Table 1 Members of the expert consensus group

African Region

Gretchen L Birbeck (GLB) (Zambia)

Redda Tekle-Haimanot (RTH) (Ethiopia)

Region of the Americas

Gretchen L Birbeck (GLB) (USA

Luiz Paulo Queiroz (LPQ) (Brazil)

Ann I Scher (AIS) (USA)

Eastern Mediterranean Region

Mohammed Al Jumah (MAJ) (Saudi Arabia)

European Region

Rigmor Jensen (RJ) (Denmark)

Zaza Katsarava (ZK) (Georgia and Germany)

Lars Jacob Stovner (LJS) (Norway) (chairman)

Timothy J Steiner (TJS) (UK and Norway)

South East Asian Region

Gopalakrishna Gururaj (GG) (India)

Western Pacific Region

Shuu-Jiun Wang (SJW) (Taiwan)

World Health Organisation

Somnath Chatterji (SC) (Switzerland)

World Health Organisation

Tarun Dua (TD) (Switzerland)