The 3rd US-Japan Global Health Dialogue brought together nearly 50 senior government officials, legislators, health experts and leaders from international organizations to discuss what they can do together to advance health security around the world. This closed meeting was convened by the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), and JCIE at the NAM’s headquarters in Washington DC.
Japan’s Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare Katsunobu Kato and US Secretary of Health & Human Services Alex Azar opened the meeting by speaking about the importance of deepening US-Japan cooperation on global health and discussing the long history of bilateral cooperation in the field. Participants then discussed international financing mechanisms for global health security, global pandemic preparedness, and the potential for cooperation on for biorisk and health emergencies. They also shared lessons from Japanese and American domestic experiences with building effective health systems, population health, and approaches for an aging population. The meeting wrapped up with a dinner discussion of the possible global health agenda for the 2019 G20 meetings that Japan will host.
- Summary Report: English | Japanese
- Remarks by US Health and Human Services Secretary Alex M. Azar II
- Remarks by Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare Katsunobu Kato
- Remarks by Rep. Yasuhisa Shiozaki, former Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare
SPEAKERS
ALEX AZAR, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services
AMY BASSANO, Deputy Director, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
MARK DYBUL, Faculty Co-Director, Center for Global Health and Quality, and Professor, Department of Medicine Georgetown University Medical Center
VICTOR J. DZAU, President, U.S. National Academy of Medicine
TIMOTHY G. EVANS, Senior Director, Health, Nutrition & Population, The World Bank Group
BRETT P. GIROIR, Assistant Secretary for Health, Admiral, U.S. Public Health Service, and Senior Advisor to the Secretary for Opioid Policy, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
ROBERT KADLEC, Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
KATSUNOBU KATO, Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan; Member, House of Representatives
J. STEPHEN MORRISON, Senior Vice President and Director, Global Health Policy Center, Center for Strategic and International Studies
HIROKI NAKATANI, Professor for Global Initiatives, Keio University; Advisor for International Affairs, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan; former Assistant Director-General, World Health Organization
SHIGERU OMI, Regional Director Emeritus, World Health Organization, Regional Office for the Western Pacific President; President, Japan Community Healthcare Organization; Chair, National Advisory Group for Infectious Disease Control in Japan
MICHAEL R. REICH, Taro Takemi Research Professor of International Health Policy, Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard University
PETER SANDS, Executive Director, The Global Fund
NARIYOSHI SHINOMIYA, Director, National Defense Medical College Research Institute
YASUHISA SHIOZAKI, Member, House of Representatives, Former Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan; former Chief Cabinet Secretary
YASUHIRO SUZUKI, Vice Minister for Health & Chief Medical and Global Health Officer, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan
TOSHIHIKO TAKEDA, Former Director-General, Health Policy Bureau, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan
KEIZO TAKEMI, Member, House of Councillors (LDP); Senior Fellow, Japan Center for International Exchange
MITCHELL I. WOLFE, Chief Medical Officer and Acting Director of the CDC Washington Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
DON J. WRIGHT, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health and Director, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
PARTICIPANTS
KEISHI ABE, Deputy Director, International Affairs Division, Minister’s Secretariat, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan
SARA ALLINDER, Deputy Director and Senior Fellow, Global Health Policy Center, Center for Strategic and International Studies
LAURA CALIGUIRI, Associate Deputy Secretary, U.S Department of Health and Human Services
KEN CALLAHAN, Assistant To The Deputy Secretary, Office Of The Deputy Secretary, U.S Department of Health and Human Services
ERIKA ELVANDER, Director, Asia and the Pacific, Office of Global Affairs, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
MOMO FUKUSHIMA, Representative, International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
JAMES GANNON, Executive Director, Japan Center for International Exchange (JCIE/USA)
ALMA CRUMM GOLDEN, Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Global Health, United States Agency for International Development
MARGARET HAMBURG, Foreign Secretary, National Academy of Medicine
KATSUTO HISANO, First Secretary for Health and Welfare, Embassy of Japan to the United States
HIROYUKI HORI, Senior Coordinator for Global Health, International Affairs Division, Minister’s Secretariat, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan
CHIEKO IKEDA, Senior Assistant Minister for Global Health, Minister & Secretariat, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan
EMI INAOKA, Deputy Director, Global Health Policy Division, International Cooperation Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan
NANAO ISHIBASHI, Section Chief, Office of Global Health Cooperation, International Affairs Division, Minister’s Secretariat, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan
SATOKO ITOH, Managing Director and Chief Program Officer, Japan Center for International Exchange (JCIE/Japan)
AKIEI JIBIKI, Section Chief for Policy Planning, International Affairs Division, Minister’s Secretariat, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan
TAKESHI KASAI, Director of Programme Management, WHO Western Pacific Regional Office
CHRISTOPHER KING, Executive Director, Office of Congressional and Government Affairs, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
KANAKO KITAHARA, Deputy Director, Health Science Division, Minister’s Secretariat, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan
AIMEE KOPOLOW, Global Health Officer, Office of Global Affairs, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
CHRISTOPH KUROWSKI, Global Lead for Health Financing, Health, Nutrition, and Population, Global Practice, The World Bank
J. MICHAEL MCGINNIS, The Leonard D. Schaeffer Executive Officer, National Academy of Medicine
COLIN McIFF, Deputy Director, Office of Global Affairs, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
TADAYUKI MIZUTANI, Secretary to the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan
YUJI NOTA, Manager, International Affairs Section, Japan Medical Association
AKIO OKAWARA, President & CEO, Japan Center for International Exchange (JCIE/Japan)
JULIE PAVLIN, Director of the Board on Global Health, National Academies of Sciences,Engineering, and Medicine
AISHWARYA RAJE, Program Coordinator and Research Assistant, Global Health Policy Center, Center for Strategic and International Studies
TAKIKO SANO, Director, Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED), Washington, D.C. Office
DAISUKE SHOYA, Secretary to the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan
DIANNE STEWART, Director, Donor Relations Department, The Global Fund
MANABU SUMI, Director, Global Health Policy Division, International Cooperation Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
TAKAO SUZUKI, Director, Institute of Gerontology, and Professor of Gerontology, Graduate School, J.F. Oberlin University, Tokyo; Special Secretary of the President, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology
NICHOLAS SZECHENYI, Deputy Director and Senior Fellow, Japan Chair, Asia Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies
KAZUHISA TAKAHASHI, Deputy Assistant Minister for International Policy Planning, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan
ADAM TEWELL, Public Health Analyst, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
TAKAO TODA, Vice President for Human Security and Global Health, Japan International Cooperation Agency
TADATAKA YAMADA, Venture Partner, Frazier Healthcare Partners
YOSHITAKE YOKOKURA, President, Japan Medical Association; President, World Medical Association
TAKUNO YOSHIDA, First Secretary for Health and Welfare, Embassy of Japan to the United States
TOMOKO YOSHIDA, Senior Program Officer, Global Health, Japan Center for International Exchange (JCIE/USA)
