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International Symposium “Investments in Health: The Key to Economic Development in Africa”

International Symposium “Investments in Health: The Key to Economic Development in Africa”
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On Thursday the 31th of May the Health and Global Policy Institute, Japan Center for International Exchange, Friends of the Global Fund, Japan will be jointly hosting the symposium “Investments in Health: The Key to Economic Development in Africa”.

With interest in African markets growing, the challenge of sustaining healthy workforces and consumer markets is becoming more and more critical to businesses around the world. What can corporations do to promote health in Africa? What is the impact of a healthier population, and how can it be leveraged for increased economic growth? This symposium will look at health as one key to
achieving sustainable development in Africa by inviting business leaders from Africa and Japan and representatives of several international organizations to talk about their own experience with public-private partnerships for health and to offer some
suggestions for how corporations of all industries and other sectors can approach health in Africa.


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“Investments in Health: The Key to Economic Development in Africa”

Friday, May 31, 2013, 15:00–18:00 (followed by reception)
Maple Room, 2nd floor, South Wing, Hotel Okura, Tokyo(2-10-4 Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo)
Capacity: 150 / simultaneous interpretation / free of charge


To register, please visit
http://www.jcie.or.jp/africa_gh/0531symposium/index_e.html

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PROGRAM

Opening Remarks:
-Kiyoshi Kurokawa, Chairman, Health and Global Policy Institute; Academic Fellow, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies

Session 1: Leveraging Corporate Core Competencies for Health
-Akudo Anyanwu Ikemba, Executive Director, Friends of the Global Fund Africa [Moderator]

Private Sector Investment in Health: African Health Fund
-Shakir Merali, Partner, Abraaj Group, Nairobi

Supply Chain Management: Coca-Cola Partnership with the Global Fund
-Christoph Benn, Director, External Relations, Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria

Promoting Healthy Lifestyles in the Community
-Ivy Apea Owusu, CEO, Cirrus Oil, Ghana


Session 2: Public-Private Partnerships for Development and Delivery of Health Technologies
-Hiromi Murakami, Executive Director, HGPI; Assistant Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies [Moderator]

Improving Nutrition in Africa
-Birgit Poniatowski, Manager of Investment and Partnerships at the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) in Geneva
-Hideyuki Sajimoto, Business Director, Human Nutrition & Health, DSM Nutrition Japan K.K.

Harnessing Japanese Science and Drug R&D for Innovative Global Health Solutions
-Margaret McGlynn, President and CEO, International AIDS Vaccine Initiative
-Mamoru Hasegawa, President and CEO, DNAVEC Corporation
-Shiro Konuma, Director, Global Health Policy Division, International Cooperation Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs; member of the Board, Global Health Innovative Technology Fund (GHIT Fund)

Wrap Up:
-Ken Shibusawa, President and CEO, Japan Center for International Exchange; Chairman, Commons Asset Management

18:00-19:30
 RECEPTION
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CO-ORGANIZED BY: Health and Global Policy Institute; Japan Center for International Exchange; Friends of the Global Fund, Japan

IN COLLABORATION WITH: The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria; Friends of the Global Fund Africa; International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI); Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN); EGG Japan; Africa Business Partners: Commons Asset Management

SUPPORTED BY:    Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan

CONTACTS
HGPI
 Tel: 03-5511-8521 E-mail: africa_gh@hgpi.org / JCIE Tel: 03-3446-7781

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Registration deadline: 2013-05-30

Exhibition date:2013-05-31

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