On February 18, 2023, Health and Global Policy Institute (HGPI) held Health Policy Summit 2023: Reconsidering Health Systems on a Planetary Scale.

As issues that were characteristic of the Anthropocene era came into clear view, the Health Policy Summit 2023 was titled, “Reconsidering Health Systems on a Planetary Scale” and deepened discussion under two themes: Session 1, or “Reconsidering Infectious Disease Control on a Planetary Scale;” and Session 2, or “Reconsidering Health Systems as Multi-Stakeholders.” Each session consisted of pitch talks from industry, Government, academia, and civil society followed by roundtable discussions with participants.

[Event Details]

• Date & Time: Saturday, February 18, 2023; 13:30-17:30 JST
• Venue: Imperial Hotel Tokyo (Peacock Room)
• Languages: Japanese and English (with simultaneous interpretation)

 

[Program]

13:30-13:40　Opening remarks

• Kazuhiro Oshima (Vice Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare)

 

13:45-13:55　Explanatory introduction

• Ryoji Noritake (CEO, Board Member, HGPI)

 

14:00-15:30　Session 1: “Reconsidering Infectious Disease Control on a Planetary Scale”

Panelists:

• Hiroyasu Iso (Director of Institute for Global Health and Medicine, Bureau of International Health Cooperation, National Center for Global Health and Medicine)
• Mugen Ujiie (Chief of Travel Clinic, Director of Immunization Support Center, Disease Control and Prevention Center(DCC), Center Hospital of the National Center for Global Health and Medicine(NCGM))
• Satoshi Ezoe (Director, Global Health Strategy Division, International Cooperation Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Director, Office of Healthcare Policy, Cabinet Secretariat (Cross-appointment)
• Norio Ohmagari (Director, Disease Control and Prevention Center of National Center for Global Health and Medicine)
• Haruo Ozaki (Chairman, Tokyo Medical Association, Director, Ozaki Naika Junkankika Clinic, Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Cardiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Juntendo University)
• Hajime Kamiya (Infectious Disease Surveillance Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan)
• Motoyuki Sugai (Director, Antimicrobial Resistance Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases)
• Keizo Takemi (Member, House of Councilors)
• Junko Tanuma (Chief, Division of the AIDS Medical Information of AIDS Clinical Center (ACC), Emergency Medical Services Office of National Center for Global Health and Medicine (NCGM), Tokyo, Japan)
• Shuhei Nomura (Project Associate Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management, School of Medicine, Keio University/ Member of the Global Burden of Diseases Study (GBD) Scientific Council)
• Masahiro Hashizume (Professor, Department of Global Health Policy, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo)
• Naoko Yamamoto (Professor, International University of Health and Welfare, former Assistant Director-General Division of UHC/Healthier Populations World Health Organization)

 

Moderator:

• Joji Sugawara (Senior Manager, HGPI)

 

15:40-17:10　Session 2: “Reconsidering Health Systems as Multi-Stakeholders”

Panelists:

• Shinsuke Amano (Executive Director, Japan Federation of Cancer Patient Groups)
• Nobuki Ando (Chairman, Japan Health Insurance Association)
• Ataru Igarashi (Fellow, Health and Global Policy Institute, Associate Professor, Yokohama City; UniversitySchool of Medicine, Unit of Public health and Preventive Medicine, Visiting Associate Professor, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo)
• Soichiro Imaeda (Member,House of Representatives)
• Kazuhiro Ihara (Director-General, Health InsuranceBureau, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare)
• Kazumasa Oguro (Professor, Faculty of Economics, Hosei University)
• Teruyuki Katori (Professor, Faculty of Human Sciences, Sophia University)
• Yoshikazu Kenjo (Professor of Applied Economics at the Faculty of Business and Commerce, Keio University)
• Hiromi Mitsubayashi (Member, House of Representatives, Chair, Standing committee on Health, Labour and Welfare)

 

Moderator:

• Ryoji Noritake (CEO, Board Member, HGPI)

 

17:15-17:30　Closing remarks

• Kiyoshi Kurokawa (Chairman, HGPI)

 

Host by: Health and Global Policy Institute (HGPI)
Sponsored by: Gilead Sciences K.K., National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS) Global Health Innovation Policy Program
Supported by: Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW); Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT)

(Photographed by: Kazunori Izawa)