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• Sir John Crofton Memorial Lecture: The role of legislative advocacy for TB and other lung health conditions (Rt Hon. Nick Herbert, UK) • Old disease, new ambitions: Zero TB deaths in our lifetime (Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, Minister of Health, South Africa) • The role of communities in the management and care of persons living with tuberculosis, HIV and other lung health issues (Ria Grant, South Africa)

09:00–10:30: High-Level Policy Panel - Tobacco Control and NCDs 11:00–12:30: 10 years of the FCTC

Plenary Session 3 Panel discussion: Community driven solutions: present perspectives and future vision • Patrick Nsimba Mata (DR Congo), • Oxana Rucsineanu • Mesake Navugona (Fiji), • Oleksandr Kulchenko (Ukraine)

Timezone information: 04:45-5:45 EDT Washington DC 09:45-10:45 CET Brussels 12:45-13:45 GST Abu Dhabi 17:45-16:45 JPY Tokyo 19:45-20:45 AETS Sydney

Timezone information: 19:00-20:30 GST Abu Dhabi 16:00-17:30 CET Brussels 11:00-12:30 EDT Washington DC 00:00-01:30 JST Tokyo 02:00-03:30 AEDT Sydney Event description: The Inaugural Ceremony will bring together all delegates of the 16th World Conference on Tobacco or Health for a session that officially opens the conference and lays the foundations of the week to come. View programme and details on http://www.wctoh.org/programme/daily-programme/tuesday-17-march-2015#inaugural-ceremony

This plenary will present the latest evidence on the early effects of standardised tobacco packaging, and its evaluation by experts in Australia – as well as the important lessons for other countries and their governments. In support of the globalisation of standardised tobacco packaging, a panel of leaders from Ireland, Turkey, UK and New Zealand will provide latest updates from their countries followed by a facilitated discussion. Timezone information: 03:00-04:30 EDT Washington DC 08:00-09:30 CET Brussels 11:00-12:30 GST Abu Dhabi 16:00-17:30 JPY Tokyo 18:00-19:30 NSW Sydney

• Richard Riley Plenary Session 1: WHO’s new End TB Strategy 2016-2035 (Mukund Uplekar, Switzerland) • New models of lung health and diabetes care for the poor accessing private providers in Asia (Aamir Khan, Pakistan)

• Plenary Session 2: Past and future examples of community engagement (Mark Dybul, Switzerland) • Robert Koch Lecture on TB vaccines development (Stefan H E Kaufmann, Germany)

The WCTOH will livestream the Inaugural Session, Plenary Sessions and Tri-Plenary Sessions on this Channel. Time shown as local Abu Dhabi time, GST (GMT+4)

• Sir John Crofton Memorial Lecture: The role of legislative advocacy for TB and other lung health conditions (Rt Hon. Nick Herbert, UK) • Old disease, new ambitions: Zero TB deaths in our lifetime (Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, Minister of Health, South Africa) • The role of communities in the management and care of persons living with tuberculosis, HIV and other lung health issues (Ria Grant, South Africa)

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14:00–15:30: Tobacco taxation: overview, current challenges and country best practices 16:00–17:30: Toxicity and health effects of waterpipe tobacco smoking: current state-of-the-science and funding opportunities

New tricks or just a new mask? What can be learned from the tobacco industry interference with public health. More on: http://www.wctoh.org/programme/daily-programme/friday-20-march-2015#plenary-sessions Timezone information: 03:00-04:30 EDT Washington DC 08:00-09:30 CET Brussels 11:00-12:30 GST Abu Dhabi 16:00-17:30 JPY Tokyo 18:00-19:30 NSW Sydney

14:00–15:30:Trade and tobacco issues relevant to the WHO FCTC 16:00–17:30: The potential of mobile phones to provide cessation services at scale

• Richard Riley Plenary Session 1: WHO’s new End TB Strategy 2016-2035 (Mukund Uplekar, Switzerland) • New models of lung health and diabetes care for the poor accessing private providers in Asia (Aamir Khan, Pakistan)

Plenary Session 3 Panel discussion: Community driven solutions: present perspectives and future vision • Patrick Nsimba Mata (DR Congo), • Edith Garba (Nigeria), • Mesake Navugona (Fiji), • Oleksandr Kulchenko (Ukraine)

This session will broadly aim to emphasize on need to prioritise tobacco control to achieve NCD targets by 2025. Speakers will discuss the acceleration of tobacco control policy and health systems interventions to achieve significant reduction in NCD burden across the globe broaden tobacco control agenda to integrate and synergise with sustainable development goals and to move towards tobacco endgame highlight the role of health systems and civil society in further strengthening the tobacco control movement and aligning it with Universal health coverage and finally discuss the economic costs of inaction in tobacco control that is projected to have a catastrophic impact on Government’s health care spending and budgets. Timezone information: 03:00-04:30 EDT Washington DC 08:00-09:30 CET Brussels 11:00-12:30 GST Abu Dhabi 16:00-17:30 JPY Tokyo 18:00-19:30 NSW Sydney

• Plenary Session 2: Past and future examples of community engagement (Mark Dybul, Switzerland) • Robert Koch Lecture on TB vaccines development (Stefan H E Kaufmann, Germany)

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