Thinking about health promotion for the World EXPO 2025
The proposed theme for the World EXPO 2025 by Osaka (one of the candidate cities) is “Designing Future Society for Our Lives”. Based on the theme, Osaka prefecture has selected a vision of “10 years younger” for their initiatives. In order to implement the vision and to make it well known among the citizens, Osaka prefecture held a series of workshops inviting experts during July and September this year.
On September 5th, Dr Megumi Rosenberg, Technical Officer of the WKC attended the fifth workshop and explained about the WHO’s initiatives on the achievement of UHC and the impacts of population ageing.
During the discussions, Dr Rosenberg emphasized, “Health promotion is not determined by personal effort alone but is heavily influenced by the environment. Health promotion needs to be infused into people’s everyday life to ensure that no one is left behind, including those who are indifferent. In order to make that happen, multidisciplinary, multisectoral collaborations to promote health are essential. I look forward to more innovative partnerships for health promotion that are uniquely “Osaka-style”, such as the collaboration between Yoshimoto Kogyo (an Osaka-based entertainment conglomerate) and various health research institutions introduced in today’s workshop.”
More details on the workshop (Osaka prefecture website)
http://www.pref.osaka.lg.jp/kikaku_keikaku/inochi_v/inochi_ws.html