben... Male/Female... Male... Date of birth July English X X X French German Russian M.D., University of Valencia Ph.D. Medicine, University of Valencia Specialist qualifications in pathology Specialist qualifications in transplantation, Addenbrooke s Hospital, Cambridge University United Kingdom Certificate in Transplantation, Council of Europe, University of Helsinki, Finland Doctoral Fellow in Molecular Biology, Department of Pathology and Oncology, Kansas University, United States (start/end) Vice-Minister of Health, Ministry of Health President of the National Health Service Vice-Minister, Health Department, Regional Government of Valencia General Director, Health Service of Valencia Research Fellow, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, United States (National Human Genome Institute, National Cancer Institute, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) Representative of Spain on the Steering Committee of European Observatory of Health Care Systems Head of Delegation, Tenth Iberoamerican Summit of Ministers of Health Head of Delegation, Directive Council of PAHO Member, Human Genome Organisation Secretary, Interterritorial Council of the National Health Service President, Consultative Committee of the National Health Service Member, Interministerial Commission of Science and Technology Head of Delegation of the Ministry of Health and Consumers Affairs in Commissions of Decentralisation Member, National Commission of Spongiform Encephalopathy Spain Celia Villalobos-Talero, Minister of Health

15 page 12 NOMINATION FOR MEMBERSHIP OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD OF WHO Family name... NAZIROV... First/Other names... Feruz Gafurovich... Male/Female... Male... Date of birth May English French German Russian X X X Doctor of medicine, Professor (start/end) Director, National Surgery Research Centre Minister of Health to date... Chairperson, International Conference on Surgery Vice-President, World Health Assembly Uzbekistan Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan

16 II. STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONAL COMMITTEE

17 page 13 II. STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONAL COMMITTEE Present membership 5. When considering document EUR/RC43/Inf.Doc./1 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 are also 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 the Czech Republic, Ireland and Spain will expire at the fifty-first 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 2001 to September 2004). 7. The terms of office of the remaining six members will continue as follows: Dr Nikolaj Nikolaevich Fetisov, Russian Federation Member until September 2002 Dr Jacek Antoni Piatkiewicz, Poland " " Dr Radu Constantiniu, Romania " " Dr Alamkhon Akhmedov, Tajikistan Member until September 2003 Dr Danielle Hansen-Koenig, Luxembourg " " Dr Jarkko Eskola, Finland " " 8. It will be recalled that the Deputy Executive President of the fifty-first session of the Regional Committee will be ex-officio Chairperson of the SCRC from September 2001 to September Nominations 9. The following nominations were received at the Regional Office by 10 March 2001, and curricula vitae in standard format are contained on pages 16 to 23. Armenia (Dr Ara Saenovich Babloyan) Belarus (Professor Sergej Dmitrievich Denisov) Bulgaria (Dr Staiko Assenow Kulaksasow) Croatia (Dr StiSH2UHãNRYLü Greece (Dr Jenny Kourea-Kremastinou) Latvia (Mr Viktors Jaksons) 6ORYHQLD'U%RåLGDU9ROMþ Uzbekistan (Dr Said Ibrohimovich Ismailov) Overview of membership 10. Table 2 gives an overview of countries which have provided members of the SCRC since 1994.

18 page 14 Table 2. Standing Committee of the Regional Committee (SCRC) Overview of membership a Countries Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus XXX XXX XXX Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina XXX XXX XXX XXX Bulgaria XXX XXX XXX XXX Croatia Czech Republic XXX XXX XXX XXX Denmark Estonia Finland XXX XXX XXX XXX France XXX XXX Georgia Germany XXX XXX XXX XXX Greece Hungary XXX Iceland XXX XXX XXX XXX Ireland XXX XXX XXX XXX Israel XXX XXX XXX XXX Italy XXX XXX XXX XXX Kazakhstan XXX XXX XXX Kyrgyzstan Latvia Lithuania XXX XXX XXX XXX Luxembourg XXX XXX XXX XXX Malta XXX XXX Monaco Netherlands Norway XXX XXX XXX XXX Poland XXX XXX XXX XXX Portugal XXX XXX XXX XXX Republic of Moldova XXX XXX XXX XXX Romania XXX XXX XXX XXX Russian Federation XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX San Marino Slovakia XXX XXX XXX Slovenia Spain XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX Sweden XXX Switzerland Tajikistan XXX XXX XXX XXX The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Turkey XXX XXX XXX Turkmenistan Ukraine XXX XXX XXX United Kingdom XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX Uzbekistan Federal Republic of Yugoslavia b 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 Membership of Yugoslavia (former) has been continued by the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia as of 28 November 2000.

19 page 15 Office holders Chairperson (Member ex-officio as Deputy Executive President of the Regional Committee) Vice-Chairperson Professor Thomas Zeltner, Switzerland Dr András Jávor, Hungary Dr Niall Tierney, Ireland Dr Anthony Vassallo, Malta Professor Jean-François Girard, France Dr Mikhail N. Saveliev, Russian Federation Dr Marta di Gennaro, Italy Professor Vilius J. Grabauskas, Lithuania Professor Vilius J. Grabauskas, Lithuania Dr Jeremy M. Metters, United Kingdom Dr Danielle Hansen-Koenig, Luxembourg Dr Jeremy M. Metters, United Kingdom Dr Jeremy M. Metters, United Kingdom 3URIHVVRU$\úH$NLQ7XUNH\ Professor Ayúe Akin, Turkey Professor Frantisek Kölbel, Czech Republic

20 page 16 NOMINATION FOR MEMBERSHIP OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONAL COMMITTEE FOR EUROPE OF WHO Family name... BABLOYAN... First/Other names... Ara Saenovich... Male/Female... Male... Date of birth... 5 May English X French X X X German Russian X X X Yerevan State Medical University Central Institute for Advanced Medical Studies, Moscow Leningrad Paediatric Medical Institute, Candidate of Medical Sciences Leningrad Paediatric Medical Institute, Doctor of Medical Sciences Antwerp University Hospital, kidney transplantation (start/end) Minister of Health Head, Chair of Paediatric Surgery, Yerevan State Medical University (Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor) to date Director, Arabkir Medical Centre to date As Minister of Health, worked with WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, UNHCR, etc. Participated in sessions of WHO s governing bodies Member, European Society of Pediatric Urology Member, Swiss Nephrology Association Chairman, National Committee on Control of Infectious Diseases Expert, Health and Welfare Committee of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia Armenia A. Mkrtchjan, Minister of Health

21 page 17 NOMINATION FOR MEMBERSHIP OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONAL COMMITTEE FOR EUROPE OF WHO Family name... DENISOV... First/Other names... Sergej Dmitrievich... Male/Female... Male... Date of birth June English X X X French German Russian X X X Minsk Medical Institute Candidate of Medical Sciences Academic title of Dotsent (Senior Lecturer) Academic title of Professor (start/end) Assistant Lecturer, Minsk Medical Institute Pro-Rector for Educational Work, Minsk Medical Institute First Pro-Rector, Minsk Medical Institute to date Participant in WHO meetings on medical education, Spain and Italy Participant in the Council of Europe workshop on university management, Belgium Chairman of sessions at international meetings in the United States and Uzbekistan Belarus I.B. Zelenkevich, Minister of Health

22 page 18 NOMINATION FOR MEMBERSHIP OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONAL COMMITTEE FOR EUROPE OF WHO Family name... KULAKSASOW... First/Other names... Staiko Assenow... Male/Female... Male... Date of birth... 3 February English X X X French German X X X Russian X X X Qualification in health management (Belgium, Spain, Ireland, United Kingdom Qualification in health administration (Japan), health promotion (Germany) Acquired Specialty in Public Health and Social Medicine Acquired Specialty in General Surgery and Sports Medicine Diploma in Medicine Sofia Medical Academy (start/end) Director, Health Policy, International Cooperation and European Integration Ministry of Health to date Head, International Projects Department, Ministry of Health Physician, National Centre of Sports Medicine Chief of Surgeons Team, Shumen District Hospital Member of the Bulgarian delegation to the World Health Assembly and the Regional Committee for Europe Member of the Council of Europe s European Health Committee (CDSP) to date Member, VIAA Medical Commission to date Participation in the EC High-Level Committee on Health to date Member, Advisory Board, National Insurance Institute to date Director of the Board, St Ekaterina National Surgical Hospital to date Bulgaria Dr Ilko Semerdjiev, Minister of Health

23 page 19 NOMINATION FOR MEMBERSHIP OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONAL COMMITTEE FOR EUROPE OF WHO Family name... OREŠKOVIû... First/Other names... Stipe... Male/Female... Male... Date of birth... 7 February English X X X French X X X German Russian Ph.D. Doctoral Theses: Post-Friedson Medical Sociology School of Public Health, Postgraduate course in gerontology Master of Science, Gerontology Postgraduate course: Methodology of scientific research Master of Science: Methodology Graduated in behavioural science sociology (start/end) Director, Andrija Stampar School of Public Health Director, World Bank-financed Health Reform Project in Croatia Professor, Andrija Stampar School of Public Health Executive Editor, Croatian Medical Journal Eurohealth Regional Editor and Member of the Editorial Board Director, Centre for Pharmacoepidemiology, Pharmacoeconomics and Pharmacobehavioural Research Temporary Advisor, Health Technology Assessment, World Health Organization Programme Director, World Bank-financed Project in Croatia Co-Director, Dubrovnik Summer School, European Observatory on Health Care Systems Member, Board of Directors, Associations of Schools of Public Health in Europe Member, Executive Board, International Association for Health Policy Member, Executive Board, European Association for Health and Medical Sociology Croatia Professor Ana Stavljeniü5XNDYLQD, Minister of Health

24 page 20 NOMINATION FOR MEMBERSHIP OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONAL COMMITTEE FOR EUROPE OF WHO Family name... KOUREA-KREMASTINOU... First/Other names... Jenny... Male/Female... Female... Date of birth June English X X X French German Russian Medical Degree, Medical School, University of Athens Specialization in Biopathology Doctoral Thesis in Hygiene and Epidemiology, Medical School, University of Athens Post-Doctoral training, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London Professorial Thesis in Hygiene and Epidemiology, Medical School, University of Athens (start/end) Teaching and Research Assistant, Dept. of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Medical School, University of Athens Assistant Professor, Dept. of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Medical School, University of Athens Consultant, Director of Biopathology Dept., ELPIS State Hospital of Athens Consultant, Director of Biopathology Dept., Aglaia Kyriakou Children s Hospital of Athens Professor of Public and Administrative Health, National School of Public Health to date Head, National Meningococcal Reference Laboratory Member, Greek delegation to WHO Regional Committee for Europe to date Member, European Health Committee (CDSP), Council of Europe to date Member of the Bureau of the European Health Committee (CDSP), Council of Europe Member, Counselling Committee Europe Against Cancer, European Commission to date Member, EU-USA Task Force for Communicable diseases, European Commission to date Member, Committee for the Community Action Programme on Health Promotion Information and Training, European Commission to date Member, Working Group of Meningococcal Disease, European Commission to date Member, Legionellla Working Group, European Commission to date Dean of the National School of Public Health to date National manager, WHO Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) to date President of the Committee of Senior Officials responsible for Preparation of the European Conference of Health Ministers, Council of Europe President of the Hellenic Society of Public Health to date Vice-President of the Hellenic Society of Microbiology Greece Professor Christina Spyraki, Deputy Minister of Health and Welfare

25 page 21 NOMINATION FOR MEMBERSHIP OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONAL COMMITTEE FOR EUROPE OF WHO Family name... JAKSONS... First/Other names... Viktors... Male/Female... Male... Date of birth February English X X X French German Russian X X X Medical Institute of Latvia, Riga Residency in psychiatry Training at the US organization New Directions for Women (start/end) Director, State Drug Abuse Prevention and Health Care Centre Director, Medical Department, Ministry of Welfare (April August) State Minister of Health...August 1997 April 1998 State Minister of Health... May July 1999 Adviser to the Minister of Welfare... September 1999 to date Representative of Latvia on the Council of Europe s Cooperation Group to Combat Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking in Drugs (Pompidou Group) Temporary Adviser of the WHO Regional Office for Europe on alcohol- and drug-related problems and Director of the harm reduction project Methadone program financed by the Lindesmith Center, New York Member of the WHO Tuberculosis Programme s Coordination, Advisory and Review Group (CARG) Member of the Regional Search Group for candidates for the post of WHO Regional Director for Europe Head of Latvia s delegation to World Health Assemblies Chairperson, Latvia s Steering Committee on the World Bank s Health Care Reform project Latvia Dr Andrejs PoåDUQRYV, Minister of Welfare

26 page 22 NOMINATION FOR MEMBERSHIP OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONAL COMMITTEE FOR EUROPE OF WHO Family name... VOLJý... First/Other names... Boåidar... Male/Female... Male... Date of birth... 3 January English X X X French German X X X Russian Medical Faculty, Ljubljana Diploma in Public Health Specialist in family medicine Master of Arts Ph.D (start/end) Director, Ribnica Health Centre General Director, Koþevje Health Centres, Ribnica Director, Department for Development of Primary Health Care, Ljubljana Director-General, National Blood Bank , 1999 to date Minister of Health WHO (headquarters and Regional Office for Europe) Red Cross of Slovenia and abroad Societas Internationalis Medicinae Generalis (SIMG) Vice-President, World Health Assembly Chairperson, Ministerial Conference on Health Care Reform, Ljubljana Slovenia Professor Dušan Keber, Minister of Health

27 page 23 NOMINATION FOR MEMBERSHIP OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONAL COMMITTEE FOR EUROPE OF WHO Family name... ISMAILOV... First/Other names... Said Ibrohimovich... Male/Female... Male... Date of birth January English X X X French German Russian X X X Doctor of Medical Science, Professor (start/end) Deputy Director, Endocrinology Research Institute, Ministry of Health Director, Endocrinology Research Institute, Ministry of Health to date Organization of international conferences Uzbekistan Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan

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29 page 25 III. JOINT COORDINATING BOARD OF THE SPECIAL PROGRAMME FOR RESEARCH AND TRAINING IN TROPICAL DISEASES Present membership 11. The membership of Israel on the Joint Coordinating Board of the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (JCB) expires on 31 December The Regional Committee will therefore be requested to select or reselect one member for JCB membership for a three-year period from 1 January 2002 under paragraph of the Memorandum of Understanding on the Special Programme. Nominations 12. The following nominations were received at the Regional Office by 10 March 2001, and curricula vitae in standard format are contained on pages 28 to 32. Armenia (Professor Vladimir Ashotovich Davidyants) Greece (Mr Dimitrios Hatzigeorgiou) Norway (Professor Svein Gunnar Gundersen) Tajikistan (Dr Samardin Partoevich Aliev) Uzbekistan (Dr Shavkat Ablakulovich Razakov)

30 page 26 MEMBERSHIP OF THE JOINT COORDINATING BOARD (JCB) EUROPEAN REGION (AS OF 1 JANUARY 2001) (a) Members selected according to paragraph of the Memorandum of Understanding (government representatives selected by the contributors to the Special Programme resources) Australia to 31 December 2002 Belgium to 31 December 2001 Canada to 31 December 2001 Denmark to 31 December 2001 Germany to 31 December 2001 Japan to 31 December 2003 Luxembourg to 31 December 2003 Netherlands to 31 December 2002 Norway to 31 December 2003 Switzerland to 31 December 2002 United Kingdom to 31 December 2003 United States of America to 31 December 2002 (b) Members selected according to paragraph of the Memorandum of Understanding (government representatives selected by WHO Regional Committees) European Region Israel to 31 December 2001 Portugal to 31 December 2003 (c) Members selected according to paragraph of the Memorandum of Understanding (members designated by the JCB itself from among the remaining Cooperating Parties) European Region Sweden to 31 December 2001

31 page 27 NOTE ON MECHANISMS FOR SELECTION OR RESELECTION OF MEMBERS OF THE JCB 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: Twelve government representatives selected by the contributors to the Special Programme resources 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 Three members, designated by the JCB itself, from among the remaining Cooperating Parties 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.

32 page 28 NOMINATION FOR MEMBERSHIP OF THE JOINT COORDINATING BOARD OF THE SPECIAL PROGRAMME FOR RESEARCH AND TRAINING IN TROPICAL DISEASES Family name... DAVIDYANTS... First/Other names... Vladimir Ashotovich... Male/Female... Male... Date of birth February English X X French German Russian X X X Candidate of Medical Sciences (parasitic and tropical diseases) Doctor of Medical Sciences (parasitic and tropical diseases) Professor (start/end) Deputy Minister of Health and Chief Medical Officer to date Chief, Department of Epidemiology, National Institute of Health to date Chief, Department of Parasitology and Tropical Diseases, Yerevan State Sanitary and Epidemiological Station Chief Specialist in parasitology, Ministry of Health Senior Scientist, Laboratory of Parasitology and Tropical Diseases, Institute of Epidemiology, Virology and Medical Parasitology of the Ministry of Health Director, USAID project on Public health information surveillance system Member, Health Council of the Commonwealth of Independent States to date... Armenia Ararat Mkrtchjan, Minister of Health

33 page 29 NOMINATION FOR MEMBERSHIP OF THE JOINT COORDINATING BOARD OF THE SPECIAL PROGRAMME FOR RESEARCH AND TRAINING IN TROPICAL DISEASES Family name... HATZIGEORGIOU... First/Other names... Dimitrios... Male/Female... Male... Date of birth... 4 November English 90% 100% 100% French 50% German Russian Medical Degree, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki Boards in Internal Medicine Boards in Infectious Diseases (start/end) Head, Medical Unit, 117 Combat Wing, Hellenic Air Force Head, Infectious Diseases and Travel Medicine Clinic, 251 HAFGH to date Lecturer, Military Nursing School to date Cooperating staff member, Centre for Infection Control, Ministry of Health to date Lieutenant-Colonel in the Hellenic Air Force Greece Professor Christina Spyraki, Deputy Minister of Health

34 page 30 NOMINATION FOR MEMBERSHIP OF THE JOINT COORDINATING BOARD OF THE SPECIAL PROGRAMME FOR RESEARCH AND TRAINING IN TROPICAL DISEASES Family name... GUNDERSEN... First/Other names... Svein Gunnar... Male/Female... Male... Date of birth July English X X X French (X) German (X) X Russian Medical doctor, Oslo Doctor of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Liverpool Specialist in Internal Medicine, Oslo Specialist in Infectious Diseases, Oslo Dr. med., Ph.D., Oslo (start/end) Supervising doctor, Mendi, Western Ethiopia Resident doctor, Department of Infectious Diseases, Ullevaal University Hospital Consultant in infectious diseases, Ullevaal University Hospital to date Head, Ullevaal Centre for International Medicine to date Professor, Department of International Health, University of Oslo Working in Ethiopia and and thereafter working in research and project coordination and evaluation related to Ethiopia and other African countries Member of numerous national and international committees related to infectious diseases and international health topics in tropical countries Chairman, Norwegian National Malaria Committee Norway Ms Anne-Sofie Trosdahl Oraug, Assistant Director-General, Ministry of Health and Social Affairs

35 page 31 NOMINATION FOR MEMBERSHIP OF THE JOINT COORDINATING BOARD OF THE SPECIAL PROGRAMME FOR RESEARCH AND TRAINING IN TROPICAL DISEASES Family name... ALIEV... First/Other names... Samardin Partoevich... Male/Female... Male... Date of birth... 1 May English French German Russian X X X Epidemiologist, Faculty of Public Health, Khar kov Medical Institute WHO international seminar on tropical diseases, Samarkand WHO international course on Malaria and the planning of malaria control, Samarkand Course on a geographical information system using the Healthmapper computer program, Baku (start/end) Chief epidemiologist, Kujbyshev district Chief epidemiologist, Khatlon region Deputy Chief Physician, Dushanbe Sanitary and Epidemiological Service Director, National Centre for Control of Tropical Diseases to date Coordinator, National Programme for Control of Tropical Diseases in Tajikistan Cooperation with ECHO, WHO, USAID, UNICEF, MERLIN, ACTED, WFP, IFRC WHO Instructor at the international seminar on tropical diseases MERLIN Adviser on tropical diseases in Tajikistan Instructor at the international seminar on tropical diseases Tajikistan A.A. Akmedov, Minister of Health

36 page 32 NOMINATION FOR MEMBERSHIP OF THE JOINT COORDINATING BOARD OF THE SPECIAL PROGRAMME FOR RESEARCH AND TRAINING IN TROPICAL DISEASES Family name... RAZAKOV... First/Other names... Shavkat Ablakulovich... Male/Female... Male... Date of birth October English X French German Russian X X X Candidate of Medical Sciences Senior Scientist (start/end) Director, L.M. Isaev Institute for Research in Medical Parasitology, Ministry of Health, Samarkand to date Close cooperation with WHO for four years Uzbekistan Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan

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38 page 33 IV. MANAGEMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF THE ACTION PROGRAMME ON ESSENTIAL DRUGS Present membership 13. Turkey s membership of the Management Advisory Committee expires on 31 December The Regional Committee will therefore be requested to select or reselect one member for membership of the Management Advisory Committee for a three-year period from 1 January Membership from 1992 to The following table gives an overview of members of the Management Advisory Committee from the European Region in the period Table 4. Membership of the Management Advisory Committee, MAC MAC MAC MAC MAC MAC MAC MAC MAC MAC MAC Europe Hungary XXX Israel XXX XXX Turkey XXX XXX XXX Slovakia XXX XXX XXX Armenia XXX XXX XXX Portugal XXX XXX XXX Turkey XXX XXX XXX Spain XXX XXX XXX Nominations 15. The following nominations were received at the Regional Office by 10 March 2001 and curricula vitae in standard format are contained on pages 34 to 39. Belarus (Dr Gennady Vasil evich Godoval nikov) Germany (Professor Alfred Georg Hildebrandt) Greece (Ms Zeta Papadopoulou-Daifoti) 3RODQG0U7DGHXV]&KUX FLHO Tajikistan (Dr Salomudduin Dzhaborovich Isupov) Uzbekistan (Dr Akhmat Nigmanovich Yunuskhodjaev)

39 page 34 NOMINATION FOR MEMBERSHIP OF THE MANAGEMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF THE ACTION PROGRAMME ON ESSENTIAL DRUGS Family name... GODOVAL NIKOV... First/Other names... Gennady Vasil evich... Male/Female... Male... Date of birth November English X X X French German Russian X X X Pharmaceutical Faculty, Vitebsk Medical Institute Candidate of Pharmaceutical Sciences (start/end) Head, Department of Pharmacy, Ministry of Health Deputy Chairman, Belarus Pharmacology and Pharmacopoeia Committee Director, National Centre for Expert Assessment and Trials in Health Care (government enterprise) to date WHO, in the context of the Pharmaceuticals programme Deputy Chairman, Belarus Pharmacology and Pharmacopoeia Committee Belarus I.B. Zelenkevich, Minister of Health

40 page 35 NOMINATION FOR MEMBERSHIP OF THE MANAGEMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF THE ACTION PROGRAMME ON ESSENTIAL DRUGS Family name... HILDEBRANDT... First/Other names... Alfred Georg... Male/Female... Male... Date of birth February English X X X French (X) (X) (X) German X X X Russian Physician Specialist (Facharzt), Pharmacology and Toxicology Lecturer (Habilitation), Pharmacology and Toxicology (start/end) Assistant Professor, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, United States Senior Physician, Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Free University of Berlin Medical Director and Dean, Steglitz Clinic, Free University of Berlin Director, Max von Pettenkofer Institute, Federal Health Office Director, Federal Institute for Pharmaceuticals and Medical Products Ministry of Health official responsible for European certification systems, paediatric drugs and drugs against rare diseases EU Scientific Committee on Food EU Scientific Committee on Cosmetic Products EU Committee for Proprietary Medicinal Products (CPMP) Chair, CPMP working group on efficacy of drugs Organizer and Chair, IDRAC 1999 (international meeting of drug regulatory authorities) Germany Mrs U. Schmidt, Federal Minister of Health

41 page 36 NOMINATION FOR MEMBERSHIP OF THE MANAGEMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF THE ACTION PROGRAMME ON ESSENTIAL DRUGS Family name... PAPADOPOULOU-DAIFOTI.. First/Other names... Zeta... Male/Female... Female... Date of birth May English X X X French X X X German Russian Pharmacy diploma Doctor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Pharmacology, Ph.D Postgraduate studies in pharmaceutical analysis and pharmacology Invited scientist, Department of Neurochemistry, Max Planck Institute, Gottingen Dissertation in pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of Athens (start/end) Elected lecturer, School of Medicine, University of Athens Elected assistant professor, School of Medicine, University of Athens Elected associate professor, School of Medicine, University of Athens to date Vice-President, Drug Approval Committee, National Drug Organization President, Drug Reimbursement Committee, Ministry of Health to date Member of organizing committees for Greek and international congresses Representative of Greece in the International Union of Pharmacology (IUPHAR) and the Federation of European Pharmacological Societies (EPHAR) Representative of Greece at WHO meeting on Policies on pricing and reimbursement of medicines in Europe: networking for information exchange among policy makers (November 1999, November 2000) Member, Scientific Committee of the First National Formulary Vice-President, Drug Approval Committee, National Drug Organization President, Drug Reimbursement Committee, Ministry of Health to date Assessor of the pharmacotoxicological part of medicinal products dossiers for the National Drug Organization to date President and founder member, Hellenic Society of Pharmacology Greece Professor Christina Spyraki, Deputy Minister of Health

42 page 37 NOMINATION FOR MEMBERSHIP OF THE MANAGEMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF THE ACTION PROGRAMME ON ESSENTIAL DRUGS Family name... CHRU &,(/... First/Other names... Tadeusz... Male/Female... Male... Date of birth January English X X X French X X German X X X Russian X X M.B. (physician), Medical Faculty Jagiellonian University, Cracow M.D., Medical Academy, Cracow Professorship in clinical pharmacology, Medical Academy, Zabrze Doctorate honoris causa, Medical Academy, Katowice (start/end) Research assistant in pharmacology, Medical Academy, Cracow Professor and Chairman, Department of Pharmacology, Medical Academy, Zabrze Senior medical officer, Drug Dependence Unit, WHO headquarters Deputy Director, Drug Research Institute, Warsaw Professor and Chairman, Department of Clinical and Social Pharmacology, Postgraduate Medical School, Warsaw Senior medical officer, Pharmacology Unit, later Drug Dependence Unit, WHO headquarters Member, International Narcotics Control Board Member of WHO Expert Advisory Panel Consultant on behalf of WHO to the Government of Macao President, National Chamber of Physicians Vice-President or Secretary of numerous medial societies (including the Polish Pharmacological Society and the Polish Catholic Physicians Association), committees and congresses Chairperson, WHO Scientific Group on psychoactive substances, WHO headquarters Member of numerous WHO expert committees and scientific group meetings Member of the Polish Delegation to the World Health Assembly (three times) Representative of WHO and Poland at numerous meetings of the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs and/or the International Narcotics Control Board Poland Professor Grzegorz Opala, Minister of Health

43 page 38 NOMINATION FOR MEMBERSHIP OF THE MANAGEMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF THE ACTION PROGRAMME ON ESSENTIAL DRUGS Family name... ISUPOV... First/Other names... Salomudduin Dzhaborovich... Male/Female... Male... Date of birth June English French German Russian X X X Graduated from the Abuali ibn Sino State Medical University of Tajikistan Study tour organized by the United Nations International Programme on the control and licensing of narcotic and psychotropic drugs, Ankara September 4 October 1996 Study tour organized by the United States Agency for International Development on rational pharmaceutical management, Almaty January 1999 Study tour on effective regulation of pharmaceuticals, organized by WHO, the Ministry of Health and the Armenian Agency for Drugs and Medical Technology, Yerevan March 2000 Candidate of Medical Sciences, Moscow (start/end) Lecturer, Department of Pharmacology and Organization of Pharmacy Economics, Abuali ibn Sino State Medical University of Tajikistan Head, Directorate for Quality Control of Pharmaceuticals and Medical Technology, Ministry of Health Chairman, Committee on Development of the Pharmaceutical Industry, Ministry of Health First Deputy Head, Department of Pharmacy and Medical Technology, Ministry of Health to date WHO project on strengthening of the pharmaceutical sector... June 1999 to date Local director, WHO project on strengthening of the pharmaceutical sector in Tajikistan... June 1999 to date Deputy Chairman, State Pharmacology Committee, Ministry of Health Tajikistan A.A. Akhmedov, Minister of Health