Africa
ACTIVITIES
Achieving Sustainable Financing for Health in Africa
August 29, 2019 | Yokohama, Japan
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 eve…
Towards Population Ageing in Africa
August 29, 2019 | Yokohama, Japan
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 dialo…
Roundtable on Investing in Health: Benefiting from Corporate Engagement in Health in Africa
August 29, 2016 | Nairobi, Kenya
JCIE and Amref Health Africa—a prominent African NGO working in the field of health throughout Africa—organized a corporate event that targeted Japanese corporate representatives to provide a rare opp…
Investing in Child and Maternal Health for Social Development in Africa: A Spotlight on Evidenced Interventions
August 27, 2016 | Nairobi, Kenya
Japan’s First Lady Akie Abe and Kenya’s First Lady Margaret Kenyatta hosted a seminar on the sidelines of TICAD VI with the first ladies of other African countries on the theme of “Investing in Child…
Press Tour to Ethiopia
June 26–July 3, 2016 | Ethiopia
On June 26 to July 3, 2016, JCIE organized a press tour that brought a delegation of journalists from Japan to several locations in Ethiopia to examine the country’s development through the lens of th…
Global Health Diet Delegation to Guinea
May 1–7, 2016 | Guinea
In the wake of the recent Ebola crisis that struck West Africa, JCIE took a delegation of Diet members and health experts to one of the most affected countries, Guinea, to learn about the status of an…
Global Health Press Tour to Kenya
June 6–14, 2015 | Nairobi, Kisimu, Jericho, and Naivasha, Kenya
On June 6 to 14, 2015, JCIE organized a press tour that brought a delegation of journalists from Japan to several locations in Kenya to examine the country’s development through the lens of the countr…
Japan Visit and Diet Meetings of Dr. Peter Piot
October 30–31, 2014 | Tokyo
Prof. Peter Piot, the former head of UNAIDS and current Director of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, paid a visit to Japan in fall 2014, during which time JCIE coordinated several o…
Health and Human Security in The Americas
September 6–7, 2012 | Lima, Peru
On September 6-7, 2012, JCIE organized a public seminar and workshop on “Health and Human Security in the Americas” in Lima, Peru, in partnership with the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO). The…
Satellite Seminar of the The Third TICAD Ministerial Follow–up Meeting: Health and Human Security in Africa
May 2–3, 2011 | Dakar, Senegal
On May 2–3, 2011, JCIE organized a symposium and roundtable on “Health and Human Security in Africa” in Dakar, Senegal. The events were organized in conjunction with the Third Tokyo International Conf…
Global Health Roundtable | Human Resource Development and the Future of Africa
July 14, 2009 | Tokyo
On July 14, 2009, Professor Miriam K. Were, first laureate of the Hideyo Noguchi Africa Award, visited Tokyo for a series of meetings with global health experts and a roundtable with Japanese leaders…
Dissemination Seminar in Africa—Global Action for Health System Strengthening
April 17–18, 2009 | Nairobi, Kenya
A final dissemination seminar for the Global Action for Health System Strengthening report was held in Nairobi, in collaboration with the African Medical and Research Foundation (AMREF), on April 17–1…
PUBLICATIONS
Are Disease-Specific Approaches Compatible with the Goal of Achieving Universal Health Coverage?
Maya Wedemeyer, JCIE/USA
December 14, 2015
This blog post, the third in the JCIE Global Health Special Series, looks specifically at projects in Ethiopia and Burma to determine if disease-specific programs are compatible with the mission of Un…
Doing Well by Doing Good: Innovative Corporate Responses to Communicable Diseases
Susan Hubbard and Satoko Itoh, eds.
2010
This book presents case studies of innovative approaches by 12 corporations to deal with the spread of AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis; the authors focus on the motivations behind corporate engagement…
Building Resilience: Human Security Approaches to AIDS in Africa and Asia
Susan Hubbard and Tomoko Suzuki
2005
This report analyzes five projects funded by the United Nations Trust Fund for Human Security that deal with AIDS from various angles, such as the intersection between AIDS and issues of poverty, migr…
Containing Conflict: Cases in Preventive Diplomacy
Hideo Sato, ed.
March 2003
The authors analyze the international community’s responses to conflicts in locations such as the African Great Lakes region, helping them to draw lessons for managing regional conflict through preven…