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Dr Ahmed Al-Mandhari
Regional Director of WHO Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office
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Dr David Wentworth
Chief of the Virology, Surveillance, and Diagnosis Branch (VSDB), US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Influenza Division
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H.E. Dr. Hilal Bin Ali Al Sabti
Health Minister, Sultanate of Oman
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Prof. Maria Zambon
UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), UK
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Dr Rick Brennan
Regional Emergency Director, WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Egypt
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Dr Sylvie Briand, MD, PhD, MPH
Director of the Epidemic and Pandemic Preparedness and Prevention department (EPP), World Health Organization's (WHO), Geneva, Switzerland
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Dr Abdinasir Abubakar
Acting WHO Representative, Lebanon Programme Area Manager, Infectious Hazard Prevention andPreparedness Unit, Department of Health Emergencies, WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Egypt
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Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi
Ministry of Health and Human Services, Federal Government of Somalia
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Dr. Adham R Ismail Abdel-Moneim
WHO Representative and Head of Mission in Saudi Arabia
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Dr Ahmed Mandil
Coordinator, Research & Innovation, WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean (EMRO), Cairo, Egypt
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Mrs. Amjad Ghanem Zaed Mohamed, M.Sc.
Chief of the Reference Public Health Laboratories (PHLs) and the National Influenza Center, Public Health Directorate, Ministry of Health, Kingdom of Bahrain
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Dr Ann Moen
Public Health Advisor, USA
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Dr. Aron J. Hall, DVM, MSPH, Dipl ACVPM
Deputy Director for Science of the Coronavirus and Other Respiratory Viruses Division (CORVD), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA
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Dr. Awad Mataria
Universal Health Coverage/Health Systems, WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean
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Dr Belinda Herring
Technical Officer, Infectious Hazard Preparedness team, World Health Organization’s Emergency Preparedness and Response cluster, WHO Regional Office for Africa (AFRO), Brazzaville, Congo
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Dr. Christopher Chadwick
Technical Officer for Influenza Preparedness and Response, Health Emergencies Programme, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
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Dr. Eduardo Azziz-Baumgartner
Branch Chief (Acting) for the Global Influenza Branch of the Influenza Division, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
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Dr. Emma Gardner
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Rome, Italy
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Dr. Ezzuddin Okmi
Head of the Communicable Respiratory Diseases Prevention and Control Directorate, Saudi Public Health Authority (PHA)
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Dr. Farida Al Hosani
Executive Director for the Infectious Diseases Sector, Abu Dhabi Center of Public Health, UAE
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Fatma Hussain Alloghani
Ministry of Health and Prevention, United Arab Emirates
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Dr. Ghazi Kayali
CEO, Human Link, Lebanon
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Dr. Gina Samaan
Team Lead, PIP Framework Secretariat Unit Manager a.i., Global Preparedness Platforms, World Health Organization, Switzerland
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Dr. Hanan Al Kindi
Director of the Central Public Health Laboratory and Director General of Disease Surveillance and Control, Ministry of Health, Oman
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Heather Burke, MA, MPH
Regional Director, CDC Middle East/North Africa Regional Office, Muscat, Oman
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Dr. Hicham Oumzil, PhD
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco
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Dr. Hind Bouguerra
Medical Doctor, Assistant Professor in Epidemiology and Public Health, Tunisian Ministry of Health
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Dr Jean Yaacoub Jabbour
WHO Representative for Oman
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Dr. Joseph Bresee
Director of the Respiratory Virus Prevention Branch, Task Force for Global Health
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Dr. Joshua A. Mott
Senior Advisor on Influenza and Pandemic Preparedness, World Health Organization, Department of Epidemic and Pandemic Prevention and Preparedness
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Kinda Zureick
Public Health Advisor Influenza Division National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA
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Dr. Krista Queen, Ph.D.
Director of Viral Genomics and Surveillance, LSU Health, Shreveport, Louisiana, USA
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Dr. Magid Al Gunaid
Public Health Programs Director, Global Health Development | Eastern Mediterranean Public Health Network (GHD|EMPHNET)
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Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove
COVID-19 Technical Lead of the World Health Organization
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Dr. Mohammad Nasr Dadras, GP, MD, MPH
Head of the Surveillance Department, Iranian Center for Communicable Diseases Control (CDC) and Ministry of Health and Medical Education (MOHME), Iran
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Dr. Mohammed Osama Mere
Life Course Immunization Lead and COVID-19 Vaccination Regional Coordinator, WHO's Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office (EMRO)
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Dr. Muhammed Badi Hassan, MBBS, MSc, MFPH
Head of Disease Surveillance and Response, Ministry of Health and Prevention, United Arab Emirates
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Dr. Nada Ghosn
Head of the Epidemiological Surveillance Program (Esumoh), Ministry of Public Health, Lebanon
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Dr. Nazish Badar, PhD
Laboratory coordinator for Respiratory viruses, NIC-NIH Pakistan
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Dr. Nicola Lewis
Director, Worldwide Influenza Centre and WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Response, Francis Crick Institute, London, United Kingdom
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Noore Alam
Technical Officer for influenza and other respiratory viruses of epidemic and pandemic potential, WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean (EMRO), Cairo, Egypt
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Dr. Patrick Dawson
Team Lead for the Eastern Mediterranean and Africa Team, Global Influenza Branch of the Influenza Division, CDC
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Dr. Rana Hajjeh
Director of Programme Management (DPM), WHO Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office (EMRO)
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Dr. Salah Al Awaidy
Senior Consultant Epidemiologist and Communicable Disease Surveillance and Control Adviser, Ministry of Health, Oman
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Dr. Seif Al-Abri Salem, MD, DTMH, MSc, FRCP, FFTM (RCPS Glasg), FISTM, FESCMID
Senior Consultant in Infectious Diseases, Royal Hospital in Oman
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Dr. Sinan Ghazi Mahdi
Manager of Schistosomiasis and Enteric Helminthiasis, CDC-Baghdad, Iraq
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Dr. Sk Md Mamunur Rahman Malik, MSc,, MBA, MPH, PhD
Head of Mission and WHO Representative for Somalia
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Dr. Sophie von Dobschuetz
MERS-CoV Technical Lead for WHO
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Dr. Stefano Tempia
Infectious Disease Epidemiologist, Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses’ Data Management and Evidence, World Health Organization’s Global Influenza Programme in Geneva, Switzerland
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Dr. Supriya Bezbaruah
Department of Epidemic and Pandemic Prevention and Preparedness, WHO Health Emergencies, WHO HQ
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Dr. Wenqing Zhang
Heading of WHO Global Influenza Programme
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Dr. Ziad Memish MD, FRCPC, FRCPE, FRCPL, FACP, FFPH
Senior Consultant in Infectious Diseases, Director of Research & Innovation Center, King Saud Medical City, Ministry of Health
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