Global Health and Human Security

July 14, 2009: Global health roundtable: “Human Resource Development and the Future of Africa,” with guest speaker Prof. Miriam K. Were, Noguchi Hideyo Award Laureate—Tokyo

June 8, 2009: Luncheon hosted by Ambassador Fujisaki with Keizo Takemi and US government representatives from the Department of State, USAID, the National Institutes of Health, and the Institute of Medicine—Washington DC

April 18, 2009: Dissemination seminar in Africa—“Strategic Planning Workshop on Creating a Joint Learning Process to Save Lives and Promote Human Security,” co-sponsored by the African Medical Research Foundation (AMREF)—Nairobi

April 17, 2009: Dissemination seminar in Africa—“Seminar on Global Action for Health System Strengthening,” co-sponsored by the African Medical Research Foundation (AMREF)—Nairobi

April 14–15, 2009: Working Group Member Masamine Jimba takes part in the World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific Consultation on Primary Healthcare and Health System Strengthening—Manila

March 23–24, 2009: Taskforce Member Ravi Rannan-Eliya participates in a European Commission workshop on “Financing of Health Systems and Social Protection in Health in Developing Countries”—Brussels

March 19, 2009: Dissemination seminar in the United States —“A Conversation with Keizo Takemi on Policy Recommendations to the G8: Health System Strengthening,” co-sponsored by InterAction—Washington DC

March 18, 2009: Working Group Chair Keizo Takemi and Working Group Director Tadashi Yamamoto take part in “The Congress, the Diet, and New Opportunities for US-Japan Partnership,” a discussion in the US Capitol Building with members of Congress—Washington DC

March 17, 2009: Dissemination seminar in the United States —“Roundtable on Global Action for Health System Strengthening,” co-sponsored by the Center for Global Development—Washington DC

March 17, 2009: Working Group Members Keizo Takemi, Tadashi Yamamoto, Kenji Shibuya, and Yasushi Katsuma participate in a roundtable at the Brookings Institution on reinvigorating US-Japan relations—Washington DC

March 16–18, 2009: Taskforce Member Ravi Rannan-Eliya participates in the United Nations ECOSOC Annual Ministerial Review Regional Ministerial Meeting on Financing Strategies for Health Care—Colombo

March 10, 2009: Presentation by Working Group Director Tadashi Yamamoto at Chatham House—“Rethinking Global Health: Political and Practical Challenges from Foreign and Security Policy”—London

March 8–10, 2009: Taskforce Member Ravi Rannan-Eliya participates in the inaugural conference of the African Health Economics Association, organized by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the International Health Economics Association—Accra
February 20, 2009: Working Group Chair Keizo Takemi and Taskforce Member Michael Reich speak at a Global Health and Human Security seminar organized by the UN Forum—Boston
February 13, 2009: Working Group Members Keizo Takemi, Kenji Shibuya, Kiyoshi Kurokawa, and Sumie Ishii take part in the Global Health Forum, sponsored by the Health Policy Institute, Japan, and the Aspen Institute, Italia—Rome

February 11, 2009: Taskforce Member Ravi Rannan-Eliya participates in “Achieving Universal and Equitable Access to Health Care,” a seminar organized by Oxfam—Washington DC
February 9–10, 2009: Taskforce Member Ravi Rannan-Eliya take part in an Expert Consultation on User Fees, organized by UNICEF—New York

February 9, 2009: Working Group Chair Keizo Takemi and Working Group Director Tadashi Yamamoto write about global public health and human security for a moderated online discussion, ECOSOC EForum, organized by the United Nations ECOSOC

November 3-4, 2008: International Conference on Global Action for Health System Strengthening—Tokyo
- Conference agenda - English (PDF) | List of participants - English (PDF)

October 6, 2008: Press Conference on Challenges in Global Health and the Takemi Process—Tokyo

October 4, 2008: Workshop on Global Action for Health System Strengthening—Tokyo

May 23, 2008: FGFJ Conference—Presentation of Working Group paper “Global Health, Human Security, and Japan's Contributions”—Tokyo

April 29, 2008: Council on Foreign Relations Seminar—“Global Health and the G8”—New York

April 28, 2008: Brookings Institution Roundtable—“Challenges in Global Health and Japan's Contributions: Preparation for the G8 Summit”—Washington DC

April 26, 2008: Trilateral Commission Plenary Meeting—Presentation of Working Group draft paper “Global Health as a Human Security Challenge”—Washington DC

March 19-20, 2008: Seminar on “Building Effective Health Systems with the Benefits of Existing Initiatives”—Geneva