2nd Germany-Japan Global Health Symposium

The Roles of Germany and Japan in Global Health: From 2017 G20 Hamburg to 2019 G20 Osaka and Beyond

Attention has been drawn recently to both the German and the Japanese contributions and influence on global health through their respective chairing of the 2015 G7 Elmau Summit and the 2017 G20 Hamburg Summit, and the 2016 G7 Ise-Shima Summit. The Heads of State have shown great personal commitment, ensuring that global health constituted a significant part of the Summit agenda. Both countries also have adopted a global health strategy. They have cooperated following the G7 and the G20 Summit, and preparing for the 2019 G20 Osaka Summit.

 

Date: Thursday, September 6, 2018

Venue: National Center for Global Health, 1-21-1 Toyama, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 161-8655

Access : http://kyokuhp.ncgm.go.jp/eng/aboutus/access.html

Language : English only

Admission : Please register through the link provided below

https://goo.gl/forms/GaZvkLFq9P5Fiije2

Inquiry :

Institute for Global Health Policy Research (iGHP)

National Center for Global Health and Medicine (NCGM)

The Bureau of International Health Cooperation

TEL 03-3202-7181  [ext] 2208  / Mail　[email protected]

Agenda:

10:00 Welcome Remarks

10:15 Introduction

10:30  Reflection on 2017 G20 Hamburg Summit and Health Ministers’ Meeting:What was Achieved and What Remain as Outstanding Issues?

<Chair> Prof. Ilona Kickbusch, GHC, The Graduate Institute

<Panelists >
– Dr. Chieko IKEDA, Senior Assistant Minister for Global Health, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan
– Mr. Tobias Bergner, Federal Foreign Office, Germany (TBC)
– Mr. Masahiko KIYA, Deputy Assistant Minister & Ambassador for TICAD, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan

 

13:30 The Roles of Emerging Economies in Global Health

<Chair> Prof. Yasushi KATSUMA, iGHP, NCGM

<Speakers>
 – Prof. Gabriel Leung, Dean, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, Hong Kong University
– Prof. Minah Kang-Kim, Department of Public Administration, Ewha Woman’s University, Republic of Korea
– Dr. Rina Agustina, Chair, Human Nutrition Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of Indonesia
– Mr. Devi Shetty, Chairman, Narayana Health, India
– Prof. Andrés Pichon-Riviere, School of Public Health, University of Buenos Aires; Director, Institute or Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy, Argentina
– Prof. Peng Gong, Chair, Center for Earth System Science, Tsinghua University, China

<Discussants> (comments on the speakers’ presentation within 5 minutes):
– Dr. Hidechika AKASHI, Bureau of International Health Cooperation, NCGM, Japan – Ms. Ines Alpert, Embassy of Germany in Tokyo

15:00 Making Health a Political Priority for the Head of States at the 2019 G20 Osaka Summit: Areas of Collaboration between Germany and Japan
<Chair> Dr. Kamran Abbasi, Executive Editor, The BMJ

<Speakers> (5-minute presentation each, followed by discussion):
 – Prof. Keizo TAKEMI, Member of the House of Councillors, Japan
– Prof. Till Bärnighausen, Heiderberg University, Germany
– Dr. Takao TODA, Vice-President, Japan International Cooperation Agency [JICA] – Mr. Harald Zimmer, Deputy Chairman of the German Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases; Head of

International Relations of the Association “Research Based Pharmaceutical Companies”

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