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Salutation FirstName FamilyName Institution Country WHO Region

Dr Houria GHRIEB Ministère chargé de la Santé Algeria AFRO

Dr Anta ZIDA Ministère de la Santé Burkina Faso AFRO

Dr Eduardo TAVARES Ministry of Health Cabo Verde AFRO

Dr Norohasina RAKOTOARISON Ministère de la Santé Publique Madagascar AFRO

Mr Ministry of Health Mauritius AFRO

Ms Ana Paula Cardoso Thuzine Ministry of Health Mozambique AFRO

Dr Fatai Semiyu Olarewaju Federal Ministry of Health Nigeria AFRO

Mr Victor Nyamandi Ministry of Health and Child Care Zimbabwe AFRO Ms Marina Orman Ministerio de Salud de la Nación Argentina AMRO

Mr Ministry of Health Barbados AMRO

Dr Karina Duran Ministry of Health Bolivia AMRO

Dr Thais Araújo Cavendish Ministry of Health of Brazil Brazil AMRO

Ms Monica Brown Health Canada Canada AMRO

Ms Andra Patricia SOLER Ministerio de Salud y Protección Social Colombia AMRO

Mr Lexi Chaves Siles Ministerio de Salud Costa Rica AMRO Dirección General de Medicamentos, Alimentos y Productos Sanitarios (DIGEMAPS) Dominican Republic AMRO

Mrs Gisela Caranqui Ministerio de Salud Pública Ecuador AMRO

Ing Ministerio de Salud El Salvador AMRO Mr Andre WORME Ministry of Health, Social Security and International Business Grenada AMRO

Dr Gustavo Antonio Urbina Ministry of Health Honduras AMRO Dr Ruy López Ridaura Secretaria de Salud Mexico AMRO

Ms Jackelie Berroteran Mejía Ministerio de Salud Nicaragua AMRO

Dr Itza Barahona de Mosca Ministry of Health Panama AMRO

Ing Yesenia Huerta Rojas Ministry of Health Peru AMRO

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Ms Cheryl Eugene-St.Romain Ministry of Health Saint Lucia AMRO

Dr Roger DUNCAN Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment Saint Vincent and the Grenadines AMRO

Mr Hasmath Ali Ministry of Health Trinidad and Tobago AMRO Dr Gwen Collman National Institutes of Health United States of America AMRO

Ms Shermine Samir Abou Bakr Abou Elazem Ministry of Health and Population (MOHP) Egypt EMRO

Ms Fatemeh Sadeghi Golverdi Ministry of Health and Medical Education (MOHME) Iran (Islamic Republic of) EMRO

Ms Besma Fadhel Khalaf Ministry of Health and Environment Iraq EMRO

Ms Samar Al Rawashdeh Ministry of Health Jordan EMRO

Dr Atika Berry Ministry of Health Lebanon EMRO Mr Rachid Wahabi Ministry of Health Morocco EMRO

Dr Shamsa Mohammed Al Hosni Ministry of Health Oman EMRO

Dr Razdia Safdar Ministry of National Health Services Regulations and Coordination Pakistan EMRO

Mrs Ministry of Public Health Qatar EMRO

Dr Wael Abdullah Alsufyani Ministry of Health Saudi Arabia EMRO

Dr Hazem Abdulhak Ministry of Health Syrian Arab Republic EMRO

Ms Nune Bakunts Ministry of Health Armenia EURO

Dr Karin GROMANN Federal Ministry of Health and Women’s Affairs Austria EURO

Dr Ismayil N. Afandiyev Azerbaijan Medical University Azerbaijan EURO

Dr Sergey Sychik Ministry of Health Belarus EURO

Ms Sandrine Jouan Santé publique, Sécurité de la Chaîne alimentaire et Environnement (Federal Ministry of Public Health, Food Safety and Environment) Belgium EURO

Ms Dzejna Milakovic-Ramandani Ministry of Health and Social Welfare Bosnia and Herzegovina EURO

Ms Ministry of Health Croatia EURO

Dr Andromachi Katsonouri Ministry of Health Cyprus EURO

Ms Ministry of Social Affairs Estonia EURO

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Ms Hanna KORHONEN Ministry of Social Affairs and Health Finland EURO

Dr Ministry of Internally Displaced Persons from the Occupied Territories, Labour, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia Georgia EURO

Dr Falko Drews Federal Ministry of Health Germany EURO

Ms Szilvia Deim Ministry of Human Capacities Hungary EURO

Mr Sharip Berik Sharipuly Ministry of Health Kazakhstan EURO

Ms Anita SEGLINA Ministry of Health Latvia EURO

Ms Radvile Jakaitiene Ministry of Health Lithuania EURO

Dr Anthony Williams Martin Department for Health Regulation Malta EURO Ms Milica Dašic Ministry of Health Montenegro EURO

Ms Agnieszka Dudra Bureau for Chemical Substances Poland EURO

Dr Roman Coretchi National Agency for Public Health, Ministry of Health Republic of Moldova EURO

Ms Irina Tanase National Institute of Public Health Romania EURO Ms Oxana Olegovna Sinitsyna Ministry of Health Russian Federation EURO

Ms Branislava Matic Savicevic Institute of Public Health of Serbia Serbia EURO

Dr Zuzana Klöslová Public Health Authority Slovakia EURO

Dr Raquel Fernández Sánchez Ministry of Health Spain EURO

Ms Karin Ljung Björklund Ministry of Social and Health Affairs Sweden EURO

Mr Steffen Wengert Federal Office of Public Health Switzerland EURO

Mr Annamurat Nazarov Ministry of Health and Medical Industry of Turkmenistan Turkmenistan EURO

Ms Iryna Rudenko Ministry of Health Ukraine EURO

Dr Rachel Davidson-Duarte Public Health England United Kingdom EURO

Mr Ministry of Health Uzbekistan EURO

Dr Ashim Chakraborty Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Bangladesh SEARO

Dr Imran Agus Nurali Directorate General of Public Health Indonesia SEARO

Dr THAR TUN KYAW Ministry of Health Myanmar SEARO

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Dr Yuba Nidhi Basaula Ministry of Health and Population Nepal SEARO

Dr Asela Gunawardena Ministry of Health Sri Lanka SEARO Dr Paisarn Dunkum Ministry of Public Health, Food and Drug Administration Thailand SEARO

Dr Ministry of Health Cambodia WPRO

Mr Luke Vonotabua Ministry of Health and Medical Services Fiji WPRO

Dr Panom PHONGMANY Ministry of Health Lao People's Democratic Republic WPRO

Dr Priya Ragunath Ministry of Health Malaysia WPRO Professor Surenjav Unursaikhan National Center for Public Health, Ministry of Health Mongolia WPRO

Mr Tim Hopley Ministry of Health New Zealand WPRO

Mr Josing Salimbi National Department of Health Papua New Guinea WPRO Dr Elizabeth I. Caluag Disease Prevention and Control Bureau, Department of Health Philippines WPRO Researcher Jocelyn D. Soria Department of Health Philippines WPRO

Ms Geraldine CHENG Ministry of Health Singapore WPRO

Mrs Nellie Muru Wouloseje Ministry of Health Vanuatu WPRO

UN City, Marmorvej 51 Tel.: +45 45 33 70 00 Email: [email protected] DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø Denmark

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WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION ORGANISATION MONDIALE DE LA SANTÉ

WELTGESUNDHEITSORGANISATION ВСЕМИРНАЯ ОРГАНИЗАЦИЯ ЗДРАВООХРАНЕНИЯ

Date: 15 September 2026 Circular Letter to National Counterparts of the WHO European Region

REGIONAL OFFICE FOR EUROPE BUREAU RÉGIONAL DE L’EUROPE

REGIONALBÜRO FÜR EUROPA ЕВРОПЕЙСКОЕ РЕГИОНАЛЬНОЕ БЮРО

Head office:

UN City, Marmorvej 51, DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark

Tel.: +45 45 33 70 00; Fax: +45 45 33 70 01 Email: [email protected]

Website: https://www.who.int/europe

Dear National Counterpart,

Nomination of Participants for the Third Meeting of the Global Chemicals and Health Network Geneva, 12-14 November 2026

I have the honour to refer to ongoing efforts to strengthen health sector engagement in the sound management of chemicals and to protect populations from chemical risks. In this regard, I would like to invite you to nominate a focal point to participate in the Third Meeting of the Global Chemicals and Health Network (GCHN), organized by WHO Headquarters and to be held in person in Geneva, Switzerland, from 12 to 14 November 2026.

Established in 2018, the GCHN supports implementation of the WHO Chemicals Roadmap, the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM) and its successor the Global Framework on Chemicals (GFC). The meeting will focus on advancing implementation of WHA resolutions on chemicals, waste and pollution and health (WHA76.17) and on galvanizing global support for lead (WHA78.27), while preparing for the first International Conference (IC-1) of the GFC, to be held in Geneva from 15 to 20 November 2026.

In anticipation of constructive discussions and the health sector representation at the IC-1, we kindly invite you to prioritize the nomination of the designated GCHN focal point or nominating a new focal point with an appropriate seniority level, familiar with national policies and the GFC. To facilitate the nomination process you may wish to refer to the enclosed list of current GCHN members and focal points.

Please submit the name, affiliation, and contact details of the nominated focal point by 30 September 2026 to Dr Virunya Bhat ([email protected]).

We encourage countries that are able to fund their own participation to do so, thereby allowing travel support for low-income countries and, where possible, new GCHN members.

Yours sincerely, Dr Kremlin Wickramasinghe Director Division of Prevention and Health Promotion Encls: Draft provisional programme of the meeting List of GCHN members and focal points

THIRD MEETING OF THE

WHO GLOBAL CHEMICALS AND HEALTH NETWORK 12 to 14 November 2026

Geneva, Switzerland

Draft Provisional Programme

1. Opening and welcome

2. World Health Assembly resolutions and mandate for updating the WHO Chemicals Roadmap, developing Global Action Plan for lead mitigation (WHA78.27), and reporting on progress towards WHA76.17 on the impact of chemicals, waste and pollution on human health

3. Health sector implementation and preparation for the first International Conference of the Global Framework on Chemicals (GFC) – For a Planet Free of Harm from Chemicals and Waste

a. Updating the WHO Chemicals Road Map and Road Map Workbook b. Global Burden of Disease associated with selected chemicals c. Health-based indicators (Pb paint, Poisons Centres, IHR core capacity for

chemical events, mortality due to unintentional poisoning) d. Issues of Concern (Pb in paint, Broader Pb, Highly Hazardous Pesticides) e. Healthcare sector industry programme f. Resolution V/10 on health surveillance and human biomonitoring g. IOMC Toolbox for sound chemicals management

4. Health in other international negotiations (ISP-CWP and INC plastics)

5. Summary, next steps and final thoughts

Opening of meeting: - 9am, 12 November 2026

Closure of meeting: - 12 pm, 14 November 2026