the 2018 Global Health Diplomacy Workshop
The Department of Global Health Policy of The University of Tokyo (GHP), Institutefor Global Health Policy Research (iGHP) and the Human Resources Center forGlobal Health (HRC-GH) at the National Center for Global Health and Medicine will
jointly hold a three-day workshop with the theme of global health diplomacy foryoung and mid-career professionals.
What exactly are the diplomacy skills needed in the field of global health? How canyou obtain and utilize those skills?
In this workshop, we will have instructors not only from the ministries and globalhealth related agencies in Japan but also experts and government officials fromThailand and China. With their vast knowledge and worldly experience, theinstructors will give participants a holistic understanding of how global healthagendas are set and discussed at settings like the World Health Assembly (WHA) as
well as how each country prepares for these meetings. The participants will also
experience a mock WHA and learn how to create CVs through a career workshop.
Such a rare opportunity is not to be missed!
(This workshop is supported by the Health and Labour Sciences Research Grant)Dates

Monday, December 3rd, 9:00-17:00
Tuesday, December 4th, 9:00-17:00
Wednesday, December 5th, 9:00 – 12:00*Venue

Toshi Center Hotel
December 3 - 4: “Matsu-no-ma”, a small banquet hallDecember 5: Meeting room 706

Accesshttps://www.rihga.co.jp/toshicenter/access

FeeFree of charge

Seating Capacity

30 seats(Restricted to only those who can attend all three days of theworkshop. If the number of applications received exceeds thenumber of available seats, applicants will be screened basedon the Statement of Intent. Notice of acceptance will beemailed by Friday, November 16, 2018)

Language

English Only

Report on "Global Health Diplomacy Workshop" (December 03-05, 2018)
From 3rd to 5th of December, 2018, The Department of Global Health Policy (GHP)
within the University of Tokyo, and the Human Resources Strategy Center for GlobalHealth (HRC-GH) and the Institute of Global Health Policy Research (iGHP) at
National Center for Global Health and Medicine (NCGM), co-organized the 2018
Global Health Diplomacy Workshop.
Over the 2.5 days, 35 participants from a diverse set of background took part in thishands-on workshop to develop their understanding on the changing landscape ofglobal health as well as how World Health Assembly (WHA) is used as a platform toadvance global health agendas.
Resource persons from three countries of China, Thailand and Japan provided theparticipants with constructive feedback on how to effectively prepare for World
Health Assembly (WHA) and board meetings of international organizations.
Participants were given chances to conduct mock-WHA interventions andnegotiations to get a taste for the decision-making process at WHO. Through thisworkshop, the participants learned not only skills and knowledge necessary for
effective global health diplomacy, but also valuable skills that can be utilized inpolicy and elsewhere.

Resource persons:•Prof. Kenji Shibuya, Professor and Chair, Department of Global Health Policy(GHP), Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo; Director, Institutefor Global Health and Policy Research (iGHP), National Center for Global Healthand Medicine (NCGM)•Prof. Hiroki Nakatani, Professor to Global Initiatives, Keio University, Japan;
Director, Human Resource Strategy Center for Global Health, National Center for
Global Health and Medicine (NCGM); Board Chair, Global Health Innovation
Technology Fund (GHIT)•

Dr. Suwit Wibulpolprasert, Vice Chair, International Health Policy Program
Foundation; Vice Chair, Health Intervention and Technology Assessment
Foundation, Thailand•Prof. Churnrurtai Kanchanachitra, Professor, Institute for Population and Social
Research, Mahidol University, Thailand•

Dr. Warisa Panichkriangkrai, International Health Policy Program, Ministry ofPublic Health, Thailand•

Mr. Charlie Garnjana-Goonchorn, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Thailand•

Dr. Kun Tang, Department of Global Health, Peking University School of PublicHealth, China•

Dr. Hiroyuki Hori, Ministry of Health, Larbour and Welfare (MHLW), Japan•Mr. Hideaki Nishizawa, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW), Japan•Ms. Emiko Nishimura, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Japan