NTD Webinar Series "World Trends and Japan's Experience"

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JAGntd Webinar Series

"Neglected Tropical Diseases: World Trends and Japan's Experience"

Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) are a general term for parasitic diseases and viral infections that mainly afflict the poor in developing countries. It is said that more than 1 billion people in the world are infected with at least one NTD, and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set target 3.3 as "Ending the NTDs epidemic by 2030." It is clearly stated.

While NTDs measures are becoming globally recognized as important policy objectives, countermeasures continue to face challenges such as lack of adequate medicines, fragile health systems in developing countries, and distrust of modern health care. In addition, the successor to the NTD Countermeasures Guidelines (commonly known as the Roadmap) formulated by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2012 was approved at the WHO General Assembly in November 2020, and by 2030, efforts to tackle NTDs A new framework for strengthening has been raised.

This consecutive webinar (6 times in total) is aimed at people who are interested in NTDs in Japan, after introducing the goals and issues up to 2030 shown by WHO on the roadmap for NTDs measures in the with corona era, Japan. We will approach the actual situation of NTDs countermeasures with reports on NTDs countermeasures and technology development projects that are closely related to. Please join us.

Language: Japanese

Participation fee: Free / Language: 80% Japanese and 20% English (no translation available)

Organized by: Japan's Neglected Tropical Diseases Alliance (JAGntd)

Sponsored by: Global Health Innovative Technology Fund (GHIT Fund)

Past webins (You can see the recording from the link below)

1st (first half) "NTDs Overview"

Wednesday, November 25, 2020 15: 30-16: 00

  • Aya Yajima World Health Organization Western Pacific Regional Office Neglected Tropical Diseases Specialist

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1st (second half) "Lymphatic filariasis"

Wednesday, November 25, 2020 16: 00-17: 00

  • Aya Yajima World Health Organization Western Pacific Regional Office Neglected Tropical Diseases Specialist
  • Isao Tada Professor Emeritus, Kyushu University
  • Makoto Kumahara JICA "Oceania Wide Area Heartworm Countermeasure Project" Expert
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2nd "Skin NTDs"

Wednesday, December 16, 2020 10: 00-11: 15

  • Aya Yajima World Health Organization Western Pacific Regional Office Neglected Tropical Diseases Specialist
  • Satohide Yotsu, Visiting Associate Professor, Graduate School of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University
  • Koichi Suzuki Professor, Department of Clinical Laboratory, Faculty of Medical Technology, Teikyo University

The 3rd "Schistosomiasis"

Friday, January 22, 2021 15: 30-16: 45

  • Aya Yajima World Health Organization Western Pacific Regional Office Neglected Tropical Diseases Specialist
  • Mr. Ikuya Domoto Astellas Pharma Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Department
  • Wataru Iijima Professor, Department of History, Faculty of Letters, Aoyama Gakuin University

The 4th "Chagas disease"

Monday, February 1, 2021 15: 30-16: 45

  • Aya Yajima World Health Organization Western Pacific Regional Office Neglected Tropical Diseases Specialist
  • Ken Hashimoto International Health Consultant / JICA Project Expert
  • Junko Shimada Professor, Department of Health Sciences, Gunma University School of Medicine

* Some videos have been edited to protect unpublished data.

The 5th "Leprosy"

Friday, February 22, 2021 15: 30-16: 45

  • Aya Yajima World Health Organization Western Pacific Regional Office Neglected Tropical Diseases Specialist
  • Mr. Takahiro Minamisato Managing Director, Sasakawa Health Foundation
  • Takahisa Endo Professor Emeritus, Kumamoto Gakuen University

The 6th "Mycetoma"

Thursday, March 11, 2021 13: 30-14: 45

  • Satohide Yotsu, Visiting Associate Professor, Graduate School of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University
  • Midori Morioka DNDi Japan External Relations Senior Officer
  • Akemi Kita AAR Japan "Association for Aid and Relief" Program Manager
  • Daisuke Imoto GHIT Fund External Affairs & Cooperate Development Vice President
  • Mr. Takayuki Hibane Deputy General Manager, Sustainability Department, Eisai Co., Ltd.
  • Aya Yajima World Health Organization Western Pacific Regional Office Neglected Tropical Diseases Specialist

Spin-off project ① "NTDs in Asia"

Friday, July 2, 2021 15: 30-17: 00

  • Aya Yajima World Health Organization Western Pacific Regional Office Neglected Tropical Diseases Specialist
  • Nobuo Saito Lecturer, Department of Microbiology, Oita University School of Medicine
  • Kazuko Miyamoto Professor, Department of Nursing, Graduate School of Comprehensive Research, University of Yamanashi

Spin-off project ② "NTDs in the Pacific region"

Tuesday, July 20, 2021 12: 30-14: 00

  • Aya Yajima World Health Organization Western Pacific Regional Office Neglected Tropical Diseases Specialist
  • Ayumi Kobayashi Former JICA Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers
  • Junko Yoshizumi Yoshizumi Dermatology Clinic

 

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