Next Steps on UHC—Moving Forward from the G20 and HLM-UHC
JCIE, in cooperation with the UN Foundation, convened a small, high-level roundtable of global health experts and policymakers on the morning after the UN High-Level Meeting on UHC to discuss what the next steps should be to turn the commitments in recent forums into concrete action, maintain momentum in advancing UHC in low- and middle-income countries, and encourage Japan and other countries to continue to lead on the UHC agenda.
US-Japan Parliamentary Exchange | 2019 Japanese Diet Delegation to the US
The 2019 US-Japan Parliamentary Exchange Program brought the 30th delegation of Japanese diet members and parliamentarians to the US, where they met and engaged in discussions with members of Congress and their staff, journalists, and policy experts.
Expert–Diet Member Delegation to the United States to Discuss US-Japan Cooperation on Democracy Support
JCIE’s 30th Parliamentary Exchange Program featured a delegation that combined members of the Diet with experts in the field of democratic governance. The group traveled to the United States to explore the possibility of greater cooperation between Japan and the US on support for democratization.
Tadashi Yamamoto Memorial Seminar | Japan in the World: Sustaining Democracy
This year’s Tadashi Yamamoto Memorial Seminar featured experts on democratic governance and human security who discussed Japan’s potential role in supporting democratic transitions in Asia. The second panel featured four Japanese Diet members discussing the state of Japanese politics and how the political situation in Japan might evolve in the coming years.
Diet Women’s Study Group | 4th Meeting
The Study Group discussed the issues of migration and refugees with a leading expert from a Japanese NPO.
UK-Japan 21st Century Group | 36th Conference
The 36th annual meeting of the UK-Japan 21st Century Group convened in London and Cantebury at the height of a dramatic period in the Brexit saga as Prime Minister Boris Johnson had just announced plans the previous week to suspend parliament.
FGFJ | SwitchPoint Shibuya, a TICAD7 Partner Program
SwitchPoint Shibuya was a networking event that sought to foster innovative partnerships and approaches to tackling some of the world’s greatest humanitarian issues around health challenges in Africa by bringing together a younger generation of leaders in support of public healthcare workers and inventive approaches to service delivery.
JCIE Organizes Side Meetings to Advance Global Health Dialogue at TICAD7
JCIE co-organized three official side events during TICAD7, building on the momentum of the week to advance policy dialogue around key global health issues such as sustainable financing of universal health coverage (UHC), the challenges of aging in Africa, and the health worker shortage that remains a major bottleneck to UHC and economic growth.
Achieving Sustainable Financing for Health in Africa
On August 29, JCIE co-organized an event on Achieving Sustainable Financing for Health in Africa on the sidelines of the Seventh Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD7). The event focused on the mobilization of domestic resources for health in African countries and on effective and sustainable use of funding.
Towards Population Ageing in Africa
Held on the sidelines of the 7th Tokyo International Conference of African Development (TICAD7), this event brought together influential policymakers, NGO representatives, and academicians for a dialogue on the challenges of aging populations in Africa.