Global Health and Human Security
New & Noteworthy
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Symposium on "Universal Coverage in the 21st Century: Redefining Japan's Health System" (September 1, 2010)
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Corporate Symposium on "Challenges in Global Health—New Opportunities for the Private Sector" (July 27, 2010)
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Breakfast Roundtable with Dr. Zulfiqar Bhutta (July 15, 2010)
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JCIE/UN Seminar on Health and Human Security (May 14, 2010)
Global Action for Health System Strengthening: Policy Recommendations to the G8
The report of the Working Group on Challenges in Global Health and Japan’s Contributions was submitted to the Japanese and Italian governments in January 2009 for consideration for the 2009 G8 Summit agenda. The report was featured in The Lancet (free registration required).
Program Overview
In the year leading up to the July 2008 Toyako G8 Summit, JCIE organized a high-level working group comprised of scholars, government officials, and practitioners from diverse sectors in Japan to explore new international approaches to global health challenges and the contributions that Japan can make in this area. This group has come to be called the “Takemi Working Group” due to the leadership of Keizo Takemi, a prominent Japanese politician and former senior vice minister of health, labor, and welfare, who joined JCIE as a senior fellow in September 2007. In July 2009, the working group’s membership expanded, and it was redesigned as the Global Health and Human Security program within JCIE, giving the activities more institutional structure and sustainability.