Global ThinkNet Fellows | New Approaches to Preventive Diplomacy
Five Global ThinkNet Fellows undertook a study project on preventive diplomacy under the direction of Dr. Hideo Sato, senior advisor to the rector of United Nations University. In October 1999, these researchers began examining such topics as UN peacekeeping activities; the peace-building process in Croatia; the international commitment to solve refugee problems; reconceptualizing the concept of state-nation relationship in Asia; and a new approach to the democratization process in Belarus.
Human Security Approaches to HIV/AIDS in Asia and Africa
Starting in late 2005, a JCIE research team developed case studies of projects in Asia and Africa that take a human security approach to HIV/AIDS in order to better understand how these approaches work on the ground. Research was carried out in Tanzania, Thailand, South Africa, and Zimbabwe, and a workshop was held in Pretoria, South Africa on March 10, 2006, with aid workers and UN officials from around Africa.
Global Health Press Tour Program
In 2013, the Abe administration launched its Strategy on Global Health Diplomacy to promote efforts to achieve universal healthcare. JCIE’s Global Health and Human Security outreach program is offering the media opportunities to cover the state of healthcare in developing countries and allows journalists to report on the effects that investments in healthcare have on a country’s development.
JCIE Publications | Doing Well by Doing Good: Innovative Corporate Responses to Communicable Diseases
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 and the evolution of these programs
JCIE Publications | Building Resilience: Human Security Approaches to AIDS in Africa and Asia
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, migration, education, and gender inequality.
Health and Human Security in the Americas
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 meetings build on the discussions at JCIE’s “Health and Human Security in Africa” seminar and follow PAHO’s 2010 resolution to integrate the human security concept into member countries’ national health plans.
JCIE Global Health Special Series | Are Disease-Specific Approaches Compatible with the Goal of Achieving Universal Health Coverage?
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 Universal Health Coverage.
JCIE Publications | Containing Conflict: Cases in Preventive Diplomacy
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 preventive diplomacy.
TICAD VI Spouses Program | Investing in Child and Maternal Health for Social Development in Africa: A Spotlight on Evidenced Interventions
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 and Maternal Health for Social Transformation in Africa: A Spotlight on Evidenced Interventions.”
JCIE TICAD VI Roundtable | Investing in Health: Benefiting from Corporate Engagement in Health in Africa
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 opportunity for them to engage in practical discussions with representatives from Amref and to accompany Amref health workers to observe first-hand how innovative technologies are employed to improve health in Africa.