2016-08-21

High School students explore Global Health “What can we do for Global Health?” Hyogo-Kobe GLOBAL HEALTH High School Summit

On 21 August 2016, the WHO Kobe Centre and the G7 Kobe Health Ministers' Meeting Promotion Council are organizing the Hyogo-Kobe GLOBAL HEALTH High School Summit, with support from the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

The Summit is one of the pre-events for the Kobe G7 Health Ministers’ Meeting, to be held in Kobe from September 11-12, and will feature high school students in Hyogo Prefecture, and as future leaders, will discuss how they and the entire community can contribute to global health.

For over six months, the Summit Organizing Committee Members comprised of 18 students from 6 Hyogo high schools have taken all of the responsibility for organizing the Summit, managing its implementation, and drafting a Declaration. They have been actively discussing, and make presentations on 21 August, on four themes; “AMR (antimicrobial resistance)”, “Communicable Diseases”, “Self-medication”, “Maternal and Child Health”, “Ageing”, and “Health promotion through food education”. At the Summit, participants will adopt the Hyogo-Kobe GLOBAL HEALTH High School Summit Declaration after a day-long program of research presentations, a panel discussion and viewing 50 poster presentations. The declaration will be handed to WHO Director General Dr Margaret Chan at the WHO Research Dissemination Forum on universal health coverage, innovation and ageing populations on 10 September 2016 in Kobe.
Ms Emiri Morita of Kobe University Secondary School mentions “We are committed to do our best to make the best school summit.”

Hyogo-Kobe GLOBAL HEALTH High School Summit

Time: 21 August, 2016 10：00-16：30（opens 09：30）
Venue: Kobe International Conference Center 3F
International Conference Room　
（〒650-0046 MInatojimanaka 6-9-1 Chuoku Kobe TEL 078-302-5200）
Number of Participants: 300（High School Students and their parents only）
Language: English Japanese simultaneous interpretation available
Organized by: WHO Kobe Centre and G7 Kobe Health Ministers' Meeting Promotion Council
Supported by: Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
The Summit Organizing Committee:
Hyogo High School, Hidaka High School, Tatsuno Kita High School,
Fukiai High School, Kobe University Secondary School,
Mukogawa Women’s University Junior and Senior High School
(Communication and Admiration Team (8 students),
Declaration Drafting Team (5 students),
Poster Session Management Team (5 students))

Programme

10:00-10:30 Opening
Alex Ross, Director, WHO Kobe Centre
Toshizo ido, Governor, Hyogo Prefecture
Kizo Hisamoto, Mayor, Kobe City
Yasuhisa Shiozaki, Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare

10:30-11:40 Session 1: High School Presentations
Mukogawa Women’s University Junior and Senior High School,
Fukiai High School, Hyogo High School,

11:40-13:30 Poster Sessions & Lunch

13:30-14:30 Session 2: High School Presentations
Kobe University Secondary School, Hidaka High School,
Tatsuno Kita High School

14:30‐16:00 Session 3: Panel Discussion (international panellists) “What can we do for Global Health”
Participants: High School students, international panellists and domestic experts
Moderators: Prof. Noriko Katada (University of Hyogo), Prof. Shinjiro Nozaki (WHO Kobe Centre)

16:00‐16:30 Declaration Adoption

16:30 Closing