WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION REGIONAL OFFICE FOR EUROPE COPENHAGEN REGIONAL COMMITTEE FOR EUROPE Fifty-first session, Madrid, 10 13 September 2001 Provisional agenda item 4(a), (b), (c), (d) EUR/RC51/5 21 March 2001 10143 ORIGINAL: ENGLISH MEMBERSHIP OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD AND VARIOUS OTHER COMMITTEES In accordance with rules 14.2.2 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.
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
I. EXECUTIVE BOARD
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 1981 2004.
page 2 Table 1. Executive Board Overview of membership a Countries 34 1981 35 1982 36 1983 37 1984 38 1985 39 1986 40 1987 41 1988 42 1989 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 43 1990 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 44 1991 45 1992 46 1993 47 1994 48 1995 49 1996 50 1997 51 1998 52 1999 53 2000 54 2001 55 2002 56 2003 57 2004
page 3 Countries 34 1981 35 1982 36 1983 37 1984 38 1985 39 1986 40 1987 41 1988 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 42 1989 43 1990 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 44 1991 45 1992 46 1993 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 47 1994 48 1995 49 1996 50 1997 51 1998 52 1999 53 2000 54 2001 55 2002 56 2003 57 2004 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 of Yugoslavia (former) has been continued by the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia as of 28 November 2000.
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 1929... English French German X X X Russian X X X Acquired Specialty in Oncology... 1993 Acquired Specialty in Maxillo-facial Surgery... 1961 Diploma in Medicine... 1968 Diploma in Stomatology... 1952 (start/end) Consultant in Maxillo-facial Surgery, Sofia Emergency Institute... 1999 to date Dean of the Stomatology Faculty, Sofia... 1994 1999 Head, Chair of Maxillo-facial Surgery, Sofia Medical University... 1990 1994 Assistant and Associate Professor, Chair of Oral Surgery... 1962 1989 Head, Surgery Department, Regional Stomatological Polyclinic, Haskovo... 1953 1961 Member, European Association for Cranio Maxillo-facial Surgery... 1991 to date Chairman, National Stomatological Association... 1990 1993 Member, Bulgarian Scientific Association in Medicine... 1992 1994 Chairman, Standing Commission for Medicine and Sports, National Evaluation and Accreditation Agency, Council of Ministers... 2000 to date Bulgaria Dr Ilko Semerdjiev, Minister of Health
page 5 NOMINATION FOR MEMBERSHIP OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD OF WHO Family name... VíT... First/Other names... Michael... Male/Female... Male... Date of birth... 31 October 1951... English X X X French German X X X Russian Medical Faculty of Hygiene... 1970 1976 Professional Examination in Hygiene and Epidemiology... 1980 Professional Examination in Occupational Medicine... 1984 Ph.D.... 2001 (start/end) Director, Frýdek-Místek, District Hygiene Institute... 1980 1990 Head, Department of Toxicology, Ostrava, Regional Hygiene Institute... 1990 1998 Head, Department of Occupational Medicine, Regional Hygiene Institute... 1998 2000 Chief Hygienist, Ministry of Health, Prague... Public Health Officer of the Czech Republic... 2000 to date Cooperation with the United States Environmental Protection Agency on project Silesia Responsibility in Health Risk Assessment... 1995 1999 Deputy Chairman, Governmental Committee for a Healthy Environment Chairman, Governmental Committee for Implementation of HEALTH21 Czech Republic Professor B. Fišer, CSc., Minister of Health
page 6 NOMINATION FOR MEMBERSHIP OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD OF WHO Family name... PINTÉR... First/Other names... Alán... Male/Female... Male... Date of birth... 17 August 1943... English X X X French German X X X Russian Medical doctor, Semmelweis Medical University, Budapest... 1967 Specialization in human pathology and histopathology, Budapest... 1974 Ph.D. degree in retrovirology, Budapest... 1985 Specialization in public health, Budapest... 1990 Habilitation at the Semmelweis Medical University, Budapest... 1995 (start/end) Head, Department of Pathology and Environmental Mutagenesis, National Institute of Public Health, Budapest... 1984 1991 Deputy Director-General, National Institute of Public Health... 1991 1997 Director, National Institute of Environmental Health... 1997 2000 Chief Medical Officer, Hungary... 2001 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
page 7 NOMINATION FOR MEMBERSHIP OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD OF WHO Family name... SEVER... First/Other names... Yitzhak... Male/Female... Male... Date of birth... 27 May 1941... English X X X French German Russian Doctor of Medicine, Jerusalem University... 1968 Board Certification in internal medicine... 1978 Diploma in Medical and Health Services Administration, Haifa University... 1986 Board Certification in medical and health services administration... 1987 Diploma in Health Systems Reforms, Jerusalem School of Public Health... 1995 (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)... 1976 1994 Director, Division of General Medicine (Primary health care and General hospitals), Ministry of Health... 1995 to date Coordinator of the Israeli Ministry of Health with the Palestinian Health Authority... 1995 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... 1999 to date Working with WHO experts and representatives of the Director-General, UNDP, Red Cross... 1976 1994 Member, Israeli Delegation to the World Health Assembly and delegate to Committee B... 1988 to date Member, Israeli Delegation to the Regional Committee for Europe... 1998 to date Member, Standing Committee of the Regional Committee...1998 alternate, 1999 member Delegate of Israel as an observer to the Executive Board... 1999 to date Chairperson of the Ramallah WHO Collaborating Centre on Public Health and Primary Health Care and on Health Manpower Development... 1985 1994 Chairperson, Israeli Health Team for the peace talks with the Palestine Liberation Organization, Washington... 1992 Chairperson, Israeli Health Committee for the negotiations towards the Agreement on Preparatory Transfer of Powers and Responsibilities, Cairo... 1994 Chairperson, Israeli Health Committee for the Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, Eilat... 1995 Israel Dr Boaz Lev, Director-General, Ministry of Health
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... 19 May 1957... English Good Good Good French German Russian Excellent Excellent Excellent Kyrgyz State Medical Institute... 1980 Clinical specialization (Ordinatura), All-Union Cardiology Research Centre... 1982 Doctoral specialization (Aspirantura) and defence of thesis for degree of Candidate of Medical Sciences... 1986 Full training course for national experts as part of the Manas national health care reform programme... 1994 1995 Course on health economics, York University, United Kingdom... 1995 (start/end) National expert on the group drawing up Kyrgyzstan s Manas health care reform project... 1994 1996 Head, Directorate of Extrabudgetary Work, Ministry of Health... 1996 First Deputy Director-General, National Statutory Health Insurance Fund... 1996 2000 Deputy Minister of Health... 2000 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
page 9 NOMINATION FOR MEMBERSHIP OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD OF WHO Family name... BOCSAN... First/Other names... Ioan... Male/Female... Male... Date of birth... 10 July 1948... English X X X French X X X German Russian M.D... 1973 Ph.D. in Epidemiology... 1985 Senior consultant physician in epidemiology and infectious diseases... 1990 Senior consultant physician in public health... 2000 (start/end) Professor of Epidemiology, Head, Department of Epidemiology, Medical and Pharmaceutical University of Cluj... 1995 Director, Institute of Public Health, Cluj... 1997 Chairperson, National Advisory Board for Epidemiology, Ministry of Health... 1998 USAID/World Vision International project on creation of the Department of Community Medicine and Family Practice at the Medical and Pharmaceutical University of Cluj... 1995 1996 Chairperson, National Advisory Board for Epidemiology, Ministry of Health... 1998 to date Romania Dr Daniela Bartos, Minister of Health and Family
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 1947... 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... 1992 1999 Head, Regional Cardiology Centre, St Petersburg... 1992 1999 Minister of Health... 1999 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... 1999 to date Editor-in-chief, Klinicheskaja medicina i patofiziologija [Clinical medicine and pathophysiology] Russian Federation President, Government of the Russian Federation
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... 23 July 1958... English X X X French German Russian M.D., University of Valencia... 1976 1982 Ph.D. Medicine, University of Valencia... 1990 Specialist qualifications in pathology... 1982 1987 Specialist qualifications in transplantation, Addenbrooke s Hospital, Cambridge University United Kingdom... 1986 Certificate in Transplantation, Council of Europe, University of Helsinki, Finland... 1987 Doctoral Fellow in Molecular Biology, Department of Pathology and Oncology, Kansas University, United States... 1988 1989 (start/end) Vice-Minister of Health, Ministry of Health... 2000 President of the National Health Service... 2000 Vice-Minister, Health Department, Regional Government of Valencia... 1997 2000 General Director, Health Service of Valencia... 1995 1997 Research Fellow, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, United States (National Human Genome Institute, National Cancer Institute, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)... 1990 1995 Representative of Spain on the Steering Committee of European Observatory of Health Care Systems Head of Delegation, Tenth Iberoamerican Summit of Ministers of Health... 1999 Head of Delegation, Directive Council of PAHO... 1999 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
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... 25 May 1950... English French German Russian X X X Doctor of medicine, Professor (start/end) Director, National Surgery Research Centre... 1995 1998 Minister of Health... 1998 to date... Chairperson, International Conference on Surgery Vice-President, World Health Assembly... 2000 Uzbekistan Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan
II. STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONAL COMMITTEE
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 2002. 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.
page 14 Table 2. Standing Committee of the Regional Committee (SCRC) Overview of membership a Countries 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 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.
page 15 Office holders Chairperson (Member ex-officio as Deputy Executive President of the Regional Committee) Vice-Chairperson 1993 1994 Professor Thomas Zeltner, Switzerland Dr András Jávor, Hungary 1994 1995 Dr Niall Tierney, Ireland Dr Anthony Vassallo, Malta 1995 1996 Professor Jean-François Girard, France Dr Mikhail N. Saveliev, Russian Federation 1996 1997 Dr Marta di Gennaro, Italy Professor Vilius J. Grabauskas, Lithuania 1997 1998 Professor Vilius J. Grabauskas, Lithuania Dr Jeremy M. Metters, United Kingdom 1998 1999 Dr Danielle Hansen-Koenig, Luxembourg Dr Jeremy M. Metters, United Kingdom 1999 2000 Dr Jeremy M. Metters, United Kingdom 3URIHVVRU$\úH$NLQ7XUNH\ 2000 2001 Professor Ayúe Akin, Turkey Professor Frantisek Kölbel, Czech Republic
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 1947... English X French X X X German Russian X X X Yerevan State Medical University... 1971 Central Institute for Advanced Medical Studies, Moscow... 1973 Leningrad Paediatric Medical Institute, Candidate of Medical Sciences... 1977 Leningrad Paediatric Medical Institute, Doctor of Medical Sciences... 1987 Antwerp University Hospital, kidney transplantation... 1988 (start/end) Minister of Health... 1991 1997 Head, Chair of Paediatric Surgery, Yerevan State Medical University (Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor)... 1996 to date Director, Arabkir Medical Centre... 1997 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... 1997 Expert, Health and Welfare Committee of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia Armenia A. Mkrtchjan, Minister of Health
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... 21 June 1954... English X X X French German Russian X X X Minsk Medical Institute... 1977 Candidate of Medical Sciences... 1981 Academic title of Dotsent (Senior Lecturer)... 1988 Academic title of Professor... 1993 (start/end) Assistant Lecturer, Minsk Medical Institute... 1980 1986 Pro-Rector for Educational Work, Minsk Medical Institute... 1986 1992 First Pro-Rector, Minsk Medical Institute... 1992 to date Participant in WHO meetings on medical education, Spain and Italy... 1993 Participant in the Council of Europe workshop on university management, Belgium... 1995 Chairman of sessions at international meetings in the United States and Uzbekistan... 1985 1998 Belarus I.B. Zelenkevich, Minister of Health
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 1949... English X X X French German X X X Russian X X X Qualification in health management (Belgium, Spain, Ireland, United Kingdom... 1995 1998 Qualification in health administration (Japan), health promotion (Germany)... 1993 1994 Acquired Specialty in Public Health and Social Medicine... 1995 Acquired Specialty in General Surgery and Sports Medicine... 1980 1989 Diploma in Medicine Sofia Medical Academy... 1967 1974 (start/end) Director, Health Policy, International Cooperation and European Integration Ministry of Health... 1997 to date Head, International Projects Department, Ministry of Health... 1993 1997 Physician, National Centre of Sports Medicine... 1982 1993 Chief of Surgeons Team, Shumen District Hospital... 1975 1982 Member of the Bulgarian delegation to the World Health Assembly and the Regional Committee for Europe... 1997 2000 Member of the Council of Europe s European Health Committee (CDSP)... 1997 to date Member, VIAA Medical Commission... 1984 to date Participation in the EC High-Level Committee on Health... 1997 to date Member, Advisory Board, National Insurance Institute... 1999 to date Director of the Board, St Ekaterina National Surgical Hospital... 2000 to date Bulgaria Dr Ilko Semerdjiev, Minister of Health
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 1960... English X X X French X X X German Russian Ph.D. Doctoral Theses: Post-Friedson Medical Sociology... 1991 School of Public Health, Postgraduate course in gerontology... 1987 1989 Master of Science, Gerontology... 1990 Postgraduate course: Methodology of scientific research... 1985 1988 Master of Science: Methodology... 1989 Graduated in behavioural science sociology... 1982 (start/end) Director, Andrija Stampar School of Public Health... 2000 2002 Director, World Bank-financed Health Reform Project in Croatia... 2000 2004 Professor, Andrija Stampar School of Public Health... 1998 2003 Executive Editor, Croatian Medical Journal... 1999 2001 Eurohealth Regional Editor and Member of the Editorial Board Director, Centre for Pharmacoepidemiology, Pharmacoeconomics and Pharmacobehavioural Research... 1996 2001 Temporary Advisor, Health Technology Assessment, World Health Organization... 2000 Programme Director, World Bank-financed Project in Croatia... 2000 Co-Director, Dubrovnik Summer School, European Observatory on Health Care Systems... 1999 Member, Board of Directors, Associations of Schools of Public Health in Europe... 2001 Member, Executive Board, International Association for Health Policy... 1998 Member, Executive Board, European Association for Health and Medical Sociology... 1999 Croatia Professor Ana Stavljeniü5XNDYLQD, Minister of Health
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... 19 June 1944... English X X X French German Russian Medical Degree, Medical School, University of Athens... 1968 Specialization in Biopathology... 1971 Doctoral Thesis in Hygiene and Epidemiology, Medical School, University of Athens... 1972 Post-Doctoral training, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London... 1974 1976 Professorial Thesis in Hygiene and Epidemiology, Medical School, University of Athens... 1982 (start/end) Teaching and Research Assistant, Dept. of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Medical School, University of Athens... 1969 1976 Assistant Professor, Dept. of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Medical School, University of Athens... 1976 1980 Consultant, Director of Biopathology Dept., ELPIS State Hospital of Athens... 1980 1984 Consultant, Director of Biopathology Dept., Aglaia Kyriakou Children s Hospital of Athens... 1984 1988 Professor of Public and Administrative Health, National School of Public Health... 1987 to date Head, National Meningococcal Reference Laboratory Member, Greek delegation to WHO Regional Committee for Europe... 1994 to date Member, European Health Committee (CDSP), Council of Europe... 1993 to date Member of the Bureau of the European Health Committee (CDSP), Council of Europe... 1996 1999 Member, Counselling Committee Europe Against Cancer, European Commission... 1993 to date Member, EU-USA Task Force for Communicable diseases, European Commission... 1996 to date Member, Committee for the Community Action Programme on Health Promotion Information and Training, European Commission... 1997 to date Member, Working Group of Meningococcal Disease, European Commission... 2000 to date Member, Legionellla Working Group, European Commission... 2000 to date Dean of the National School of Public Health... 1999 to date National manager, WHO Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI)... 1993 to date President of the Committee of Senior Officials responsible for Preparation of the European Conference of Health Ministers, Council of Europe... 1997 1999 President of the Hellenic Society of Public Health... 1996 to date Vice-President of the Hellenic Society of Microbiology... 1985 1999 Greece Professor Christina Spyraki, Deputy Minister of Health and Welfare
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... 11 February 1947... English X X X French German Russian X X X Medical Institute of Latvia, Riga... 1964 1970 Residency in psychiatry... 1971 Training at the US organization New Directions for Women... 1990 (start/end) Director, State Drug Abuse Prevention and Health Care Centre... 1996 1997 Director, Medical Department, Ministry of Welfare... 1997 (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)... 1992 1993 Temporary Adviser of the WHO Regional Office for Europe on alcohol- and drug-related problems... 1994 1995 and 1999 2000 Director of the harm reduction project Methadone program financed by the Lindesmith Center, New York... 1996 1997 Member of the WHO Tuberculosis Programme s Coordination, Advisory and Review Group (CARG)... 1997 1998 Member of the Regional Search Group for candidates for the post of WHO Regional Director for Europe... 1999 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
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 1939... English X X X French German X X X Russian Medical Faculty, Ljubljana... 1958 1963 Diploma in Public Health... 1974 Specialist in family medicine... 1977 Master of Arts... 1980 Ph.D.... 1989 (start/end) Director, Ribnica Health Centre... 1979 1981 General Director, Koþevje Health Centres, Ribnica... 1981 1985 Director, Department for Development of Primary Health Care, Ljubljana... 1985 1986 Director-General, National Blood Bank... 1986 1992, 1999 to date Minister of Health... 1992 1997 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... 1996 Slovenia Professor Dušan Keber, Minister of Health
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... 14 January 1948... English X X X French German Russian X X X Doctor of Medical Science, Professor... 1989 (start/end) Deputy Director, Endocrinology Research Institute, Ministry of Health... 1987 1997 Director, Endocrinology Research Institute, Ministry of Health... 1997 to date Organization of international conferences Uzbekistan Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan
III. JOINT COORDINATING BOARD OF THE SPECIAL PROGRAMME FOR RESEARCH AND TRAINING IN TROPICAL DISEASES
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 2001. 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 2.2.2 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)
page 26 MEMBERSHIP OF THE JOINT COORDINATING BOARD (JCB) EUROPEAN REGION (AS OF 1 JANUARY 2001) (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 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 2.2.2 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 2.2.3 of the Memorandum of Understanding (members designated by the JCB itself from among the remaining Cooperating Parties) European Region Sweden to 31 December 2001
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: 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.
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... 16 February 1953... English X X French German Russian X X X Candidate of Medical Sciences (parasitic and tropical diseases)... 1985 Doctor of Medical Sciences (parasitic and tropical diseases)... 1996 Professor... 1998 (start/end) Deputy Minister of Health and Chief Medical Officer... 1998 to date Chief, Department of Epidemiology, National Institute of Health... 1989 to date Chief, Department of Parasitology and Tropical Diseases, Yerevan State Sanitary and Epidemiological Station... 1985 1989 Chief Specialist in parasitology, Ministry of Health... 1985 1999 Senior Scientist, Laboratory of Parasitology and Tropical Diseases, Institute of Epidemiology, Virology and Medical Parasitology of the Ministry of Health... 1976 1985 Director, USAID project on Public health information surveillance system... 1992 1996 Member, Health Council of the Commonwealth of Independent States... 1998 to date... Armenia Ararat Mkrtchjan, Minister of Health
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 1957... English 90% 100% 100% French 50% German Russian Medical Degree, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki... 1981 Boards in Internal Medicine... 1991 Boards in Infectious Diseases... 1996 (start/end) Head, Medical Unit, 117 Combat Wing, Hellenic Air Force... 1982 1985 Head, Infectious Diseases and Travel Medicine Clinic, 251 HAFGH... 1995 to date Lecturer, Military Nursing School... 1997 to date Cooperating staff member, Centre for Infection Control, Ministry of Health... 2000 to date Lieutenant-Colonel in the Hellenic Air Force Greece Professor Christina Spyraki, Deputy Minister of Health
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... 28 July 1948... English X X X French (X) German (X) X Russian Medical doctor, Oslo... 1973 Doctor of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Liverpool... 1975 Specialist in Internal Medicine, Oslo... 1986 Specialist in Infectious Diseases, Oslo... 1985 Dr. med., Ph.D., Oslo... 1992 (start/end) Supervising doctor, Mendi, Western Ethiopia... 1980 1983 Resident doctor, Department of Infectious Diseases, Ullevaal University Hospital... 1983 1986 Consultant in infectious diseases, Ullevaal University Hospital... 1986 to date Head, Ullevaal Centre for International Medicine... 1990 to date Professor, Department of International Health, University of Oslo... 1995 Working in Ethiopia 1976 1977 and 1980 1983 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
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 1966... English French German Russian X X X Epidemiologist, Faculty of Public Health, Khar kov Medical Institute...1983-1989 WHO international seminar on tropical diseases, Samarkand... 1997 WHO international course on Malaria and the planning of malaria control, Samarkand... 1999 Course on a geographical information system using the Healthmapper computer program, Baku... 2000 (start/end) Chief epidemiologist, Kujbyshev district... 1989 1994 Chief epidemiologist, Khatlon region... 1994 1995 Deputy Chief Physician, Dushanbe Sanitary and Epidemiological Service... 1995 1999 Director, National Centre for Control of Tropical Diseases... 1999 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
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... 13 October 1943... English X French German Russian X X X Candidate of Medical Sciences... 1975 Senior Scientist (start/end) Director, L.M. Isaev Institute for Research in Medical Parasitology, Ministry of Health, Samarkand... 1983 to date Close cooperation with WHO for four years Uzbekistan Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan
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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 2001. 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 2002. Membership from 1992 to 2002 14. The following table gives an overview of members of the Management Advisory Committee from the European Region in the period 1992 2002. Table 4. Membership of the Management Advisory Committee, 1992 2002 MAC4 1992 MAC5 1993 MAC6 1994 MAC7 1995 MAC8 1996 MAC9 1997 MAC10 1998 MAC11 1999 MAC12 2000 MAC13 2001 MAC14 2002 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)
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... 16 November 1954... English X X X French German Russian X X X Pharmaceutical Faculty, Vitebsk Medical Institute... 1977 Candidate of Pharmaceutical Sciences... 1987 (start/end) Head, Department of Pharmacy, Ministry of Health... 1992 1998 Deputy Chairman, Belarus Pharmacology and Pharmacopoeia Committee... 1993 1998 Director, National Centre for Expert Assessment and Trials in Health Care (government enterprise)... 1998 to date WHO, in the context of the Pharmaceuticals programme Deputy Chairman, Belarus Pharmacology and Pharmacopoeia Committee... 1993 Belarus I.B. Zelenkevich, Minister of Health
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... 11 February 1937... English X X X French (X) (X) (X) German X X X Russian Physician... 1967 Specialist (Facharzt), Pharmacology and Toxicology... 1973 Lecturer (Habilitation), Pharmacology and Toxicology... 1972 (start/end) Assistant Professor, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, United States... 1969 Senior Physician, Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Free University of Berlin... 1970 Medical Director and Dean, Steglitz Clinic, Free University of Berlin... 1975 Director, Max von Pettenkofer Institute, Federal Health Office... 1981 Director, Federal Institute for Pharmaceuticals and Medical Products... 1994 Ministry of Health official responsible for European certification systems, paediatric drugs and drugs against rare diseases... 2000 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
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... 29 May 1945... English X X X French X X X German Russian Pharmacy diploma... 1968 Doctor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Pharmacology, Ph.D.... 1974 Postgraduate studies in pharmaceutical analysis and pharmacology... 1969 Invited scientist, Department of Neurochemistry, Max Planck Institute, Gottingen... 1976 Dissertation in pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of Athens... 1984 (start/end) Elected lecturer, School of Medicine, University of Athens... 1978 1988 Elected assistant professor, School of Medicine, University of Athens... 1988 1989 Elected associate professor, School of Medicine, University of Athens... 1996 to date Vice-President, Drug Approval Committee, National Drug Organization... 1982 1990 President, Drug Reimbursement Committee, Ministry of Health... 1998 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... 1980 1988 Vice-President, Drug Approval Committee, National Drug Organization... 1982 1990 President, Drug Reimbursement Committee, Ministry of Health... 1998 to date Assessor of the pharmacotoxicological part of medicinal products dossiers for the National Drug Organization... 1980 to date President and founder member, Hellenic Society of Pharmacology Greece Professor Christina Spyraki, Deputy Minister of Health
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... 20 January 1926... English X X X French X X German X X X Russian X X M.B. (physician), Medical Faculty Jagiellonian University, Cracow... 1950 M.D., Medical Academy, Cracow... 1951 Professorship in clinical pharmacology, Medical Academy, Zabrze... 1976 Doctorate honoris causa, Medical Academy, Katowice... 1994 (start/end) Research assistant in pharmacology, Medical Academy, Cracow... 1948 1959 Professor and Chairman, Department of Pharmacology, Medical Academy, Zabrze... 1959 1968 Senior medical officer, Drug Dependence Unit, WHO headquarters... 1968 1975 Deputy Director, Drug Research Institute, Warsaw... 1975 1988 Professor and Chairman, Department of Clinical and Social Pharmacology, Postgraduate Medical School, Warsaw... 1989 1996 Senior medical officer, Pharmacology Unit, later Drug Dependence Unit, WHO headquarters... 1968 1975 Member, International Narcotics Control Board... 1989 1993 Member of WHO Expert Advisory Panel... 1978 1998 Consultant on behalf of WHO to the Government of Macao... 1983 President, National Chamber of Physicians... 1989 1993 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... 1975 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... 1967 1997 Poland Professor Grzegorz Opala, Minister of Health
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... 26 June 1968... English French German Russian X X X Graduated from the Abuali ibn Sino State Medical University of Tajikistan... 1992 Study tour organized by the United Nations International Programme on the control and licensing of narcotic and psychotropic drugs, Ankara... 30 September 4 October 1996 Study tour organized by the United States Agency for International Development on rational pharmaceutical management, Almaty... 20 24 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...26 31 March 2000 Candidate of Medical Sciences, Moscow... 1998 (start/end) Lecturer, Department of Pharmacology and Organization of Pharmacy Economics, Abuali ibn Sino State Medical University of Tajikistan... 1992 1995 Head, Directorate for Quality Control of Pharmaceuticals and Medical Technology, Ministry of Health... 1995 1996 Chairman, Committee on Development of the Pharmaceutical Industry, Ministry of Health... 1996 1998 First Deputy Head, Department of Pharmacy and Medical Technology, Ministry of Health... 1998 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