Launch Seminar of the Japan–World Bank Partnership Program
JCIE joined the World Bank and the Japan International Cooperation Agency in organizing a seminar in Bangkok on Challenges and Opportunities for Achieving Universal Health Coverage.
Lancet Special Series on Japan Launch Symposium | Restructuring Japan’s Healthcare System—Beyond the March 11 Disaster
World-renowned medical journal the Lancet has released a special series on Japan in September 2011 that commemorates the 50th anniversary of Japan’s attainment of universal healthcare coverage.
Roundtable on Opportunities and Challenges for Universal Health Coverage
Agenda for IMF/World Bank Annual Meetings Side Event: Roundtable on Opportunities and Challenges for Universal Health Coverage, held on October 10, 2012.
Japan–World Bank Partnership Program | Seminars at World Bank Annual Meetings
JCIE worked closely with the World Bank and Ministry of Finance of Japan to organize side seminars on cutting-edge topics in global health and UHC at the IMF/World Bank Annual Meetings held in Tokyo in October 2012.
Japan Visit and Diet Meetings of Dr. Peter Piot
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 of his meetings, including a breakfast meeting with nine members the Parliamentary Caucus on the Promotion of Human Security and a visit to a Tokyo community center that carries out AIDS prevention initiatives.
Roundtable | International Advisory Group on Global Health
On September 7, 2018, the members of the International Advisory Group on Global Health (IAG) gathered in Tokyo, along with Japanese government officials, legislators, experts, and representatives from international organizations, to exchange views on what Japan should prioritize in its global health agenda in order to best utilize the G20 process and the other important upcoming international meetings that are to be held in Japan in 2019 and 2020.
Global Health Roundtable | Human Resource Development and the Future of Africa
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 from various sectors. Professor Were is chairperson of the Kenyan National AIDS Control Council and co-founder and chairperson of the UZIMA Foundation of Kenya.
Global Health and Human Security | Press Tour to 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 country’s healthcare system as part of JCIE’s Global Health and Human Security Program.
Global Health and Human Security | Press Tour to 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 the country’s healthcare system as part of JCIE’s Global Health and Human Security Program.
Global Health Diet Roundtable | The Looming Problem of Antimicrobial Resistance
Dr. Kazuhiro Tateda of Toho University, who serves as president of both the Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases and the Japanese Society for Clinical Microbiology, briefed eight legislators on the domestic and global issues involved with the spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR).