Emmanuel

I, Emmanuel Addo-Yobo, nominated by UNEP Ozone Secretariat, residing in Ghana, and a member of the Medical and Chemicals Technical Options Committee declare as follows:

1. I have read the Conflict of Interest and Disclosure Guidelines for the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel, Its Technical Options Committees and Temporary Subsidiary Bodies (“the COI Guidelines”) as adopted by the Meeting of the Parties in Decision XXIV/8 . 
2. I am Professor in the Department of Child Health, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, and Honorary Consultant Paediatrician with sub-specialty interest in paediatric pulmonology in the Directorate of Child Health, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), Kumasi, Ghana. My responsibilities include general paediatric clinical care, clinical teaching and mentoring of undergraduate and postgraduate medical students, and research. I am the clinical consultant-in-charge of Paediatric Asthma Clinic KATH. I have been involved in many research activities on childhood asthma epidemiology in Ghana as Principal or Co-Investigator, some of which have been sponsored partly or fully by pharmaceutical companies.  I do not receive any form of remuneration from any drug companies. I have, however, given educational lectures to medical personnel on childhood asthma in Ghana which were sponsored by drug companies in a purely academic capacity. 
3. This declaration constitutes my written agreement, pursuant to paragraph 8 of the COI Guidelines, to comply with the Guidelines.  I understand that this written agreement is a condition of my service.
4. My interests and those of my personal partner and dependents, include the following (if answer is yes, describe briefly)
   • Proprietary interests: I do not have any proprietary interest in a substance, technology or process to be considered by TEAP or any of its TOCs or temporary subsidiary bodies (e.g. task forces).
   • Financial interests: I do not have ownership, shares or bonds in an entity with an interest in the subject matter of the meeting or work.
   • Employment, consultancy, directorship or other positions:
     My business has an interest in the topics of the Montreal Protocol with regard to my patients with asthma and COPD who may be using MDIs containing ODS where there are no other affordable and effective alternatives.  My spouse is a business secretary working with a local financial institution in Ghana and has no interests in matters before the Protocol.
   • Government advice and other policy development: I served as a member of the National Expert Committee for the review of Standard Treatment Guidelines for Ghana (2016-2017). My role in this Committee included advising prescribers on safe and cost-effective treatments for asthma and COPD, and other disorders in my capacity as a clinician. I am also currently the chair of the National Poliomyelitis Expert Commitee (NPEC).
   • Paid research activities, fellowships or grants: I am not involved in any paid research activities, fellowships or grants relevant to the MCTOC activity. 
   • Other interests: None
5. The source of funding for my participation in the work of the Medical and Chemicals Technical Options Committee is the Ozone Secretariat of the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP).
6. Pursuant to paragraph 11 of the COI Guidelines, I declare that I have not declined to disclose information falling within paragraph 10 of those Guidelines.
7. I undertake to disclose any material change to any of the above information, pursuant to paragraph 9 of the COI Guidelines, within 30 days of any such change.
8. I undertake to make further declarations of interest annually for so long as I remain a member of the Medical and Chemicals Technical Options Committee.
9. I understand that this DOI will expire no later than one year after I have signed it.

Name: Professor Emmanuel Addo-Yobo 
Date: 16th April 2020