As part of the World Health Summit 2022, over 50 Japanese and German global health experts, politicians, and policy experts came together on October 19 for a hybrid event hosted at the Japanese-German Center Berlin (JDZB) to discuss key global health issues. This dialogue highlighted the lessons learned from Germany’s G7 presidency as well as the opportunities for bilateral cooperation as the baton is passed to Japan to host the G7 in 2023.
The event, titled “The Roles of Germany and Japan in Global Health,” was the fourth in its series, and was co-hosted by JCIE and JDZB in cooperation with the Federal Ministry of Health of Germany and the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare of Japan as well as supported by the National Center for Global Health and Medicine (NCGM), the Tokyo Institute for Global Health Policy Research (iGHP), and the Hiroshima G7 Global Health Task Force.
Greetings
Dr. Julia MÜNCH (Secretary General, JDZB)
Welcome Remarks
H.E. Hidenao YANAGI (Ambassador, Embassy of Japan in Germany)
Dr. Thomas STEFFEN (State Secretary, Federal Ministry of Health)
Introduction of Main Organizers
Introduction of moderators by Prof. Dr. Ilona KICKBUSCH (Council Chair, WHS) and Mr. Akio OKAWARA (President & CEO, JCIE)
Introduction of Hiroshima G7 Global Health Task Force by Prof. Keizo TAKEMI (Member, House of Councillors; Senior Fellow, JCIE)
Achievements and Remaining Challenges of G7 2022
Chair: Prof. Dr. Ilona KICKBUSCH
Short presentation Paul ZUBEIL (Deputy Director General for European and International Health Politics / Head of G7 Global Health Taskforce, Federal Ministry of Health
Discussion
Draft Pillars of the Recommendations by the Hiroshima G7 Global Health Task Force
Chair: Mr. Akio OKAWARA
Short presentation by Task Force Director Prof. Hideaki SHIROYAMA (Professor, University of Tokyo), supplemented by thematic group leads, Dr. Osamu KUNII (Executive Director and CEO, GHIT Fund) and Dr. Chieko IKEDA (Director General, Bureau of International Health Cooperation, NCGM)
Discussion
How to Take These Agendas Forward
Chair: Prof. Dr. Ilona KICKBUSCH
Short presentation by Dr. Satoshi EZOE (Director, Global Health Strategy Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
Open discussion and proposals by participants
Closing Session
Chair: Mr. Akio OKAWARA
Closing remarks by
Minister Katsunobu KATO (Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan) by video message
Minister Prof. Dr. Karl LAUTERBACH (Federal Ministry of Health, Germany)
PARTICIPANTS (in alphabetical order) | |
In Person | |
Rolf APWEILER | Director; European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute |
Christophe BAYER | Head of Division Health Security, International Crisis Management; Federal Ministry of Health |
Ingo BEHNEL | Director General for Central Services, European and International Health Policy; Federal Ministry of Health |
Constanze BRINCKMANN | Senior Policy Advisor; Federal Ministry of Health |
Julia ENGERT | Federal Ministry of Education and Research |
Satoshi EZOE | Director, Global Health Strategy Division; Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan |
Roland GÖHDE | Chair of the Board; GHA – German Health Alliance |
Johanna HANEFELD | Director and Head of Department Centre for International Health Protection (ZIG); Robert Koch Institute |
Phoebe HOLDGRÜN | Head of Project Management; Japanese-German Center Berlin (JDZB) |
Chikwe IHEKWEAZU | Director, WHO Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence |
Masaki INABA | Chair; Japan CSO Network on Global Health |
Sarah JOHN | Program Coordinator; Global Solutions Initiative |
Kenta KAWASE | First Secretary; Embassy of Japan in Germany |
Ilona KICKBUSCH | Senior Distinguished Fellow; Graduate Institute Geneva |
Tokiko KIYOTA | Deputy Secretary General; Japanese-German Center Berlin (JDZB) |
Niklas KRAMER | Senior Policy Officer, Federal Ministry of Health |
Osamu KUNII | Executive Director and CEO; Global Health Innovative Technology Fund (GHIT Fund) |
Leon LAU | Global Government Relations Lead; Wellcome Trust |
Alicia LONGTHORNE | Senior Policy Officer; Federal Ministry of Health |
Julia MÜNCH | Secretary General; Japanese-German Center Berlin (JDZB) |
Haruka SAKAMOTO | Associate Professor; Department of Hygiene and Public Health, Tokyo Women’s Medical College |
Thomas STEFFEN | State Secretary; Federal Ministry of Health |
Ralf SUDBRAK | Interim Secretariat Lead; Global AMR R&D Hub |
Wataru TAKAZAWA | First Secretary; Embassy of Japan in Germany |
Brad TYTEL | Deputy Director; Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation |
Akihito WATABE | Program Manager; UHC2030 |
Tatjana WONNEBERG | Project Manager; Japanese-German Center Berlin (JDZB) |
H.E. Hidenao YANAGI | Ambassador; Embassy of Japan in Germany |
Paul ZUBEIL | Deputy Director-General Division Z2—European and International Health Politics / Head of G7 Global Health Taskforce; Federal Ministry of Health |
Online | |
Keishi ABE | Senior Fellow; Institute for Policy Studies, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies |
Anne-Laure AUBERTIN | Manager, Donor Relations; The Global Fund |
Till BÄRNIGHAUSEN | Director; Heidelberg Institute of Global Health (HIGH) |
Takanori FUJITA | Project Lead; World Economic Forum |
Natsuko HATANO | Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Government of Japan |
Eiji HINOSHITA | Senior Assistant Minister; Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Government of Japan |
Anna-Katharina HORNIDGE | Director; German Institute of Development and Sustainability |
Chieko IKEDA | Director General, Bureau of International Health Cooperation; National Center for Global Health and Medicine (NCGM) |
Swantje JAEGER-LINDEMANN | Senior Policy Advisor; Federal Ministry of Health |
Yasushi KATSUMA | Director of Global Health Affairs & Governance; NCGM-iGHP |
Georg KIPPELS | MP; Deutscher Bundestag |
Sarah KRULL ABE | Section Head, Division of Prevention; National Cancer Center, Center for Public Health Sciences |
Hiroshi MINAMI | Ambassador / Deputy Director-General; Office of Healthcare Policy, Cabinet Secretariat of Japan |
Keisuke MORIMOTO | Deputy Director; Global Health Strategy Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan |
Hiroki NAKATANI | Visiting Professor, Faculty of Medicine; Keio University |
Yoshitaka NISHINO | Research Associate; Japan Center for International Exchange |
Shuhei NOMURA | Specially Appointed Associate Professor, Department of Medical Policy and Management; Keio University School of Medicine |
Akio OKAWARA | President & CEO; Japan Center for International Exchange (JCIE) |
Takahiro OOMORI | Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Government of Japan |
Maiko OYA | Official; Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Government of Japan |
Eiko SAITO | Senior Research Fellowship; National Center for Global Health and Medicine (NCGM) |
Masaharu SAITO | Senior Associate; Japan Center for International Exchange (JCIE) |
Hideaki SAKAMOTO | Deputy Director; Cabinet Secretariat |
Hideaki SHIROYAMA | Professor, Graduate School of Public Policy and Graduate School of Law and Politics; University of Tokyo |
Tomoko SUZUKI | Chief Program Officer; Japan Center for International Exchange (JCIE) |
Ayako TAKEMI | Consultant; World Health Organization |
Keizo TAKEMI | Member, House of Councillors, Chair, Executive Committee on Global Health and Human Security; Senior Fellow, JCIE |