WKC Forum "Global Health Issues: Improving health and health security for the world From Ise Shima Summit to the G7 Health Ministers Meeting in Kobe"
The WHO Kobe Centre, along with Kwansei Gakuin University (KGU) and the G7 Kobe Health Ministers’ Promotion Committee, is organizing an open public Forum “Global Health Issues: Improving health and health security for the world” on 8 June 2016 at KGU.
Better health is central to human happiness, well-being, and to human and health security. This is a central theme of the G7 Meeting in Ise Shima later this month on 26-27 May 2016 and the G7 Health Ministers' Meeting on 11-12 September 2016 in Kobe City. G7 member countries will discuss major issues and opportunities to advance global health, increase protection of people’s health in a globalized world, and demonstrate strong leadership for collaborative efforts among nations, international organizations, NGOs, industry and others.
Recent communicable disease outbreaks of Ebola in West Africa, Zika in the Americas and beyond, MERS-CoV, influenza, dengue, malaria, as well as earthquakes such as in Kumamoto, Ecuador, and Nepal, cyclones, floods, tsunamis and other natural disasters -- all remind us of the immediate and increasing risks and the need to collectively act. The International Health Regulations (IHR) and the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030 are key international instruments to supports countries’ actions in these areas.
Improving health and disaster risk reduction requires that countries and communities build, reinforce and transform their health systems to achieve universal health coverage (UHC). This is needed to ensure everyone, everywhere, can access quality health services without being forced into poverty, and that populations are protected (health security). Outbreaks such as Ebola and other health emergencies showed that countries without functioning health systems and basic public health infrastructure in place cannot withstand sudden shocks or health crisis, nor can they improve health of their people.
The objective of this public forum (WKC Forum) is to raise awareness of global health, including issues that will be considered at the G7 Health Ministers' Meeting, to give university students in the Kansai region an opportunity to learn and to think about global health, the work and role of the WHO Kobe Centre, and possible careers in international health.
Global Health Issues: Improving health and health security for the world From Ise Shima Summit to the G7 Health Ministers Meeting in Kobe
Venue：Kwansei Gakuin University Library Hall
（〒662-8501 Uegahara 1-1-155 Nishinomiya TEL 0798-54-6442）
Number of Participants：150（RSVP・Free of charge）
Language：English–Japanese simultaneous interpretation available
Programme：
15:10-15:20 Opening
Jun Kukita, Visiting Professor (Top Global University Project), Kwansei Gakuin University
15:10-15:20 Remark
Mitsuaki Yamamoto, Chief Medical Officer, Hyogo Prefecture
15:20-15:50 Lecture
Global Health Issues: Improving health and health security for the world
- From the Ise Shima Summit to the G7 Health Ministers’ Meeting in Kobe
Alex Ross, Director, WHO Kobe Centre
15:50-16:05 Dialogue between Alex Ross & Professor Kukita on international careers “How to be a global citizen”
16:05‐16:30 Open Discussion (Q&A)
16:40 Closing
Register now!
General admission FREE - RSVP required, register online @ https://goo.gl/F2LgtP (Japanese) by June 6.