International Symposium “Investments in Health: The Key to Economic Development in Africa”
date : 5/8/2013
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
Registration deadline: 2013-05-30
Exhibition date：2013-05-31
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