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ANOC Medical Commission Annual report to ANOC General Assembly, Doha October 2019. Dr Chris Milne Chair ANOC Medical Commission. Outline of presentation. Membership of ANOC Medical Commission Support for ANOC World Beach Games Other activities in the past year Future directions.
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ANOC Medical CommissionAnnual report to ANOC General Assembly, Doha October 2019 Dr Chris Milne Chair ANOC Medical Commission
Outline of presentation • Membership of ANOC Medical Commission • Support for ANOC World Beach Games • Other activities in the past year • Future directions
Membership • Chairman- Dr Chris Milne New Zealand • Members: Dr Sultan Al Busaidi Oman Dr Bernado Chernillo Chile Dr Patrick Coker Sierra Leone Dr Klaus Steinbach Germany Dr Hua Yan China Mrs Rania Elwani Egypt Mr Jiri Kejval Czech Republic Mr Andrey Kryukov Kazakhstan Mr Zlatko Matesa Croatia Dr Fabio Pigozzi Italy
Support for ANOC World Beach Games • Travel to San Diego by Dr Eduardo de Rose • Development of ANOC Guidelines for Medical and Anti-Doping services • Liaison with Local Organising Committee in Qatar- travel by Dr Sultan Al Busaidi
Local Organising Committee • Key contacts in Doha: • Dr Nasser Ali al-Ansari- Head of Medical and Anti-Doping Committee of LOC • David Rehn- Director of Operations, National Sports Medicine Programme of Qatar Medical care provided by staff of Aspetar Sports Medicine Hospital
Other activities • Support at Continental Games: • Europe- Minsk, Belarus • Pan American Games- Lima, Peru • Africa- Rabat, Morocco • Oceania- Apia, Samoa No major outbreak of communicable disease at any of these events. The usual spectrum of injury and illness pathology
Developments in WADA • Governance reforms- new President elect Mr Witold Banka • Tramadol remains on WADA’s monitoring programme • Clenbuterol contamination of meat- amendment to Article 7.4 of the WADA Code
FIMS- International Federation of Sports Medicine • President Dr Fabio Pigozzi is a member of the ANOC Medical Commission • Next World Congress is in Athens, September 2020
Proposal • Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE): • Standard of Care • Duration: Valid for not more than 1 year, renewable if needed
Future plans • Continue to support NOCs in their medical and anti-doping initiatives • Involvement in IOC Conference on Prevention of Injury and Illness in Sport, Monaco, March 2020 • Continue support for education of sports medicine professionals, in collaboration with Olympic Solidarity
Possible future direction • Exercise in the prevention of Chronic Non-communicable Diseases • Collaboration with other stakeholders 1-WHO, local health authorities 2-NOCs and Athletes’ Commissions – potential for using high profile athletes as champions of an active lifestyle
Acknowledgements • Dr Robin Mitchell for his guidance and leadership of the ANOC Medical Commission in its formative years • ANOC staff for their support of our work • Drs. Eduardo de Rose and Manikavasagam Jegathesan for their long service in optimising athlete care