Mamunur Rahman Malik1, Jaouad Mahjour2, Ala Alwan3. 1. Regional Adviser, Pandemic and Epidemic Diseases, Department of Communicable Diseases, World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Cairo Egypt. 2. Director, Department of Communicable Diseases, World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Cairo Egypt. 3. Regional Director, World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Cairo Egypt.