[Event Report] Planetary Health Expert Meeting Aiming for Sustainable Healthcare: Learning from the Impact of Environmental Pollution and Medical Waste During the Pandemic (February 16, 2024)
date : 4/15/2024
Tags: Planetary Health
*A video of the meeting has been published on April 15, 2023.
Health and Global Policy Institute (HGPI) hosted the Planetary Health Expert Meeting “Aiming for Sustainable Healthcare: Learning from the Impact of Environmental Pollution and Medical Waste During the Pandemic” in a hybrid format on February 16, 2024.
At this meeting, multi-stakeholder discussions were held, focusing in particular on the broader impacts of medical waste and environmental pollution, based on the perspective of planetary health, which aims to protect the health of the planet and people. Taking into account, among other things, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the discussions aimed to explore the potential changes that the healthcare system could undergo in the future.
■ Planetary Health Expert Meeting Aiming for Sustainable Healthcare: Learning from the Impact of Environmental Pollution and Medical Waste During the Pandemic (1:30:57)
[Event Overview]
- Date & Time: Friday, February 16, 2024; 16:30-18:00 JST
- Format: Hybrid (In-Person and Online (Zoom Webinars))
- Venue: Event Field, Global Business Hub Tokyo
(Grand Cube 3F, Otemachi Financial City, 1-9-2, Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JAPAN 100-0004) - Participation fee: Free
- Languages: Japanese and English, with simultaneous interpretation
- Hosts: Health and Global Policy Institute (HGPI)
- Support: Japan R-SUD Association (JRSA), Global Green and Healthy Hospitals (GGHH)
- Sponsor: National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS) Global Health Innovation Policy Program (GHIPP)
[Program] (Title omitted, no specific order)
16:30-16:40 – Opening and Purpose Explanation
Kiyoshi Kurokawa (Chairman, Health and Global Policy Institute)
16:40-17:55 Keynote Speech 1: The Situation Surrounding Waste in the Healthcare Sector During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic
Ramon San Pascual (Executive Director, Asia Team, Health Care Without Harm (HCWH))
16:55-17:10 Keynote Speech 2: Measures to reduce the environmental impact of medical waste in Japan
Yoshio Uetsuka (Supreme Adviser & Special Member, Japan R-SUD Association)
17:10-17:55 Panel Discussion: Efforts Required to Reduce the Environmental Impact of the Healthcare Sector and Promote Such Initiatives
Panelists:
Yoshio Uetsuka (Supreme Adviser & Special Member, Japan R-SUD Association)
Akiyoshi Yamaguchi (ReMed Program manager, Supply Chain Department, Finance & Operations Division, Novo Nordisk Pharma Ltd)
Ichiro Sumikura (Deputy Director-General, Environment Regeneration and Resource Circulation Bureau, Ministry of the Environment of Japan)
Keiko Nakamura (Professor, Department of Global Health Entrepreneurship, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences (Medicine), Tokyo Medical and Dental University)
Keisuke Nansai (Head, Material Cycles Division of National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES))
Moderator:
Shu Suzuki (Senior Associate, Health and Global Policy Institute)
17:55-18:00 Closing Remarks
Kenichi Matsumoto (Chairman, Japan Association of Medical Devices Industries)
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