Address by Dr Ala Alwan, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean, to the fifth seminar on health diplomacy - Full address, pdf
Egypt, 7 May 2016
Address by Dr Ala Alwan, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean, to the international conference on “solutions for a better life: world future leaders” - Full address, pdf
UAE, 21 February 2016
Address by Dr Ala Alwan, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean, joint WHO and League of Arab States meeting to enhance the role of civil society organizations in health and the sustainable development goals agenda in the Eastern Mediterranean Region - Full address, pdf
Egypt, 23 August 2015
Address by Dr Ala Alwan Regional Director WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region to the fourth seminar on health diplomacy - Full address, pdf
Egypt, 2 May 2015
Address by Dr Ala Alwan Regional Director WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region on the occasion of the faculty of health sciences, American University of Beirut 60th anniversary conference public health in contexts of uncertainty - Full address, pdf
Lebanon, 5 December 2014
Speeches - Regional Committee for the WHO Eastern Mediterranean
The verbal statements to introduce the Regional Director's annual report and addresses to the Regional Committee over my five-year term as Regional Director.
Introduction of the Annual Report Dr Ala Alwan WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean to the Sixty-third Session of the Regional Committee for the Eastern Mediterranean - Full verbal statement, pdf
Egypt, 4 October 2016
Address by Dr Ala Alwan WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean to the Sixty-third Session of the Regional Committee for the Eastern Mediterranean - Full address, pdf
Egypt, 4 October 2016
Introduction of the Annual Report Dr Ala Alwan WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean to the Sixty-second Session of the Regional Committee for the Eastern Mediterranean - Full verbal statement, pdf
Kuwait, 6 October 2015
Address by Dr Ala Alwan WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean to the Sixty-second Session of the Regional Committee for the Eastern Mediterranean - Full address, pdf
Kuwait, 5 October 2015
Introduction of the annual report Dr Ala Alwan Regional Director WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region to the sixty-first session of the who regional committee for the Eastern Mediterranean - Full verbal statement, pdf
Tunisia, 19 October 2014
Address by Dr Ala Alwan, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean, to the Sixty-first Session of the Regional Committee for the Eastern Mediterranean - Full address, pdf
Tunisia, 19 October 2014
Introduction of the annual report Dr Ala Alwan Regional Director WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region to the Sixtieth Session of the WHO Regional Committee for the Eastern Mediterranean - Full verbal statement, pdf
Oman, 27 October 2013
Address by Dr Ala Alwan Regional Director WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region to the sixtieth session of the WHO Regional Committee for the Eastern Mediterranean - Full address, pdf
Oman, 27 October 2013
Introduction of the Annual Report Dr Ala Alwan WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean to the Fifty-ninth Session of the Regional Committee for the Eastern Mediterranean - Full verbal statement, pdf
Egypt, 1 October 2012
Opening address of Dr Ala Alwan WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean to the Fifty-ninth Session of the Regional Committee for the Eastern Mediterranean - Full address, pdf
Egypt, 1 October 2012
Speeches - Noncommunicable Diseases
A selection of speeches related to noncommunicable diseases and their risk factors.
Address by Dr Ala Alwan, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean, to the Annual intercountry meeting on the implementation of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) Cairo - Full address, pdf
Egypt, 26 October 2015
Address by Dr Ala Alwan, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean, to the open forum on addressing unopposed marketing of unhealthy foods and beverages to children - Full address, pdf
Jordan, 13 September 2015
Address by Dr Ala Alwan, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean, to the intercountry meeting on nutrition - Full address, pdf
Jordan, 7 June 2015
Address by Dr Ala Alwan, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean, on the occasion of World No Tobacco Day - Full address, pdf
31 May 2015
Address by Dr Ala Alwan, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean, to the third annual regional meeting to scale up the implementation of the United Nations Political Declaration on Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases - Full address, pdf
Egypt, 27 April 2015
Address by Dr Ala Alwan, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean, on the occasion of World Health Day “From farm to plate – make food safe” - Full address, pdf
7 April 2015
Address by Dr Ala Alwan Regional Director WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region to the regional meeting on the implementation of the regional strategy for health and the environment and framework for action, 2014–2019 and regional consultation on air quality and health - Full address, pdf
Jordan, 8 December 2014
Address by Dr Ala Alwan Regional Director WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region to the high-level regional forum on a life course approach to promoting physical activity, Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Full address, pdf
UAE, 24 February 2014
Address by Dr Ala Alwan, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean, to the regional meeting on cancer control and research priorities in the Eastern Mediterranean Region - Full address, pdf
Qatar, 20 October 2013
World No Tobacco Day - Full address, pdf
31 May 2013
Message by Dr Ala Alwan, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean, on the occasion of World Health Day “Control your blood pressure... Control your life” - Full message, pdf
7 April 2013
Intercountry meeting on implementation of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control [FCTC] guidelines on treating tobacco dependence - Full address, pdf
Egypt, 23 September 2012
Regional consultation on the development of the global mental health action plan - Full address, pdf
Egypt, 2 July 2012
Regional consultation on suicide and attempted suicide - Full address, pdf
Egypt, 14 May 2012
Speeches - Health security & the unfinished agenda of communicable diseases
A selection of speeches related to the area of health security and the International Health Regulations (2005); and different communicable diseases.
Address by Dr Ala Alwan, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean, to the African Ministerial Conference - Full address, pdf
Ethiopia, 24 February 2016
Address by Dr Ala Alwan, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean, to the consultation on assessment and monitoring of the implementation of the International Health Regulations 2005: beyond June 2016 - Full address, pdf
Egypt, 11 January 2016
Message of Dr Ala Alwan, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean, on the occasion of World AIDS Day 2015 - Full message, pdf
1 December 2015
Address by Dr Ala Alwan, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean, to the neglected tropical disease network annual meeting - Full address, pdf
UAE, 15 September 2015
Address by Dr Ala Alwan, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean, to the sixteenth meeting of national tuberculosis programme managers in the Eastern Mediterranean Region - Full address, pdf
Egypt, 6 September 2015
Address by Dr Ala Alwan, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean, to the first meeting of the national focal points for hepatitis - Full address, pdf
Egypt, 18 June 2015
Address by Dr Ala Alwan, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean, to the international scientific meeting on Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) - Full address, pdf
Egypt, 5 May 2015
Message of Dr Ala Alwan, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean, on the occasion of World Immunization Week 2015 - Full message, pdf
April 2015
Address by Dr Ala Alwan, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean, to the third regional stakeholders’ meeting on implementation of the International Health Regulations (IHR) with focus on Ebola - Full address, pdf
Egypt, 11 January 2015
Address by Dr Ala Alwan, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean, to the meeting of directors of the health security cluster of the World Health Organization - Full address, pdf
Egypt, 23 April 2014
Message from Dr Ala Alwan, Regional Director, WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region on the occasion of World AIDS Day 2013 - Full message, pdf
1 December 2013
Intercountry meeting on Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) outbreak in the Eastern Mediterranean Region - Full address, pdf
Egypt, 20 June 2014
Consultation with Islamic scholars on polio eradication - Full address, pdf
Egypt, 6 March 2013
Technical consultative meeting on novel coronavirus - Full address, pdf
Egypt, 14 January 2013
Launch of the regional initiative towards the elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in the Middle East and North Africa - Full address, pdf
Egypt, 2 October 2012
Speeches - Health system strengthening
A selection of speeches related to the area of health system strengthening, including universal health coverage, medical education and family practice.
Address by Dr Ala Alwan, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean, to the regional meeting on expanding universal health coverage to the informal sector and vulnerable groups in the Eastern Mediterranean Region - Full address, pdf
Egypt, 1 September 2015
Keynote speech by Dr Ala Alwan, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean, at the Seventh International Conference on Health Issues in Arab Communities. Community health: challenges for the Arab world - Full speech, pdf
Oman, 2 March 2015
Address by Dr Ala Alwan Regional Director WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region to the regional nursing forum: the future of nursing and midwifery in the Eastern Mediterranean Region - Full address, pdf
Jordan, 22 February 2015
Address by Dr Ala Alwan Regional Director WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region to the regional consultation on strengthening service provision through the family practice approach: towards universal health coverage in the Eastern Mediterranean Region - Full address, pdf
Egypt, 18 November 2014
Address by Dr Ala Alwan Regional Director WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region to the intercountry meeting on strengthening medical education in the Eastern Mediterranean Region - Full address, pdf
Egypt, 27 November 2014
Ministerial conference on universal health coverage - Full address, pdf ; Full presentation, ppt
Turkey, 27 June 2013
Speeches - Maternal and child health
A selection of speeches related to the area of maternal and child health.
Address by Dr Ala Alwan Regional Director WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region to the technical meeting on maternal and child health acceleration plans - Full address, pdf
Egypt, 6 March 2014
Address by Dr Ala Alwan Regional Director WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region to the launch of the MDGS 4 and 5 acceleration plan - Full address, pdf
Egypt, 17 February 2014
High-level meeting on saving the lives of mothers and children: accelerating progress towards achieving MDGs 4 and 5 in the Region - Full address, pdf
UAE, 29 January 2013
World Health Day 2012 “Good health adds life to years” - Full message, website
7 April 2012