Global Health
Diplomacy Workshop 2021

Book of Abstracts

Date: 18-19, December
Venue: Zoom Meeting & AP Higashi-Shinjuku
Institute for Global Health Policy Research,
National Center for Global Health and Medicine(NCGM)
MAIL: ighp_event@hosp.ncgm.go.jp

Overview<Purpose>In the 2021 Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare's Health and Labour Sciences Research
Grant "Study for the Establishment of Strategic and Effective Intervention Methodologies
for International Conferences (20BA1002)," the research team aims to analyze the history
behind current issues in global health, examine global health diplomacy trends of Japanand other nations, establish strategic intervention methodologies for Japan, and develop
an effective global health diplomacy educational program. In addition, the research teamaims to work with the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW), Ministry of Foreign
Affairs (MOFA), Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), and other global healthpolicy organizations and research institutions overseas to develop more realistic andeffective interventions, as well as educational materials and training programs. Amidst thegeopolitical changes caused by the global pandemic of a novel coronavirus disease (COVID19), there is an urgent need to cultivate human resources who can advocate for global
health at the global level in harmony with international and national interests. This
workshop was designed and will be implemented to help achieve such goals.

<Target audience>
The workshop is open to young and mid-level public and private sector practitioners whoare planning to participate in a governing body meeting of international organizations andhave little experience in such international meetings.
Possible affiliations include MHLW, MOFA, JICA, NCGM, universities, think tanks, NGOs, etc.
Expect number of participants: 20 participants and observers (both on a recommendationbasis)<Objectives and Goals>
In order to develop human resources who can strategically intervene in the discussion of
global health issues and effectively advocate Japan's position at the World Health
Assembly and other international conferences, the following educational objectives havebeen established
1. Understand governance in international organizations (UN, UN specialized agencies,
partnerships).
2. Understand the pre-conference national coordination and conference preparation
process.
3. Understand the standard rules for international meetings.
4. To be able to speak effectively at international meetings.
5. Acquire techniques for reflecting one's own arguments in international conference
decision-making
6. Nourish an attitude for harmonizing international and national interests
7. Understand the unspoken rules/tactics international conferences

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Overview<Date and time>
December 18-19, 2021
<Style>Online lecture and in-person roleplay exercise<Venue>Afternoon only on both days:
AP Higashishinjuku
Tokyu Stay Shinjuku Eastside 3F,
2-3-24 Kabukicho, Shinjukuku, 1600021, Japan<Language>
Sessions with only Japanese instructors will be conducted in Japanese, andsessions involving overseas instructors will be conducted in English. (Simultaneousinterpretation will not be provided.)<Workshop Contents>
1. Overview on global health diplomacy
 The Case of Japan and Thailand
2. Resolution-making process and effective interventions (interventions,speaking methods)
 How to read the resolution documents
 How to prepare for an effective intervention
i. Examples from Japan and Thailand Practicing Intervention
3. How to take the initiative in negotiations
 Learning from past negotiation cases and personal experiences ofresource persons* As part of the research, we will ask for feedbacks from the participants as toevaluate our curriculum.

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Course Schedule Overview

Day 1, Saturday, 18 December 2021
Online (9:00-11:40) & On-Site (13:00-17:00)
Time

Session Tittle

Speakers

8:50-9:00

Sign-in on zoom online

9:00-9:30*Self-introduction and course objectives

Prof. Hiroyasu Iso (Japan)

9:30-10:25*World Health Organization and its role in global
health governance (lecture)*Q&A in JapaneseProf. Hiroki Nakatani (Japan)

10:25-10.45*Overview of global health diplomacy (lecture)*Q&A in English

Prof. Suwit Wibulpolprasert &Dr. Attaya Limwattanayingyong (Thailand)*Preparing for WHA and drafting of interventions 1(lecture)

Dr. Warisa Panichkriangkrai (Thailand)*Preparing for WHA and drafting of interventions 2(lecture)

Dr. Yui Sekitani (Japan)*Preparing for WHA and drafting of interventions 3(lecture)*Q&A in English/JapaneseDr. Haruka Sakamoto (Japan)

10:45-11:40

11:40-13:00

Travelling to the workshop venue

13:00-13:15

Briefing on role-play sessions

Dr. Tamami Umeda

13:15-15:40

Team deliberation (50 min)Bilateral meeting role-play (60 min)Team deliberation (35 min)Group facilitators

15:40-16:00

Break

16:00-16:40*Mock-up Session (Plenary #1)

Chair: Prof. Hiroki Nakatani
Feedback from resource persons

16:40-17:00

Team deliberation

Group facilitators*Sessions online by zoom
Red=Lectures in English; Purple = Roleplay sessions in English (Japanese language may be used occasionally)

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Day 2, Sunday, 19 December 2021
Online (8:50-11:30) & On-site (13:00-17:00)
Time

Session Tittle

Speakers

8:50-9:00*Recap of Day 1 (Online)

Dr. Eiko Saito

9:00-9:30*Using global health platforms and diplomacy todrive national interests (lecture)

Prof. Yasushi Katsuma (Japan)

9:30-10:25*Q&A in Japanese*Introduction to negotiations (lecture)*Q&A in English

10:25-10:35

Break

10:35-11:30*Real life negotiations: Case studies of difficult
negotiations (lecture)*Q&A in English

Mr. Charlie Garnjana-Goonchorn(Thailand)

Dr. Satoshi Ezoe (Japan)

11:30-13:00

Travelling to the workshop venue

13:00-13:20

Team deliberation

13:20-15:20*Mock-up Session (Working Group)

Chair Country: TBD
Feedback from resource persons

15:20-15:45

Break

Networking

15:45-16:30*Mock-up Session (Plenary #2)

Chair: Prof. Hiroki Nakatani
Feedback from resource persons

16:35-17:00

Wrap-upProf. Hiroyasu Iso*Sessions online by zoom
Red=Lectures in English; Purple = Roleplay sessions in English (Japanese language may be used occasionally)

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Speakers and Resource persons’ list
Dr. Suwit Wibulpolprasert（Thailand）
Vice Chair, International Health Policy Program Foundation （IHPF）, Health Intervention andTechnology Assessment Foundation （HITAF）, International Health Policy Program （IHPP Thailand）,
Ministry of Public Health, Thailand

Dr. Attaya Limwattanayingyong （Thailand）
Communicable Diseases Division, Department of Disease Control, Ministry of Public Health, Thailand

Dr. Warisa Panichkriangkrai（Thailand）
International Health Policy Program （IHPP Thailand）, Thailand

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

Dr. Satoshi Ezoe（Japan）
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan

Dr. Yui Sekitani（Japan）
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan

Prof. Kazuaki Miyashima（France）
Visiting Professor, Insutitue of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, Japan

Prof. Hiroyasu Iso（Japan）
Director, Institute for Global Health Policy Research （iGHP）,
National Center for Global Health and Medicine （NCGM）

Prof. Hiroki Nakatani（Japan）

Director, Human Resource Strategy Center for Global Health （HRC-GH）, NCGM

Prof. Yaushi Katsuma（Japan）
Director, Department of Global Health Affairs & Governance, iGHP, NCGM

Dr. Tamami Umeda（Japan）
Visiting researcher, iGHP, NCGM

Dr. Hidechika Akashi（Japan）
Director, Department of Health Planning and Management, NCGM

Dr. Kenichi Komada（Japan）
Assistant Director, Bureau of International Health Cooperation,
National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Japan （NCGM）

Dr. Haruka Sakamoto（Japan）
Associate professor at the Department of International Cooperation and Tropical Medicine,Tokyo Women’s Medical University

Dr. Mariko Hosozawa（Japan）
Senior Researcher, Department of Global Health Metrics and Evaluation, iGHP, NCGM

Dr. Eiko Saito（Japan）
Senior Research Fellow, iGHP, NCGM
*NCGM Secretariat will also participate to assist the operation during the workshop.
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Prof. Hiroki Nakatani

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Affiliation

Keio University Global Research InstituteProfileIn the past five years, Dr. Hiroki Nakatani has held academic positions in Japan as Project Professor at the
Global Research Institute of Keio University and Invited Professor at Osaka University Post Graduate School of
Medicine. He is the former Chair of the Executive Board, WHO. Currently, Dr.Nakatani also serves in various
national and international organizations as Chair, Board of Directors, Global Health Innovative Technology
Fund (GHIT Fund); Senior-Advisor, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia（ERIA）; Director,
Hub on Population Ageing, Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU); Member, Board of Directors,
National Center for Global Health and Medicine; and Director, Human Resource Strategy Center for Global
Health. He is a veteran public health specialist for over 40 years, who started his career at the Ministry of
Health, Labour and Welfare in Japan. He worked extensively in health policy, public health, international health,and health science and technology. His national career includes serving as Director-General of Health andWelfare Services in Hiroshima Prefecture, where he was in charge of integrating health and welfare services in
preparation for the arrival of a rapidly ageing society.
Regarding international career, he served the WHO Headquarters twice. From March 2007 to May 2015, heserved as Assistant Director-General of WHO, leading the largest technical cluster of HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis,
Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases. Dr. Nakatani received his MD from Keio University School of
Medicine, MHPEd from the University of New South Wales, and a Ph.D. from Keio University.

Lecturesummary

The first session, "WHO and its role in global health governance, " aims to achieve the following objectives：(1) to understand global health's complex architecture with special attention to UN agencies' roles, particularly
WHO; (2) to understand the governance and operation style in different organizations, i.e., intergovernmentalorganizations and partnerships; (3) to gain practical skills to be an influential contributor in governing bodymeetings. This starts by analyzing the massive volume of background paper in a relatively short time.
Participants are invited to visit the WHO governing bodies website (Ref.2) before coming to class. This
experience will make participants miserable initially, but after the session, everyone will feel encouraged.
The second session, Mockup intervention, aims at being an influential contributor in the official meeting. The
four-step approach will be practiced; (1) Reviewing the background paper; (2) Digesting the instruction givenby the Government after inter-ministerial discussion; (3) Drafting intervention and making actual intervention
to fellow participants. At each step, there are seasoned hints and skills. They are shared, and Mock interviews
enable participants to improve each one's intervention by practice and constructive comments among fellow
participants.

Reading list

1.
2.
3.
4.

WHO: Basic Document Forty-ninth Edition,2020 https://apps.who.int/gb/bd/pdf_files/BD_49th-en.pdf
WHO: Governing Bodies website https://apps.who.int/gb/gov/
United Nations: Model United Nations
https://www.un.org/en/node/44583/book
グローバル・クラスルーム日本委員会： 模擬国連マニュアル http://jcgc.accu.or.jp/manual.pdf

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Dr. Suwit Wibulpolprasert

Affiliation

International Health Policy Program, Bangkok

ProfileDr. Suwit Wibulpolprasert is a public health specialist, administrator and policy advocate at national and global
level. He began his career as a Director and practitioner in rural areas and has various technical and administrative
experience in Thai FDA, the Bureau of Health Policy and Plan, Deputy Permanent Secretary and the senior expert
in Disease Control.
He has been proactively working in public health area more than 3 decades from the grass root to the highest
policy level. In parallel with working for the development of health in country, he is one of global health leader
who is well-known in the public eye as the fore front fighter to protect the benefit of the poors. At present, he is
the Board Member of the National Health Security Office, the National Electronics and Computer Technology
Center, and the National Nanotechnology Centre, the member of the National Science and Technology
development committee.
Dr. Suwit is also the Vice Chair of the International Health Policy Program Foundation (IHPF) and the HealthIntervention and Technology Assessment Foundation (HITAF), the chair of the Yothi Medical Innovation District,
the Chair of the Institute for the Development of Human Research Protections Foundation (IHRPF), and the Chairof the Health and Society Creation Foundation.
Dr. Suwit is one of the most experienced health system specialist and has involved and contributed in Thailand’s
health system development for decades. He always reiterates that health systems can become more equitable,
inclusive and fair through primary health care strengthening. Clear evidences from many developed countries tellus that we are now in the right direction to focus on primary health care, not the institutional care. The success is
not all about money but the most important is the heart and the spirit of the health personnel.

Lecturesummary

Dr. Suwit associates the session with Dr. Attaya Limwattanayingyong.
The session will start with current role of Thailand in global health. (in various platforms and issues) How Thailand
come thus far? (as a global health leader)In this part, we will reveal the landscape of the health sector players and health system in Thailand. How thedomestic health system successfully developed in parallel with our investment in global health capacity building.
To build up and strengthen GH capacities, we use INNE model. (Individual/Node/Network/Environment)
We continue strengthening GH capacity of public health practitioners, inter-sectoral partners and members of civilsociety and private sectors by using WHO governing bodies, and other GH forum, as real-life practising platforms.
We have been engaged in global policy formulation and practising negotiations in all GH forums. Furthermore we
realise the importance of long term sustainability of the GH development, we institutionalize and establish GH
network among MOPH, universities, PH agencies and other sectors (MFA, MOC)

Reading list

1.
2.
3.

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UNDP. (1997). Capacity Development. New York: UNDP.
Limwattanayingyong A, Thailand and its Development of Global Health System. In: Rojanapithayakorn W,
editors. Thailand Health Profile.2016-2017. Bangkok: Sangchan Publishing; 2017. p. 269-298.
Tiantong S, Limwattanayingyong A, Wibulpolprasert S, Vedrasco L, Kertesz D. Towards optimal collaboration:
reforming the WHO country cooperation strategy in Thailand. Bull World Health Organ 2019;97:642–644.

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Dr. Attaya Limwattanayingyong

Affiliation

International Health Policy Program, Bangkok

ProfileDr. Attaya Limwattanayingyong is the Assistant Director of the Division of the Communicable diseases, DDC,
Thailand. She is now responsible for COVID 19 response in strategic advisory group and the member of MOPH
COVID 19 Vaccine Procurement Committee. Trained in Pediatrics and Master of Science in clinical epidemiology.
She served five years as a pediatrician and then moved to work in public health area specialized in immunization
field, policy development, health system and global health.
She has a wide variety of experience in immunization from vaccine policy at national level to the implementationin the field as the national EPI manager and deputy director of the National Vaccine Institute.
She also has experiences in policy development and health system, for example, the development of new vaccine
introduction mechanism of Thailand, health system reform, pandemic preparedness and disaster management,
Thailand's innovative model of WHO-CCS. In 2018-2019, she was seconded to WHO by Thai government astechnical advisor to share Thailand’s experiences in health system development, support other countries in
implementing UHC and support global movement on UHC to the UNGA.
Apart from her expertise in immunization, policy development and health system, she has been working on global
health policies and global health capacity building for several years actively involved in many global health policy
platforms (UNGA, WHA, EB, ASEAN, G7, PMAC) as the ministry team leader and country delegation. She also
served as national manager of Thailand’s global health strategy and WHO-CCS program of global health diplomacy.
She has been contributing for global health capacity building program of Thailand and some Asian countries as acoach for novices and course director/manager. (Global Health Diplomacy Program, Training of the Trainer,
Speech writer, Global Health Scholar, mentoring system for WHA and other GH platforms).

Lecturesummary

Dr. Attaya associates the session with Dr. Suwit Wibulpolprasert.
The session will start with current role of Thailand in global health. (in various platforms and issues) How Thailand
come thus far? (as a global health leader)In this part, we will reveal the landscape of the health sector players and health system in Thailand. How thedomestic health system successfully developed in parallel with our investment in global health capacity building.
To build up and strengthen GH capacities, we use INNE model. (Individual/Node/Network/Environment)
We continue strengthening GH capacity of public health practitioners, inter-sectoral partners and members ofcivil society and private sectors by using WHO governing bodies, and other GH forum, as real-life practising
platforms. We have been engaged in global policy formulation and practising negotiations in all GH forums.
Furthermore we realise the importance of long term sustainability of the GH development, we institutionalize
and establish GH network among MOPH, universities, PH agencies and other sectors (MFA, MOC)

Reading list

1.
2.
3.

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UNDP. (1997). Capacity Development. New York: UNDP.
Limwattanayingyong A, Thailand and its Development of Global Health System. In: Rojanapithayakorn W,
editors. Thailand Health Profile.2016-2017. Bangkok: Sangchan Publishing; 2017. p. 269-298.
Tiantong S, Limwattanayingyong A, Wibulpolprasert S, Vedrasco L, Kertesz D. Towards optimal collaboration:
reforming the WHO country cooperation strategy in Thailand. Bull World Health Organ 2019;97:642–644.

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Dr. Warisa Panichkriangkrai

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Affiliation

Researcher : International Health Policy Program, Ministry of Public Health, Thailand
Deputy Director: Global Health Division, Ministry of Public Health, Thailand

ProfileDr. Warisa Panichkriangkrai is a researcher at International Health Policy Program (IHPP), Ministry of Public Health,Thailand. She served as dentist at a district hospital in rural area where she gained excessive experience on healthsystem at ground root level for 6 years. She then decided to enroll for the Master degree in Public Health at
Mahidol University in 2007.
In late 2009, Dr.Warisa joined IHPP as young fellow and was awarded the WHO fellowship in 2010 for her PhD at
the London School of Hygiene&Tropical Medicine, University of London, United Kingdom. Her thesis topic was“teenage pregnancy in Thailand”.
After received PhD in 2014, she has involved with health system research. She is now working on health policy andsystem research fellowship which aims to boost capacity of young Thai researchers to generate evidence for policy
makers. Another working area is global health. She is the program manager of WHO Country Cooperation Strategy
on Global Health Diplomacy (CCS-GHD) which one of its focusing areas is capacity building on global health to Thaiand international partners. The annual Global Health Diplomacy workshop is one of key activities under CCS-GHD.

Lecturesummary

Forming national positions: This session will focus on the process in developing national position which includes
finding inputs, forming position and developing statement to be delivered at the global platform based on
Thailand’s experience.

Reading list

Special procedures, EXECUTIVE BOARD (Special session on the COVID-19 response)
https://apps.who.int/gb/ebwha/pdf_files/EBSS5/EBSS5_4-en.pdf

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Dr. Yui Sekitani

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Affiliation

Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare

ProfileDr. Sekitani has more than 10 years of experience in public health, clinical practice, research, and public
administration. She has been working on global health affairs, including coordination between the Japanese
government and the WHO, other international agencies and countries. She also has served as the coordinator for
global health crisis at the health ministry responding to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. Prior to her career as apublic officer, she was a consultant at the World Health Organization. She received her MD from Juntendo
University, MPH from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, MPA from UC Berkeley Goldman School of Public
Policy, and a PhD from Nagasaki University.

Lecturesummary

The lecture aims to understand Japan’s preparation process for the WHO’s governing body meetings and gain
practical skills to make an effective intervention at these meetings. The preparation includes consultation withstakeholders to develop a national position and a statement. Participants are invited to visit the WHO governing
bodies website and watch recorded sessions.

Reading list

1.

Seventy-fourth World Health Assembly Documents Website
https://apps.who.int/gb/e/e_wha74.html

2.

Seventy-fourth World Health Assembly Recorded Sessions Website
https://www.who.int/about/governance/world-health-assembly/seventy-fourth-world-health-assembly

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Dr. Haruka Sakamoto

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Affiliation

Tokyo Women’s Medical University

ProfileHaruka SAKAMOTO, MD MPH, PhD, is a primary care physician and associate professor at the Department ofInternational Cooperation and Tropical Medicine, Tokyo Women’s Medical University. She got her M.D from
Sapporo Medical University and worked as a physician at St Luke’s International Hospital in Tokyo for several
years. She then got a scholarship from the World Bank and got her MPH at the Harvard T.H Chan School of
Public Health. From 2011-2013 and 2016, she worked at the international cooperation department, Ministryof Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan, where she was deeply involved in health policy activities in Japan. As
part of the work, she participated in WHO meetings, G7 meetings, and bilateral cooperation activities
through JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency). She recently got PhD from University of Tokyo, andshe’s also currently working at Gates Foundation Tokyo Office, and World Health Organization as aconsultant, and Department of Global Health Policy, Graduate School of Medicine, the University of Tokyo as
a project researcher. Her current research focuses on health system strengthening, health care financing, andpolitics in global health.

Lecturesummary

Many people are unfamiliar with an intervention at international conferences and have no idea what is the"format" of an intervention. In this lecture, I will show you what to include in your intervention, starting withthe format of interventions you should make at international conferences (mainly at the WHO meetings). On
the other hand, I will tell you about some bad things you better not to say (don't).

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Prof. Yaushi Katsuma

Affiliation

Institute for Global Health Policy Research (iGHP),
National Center for Global Health and Medicine (NCGM)

ProfileYasushi KATSUMA is Director of the Department of Global Health Affairs & Governance at the Institute for
Global Health Policy Research (iGHP) in the National Center for Global Health & Medicine (NCGM), Japan. He
is also Professor in the International Studies Program of the Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies (GSAPS)
at Waseda University in Tokyo, while serving the University as a member of its Board of Trustees. He is also
Professor and Co-Director of the Master’s Program in Global Leadership at Vietnam-Japan University (VJU) in
Hanoi. In addition, he is Visiting Professor at the United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Studyof Sustainability (UNU-IAS).
Prior to the current positions, Prof. KATSUMA worked for the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF),
based in Mexico, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Tokyo.
Prof. KATSUMA received his Ph.D. (Development) from the College of Agricultural & Life Sciences in the
University of Wisconsin-Madison; LL.M. & LL.B. from Osaka University; and B.A. from International Christian
University, after studying at the University of California-San Diego.
Prof. KATSUMA's areas of expertise are global health affairs and governance, human security and childrights. His recent publications include the following: Leave No One Behind: Time for Specifics on the
Sustainable Development Goals (Brookings Institution Press, 2019; co-authored); “Next steps towards
universal health coverage call for global leadership,” The BMJ (2019; 365: l2107; co-authored); "Challenges inachieving the Sustainable Development Goal on good health and well-being: Global health governance as an
issue for the means of implementation," Asia-Pacific Development Journal (Vol.23, No.2, 2016; co-authored).

Lecturesummary

The World Health Organization (WHO) is a major UN specialized agency that supports inter-governmental
arenas for global health diplomacy. However, as we face more complex challenges brought by COVID-19,
other inter-governmental organizations are increasingly involved in global health issues. In this lecture, wewill review some contemporary global health issues that are negotiated at other inter-governmentalorganizations, in partnership with the WHO. We will review issues such as (1) infectious disease outbreaks oninternational ships, (2) the proposal for intellectual property waiver during the pandemic at the World Trade
Organization (WTO)-TRIPS, and (3) the one health approach jointly taken by the WHO, the World
Organization for Animal Health (OIE) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO).

Reading list

1.
2.
3.

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Katsuma, Yasushi. (2021), "Global health governance issues to be addressed jointly by Japan andGermany," JDZB ECHO, 136, September, pp.1-2.
https://jdzb.de/en/mediacenter/echo/136
Katsuma, Yasushi. (2019), “Global health diplomacy to promote universal health coverage at the 2019
Osaka G20 Summit,” AJISS-Commentary, No.275, (September).
https://www2.jiia.or.jp/en_commentary/201909/27-1.html
城山英明編著（2020）『グローバル保健ガバナンス』東信堂．

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Mr. Charlie Garnjana-Goonchorn

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Affiliation

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Thailand

ProfileDr. Charlie Garnjana-Goonchorn joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 2007. He started his career working
at the Treaty Division overseeing various aspects of Thailand’s treaty making process. During his post at thePermanent Mission of Thailand to the UN in Geneva, he was in charge of extensive areas of work, including
those within the purview of WHO and UNCTAD. After returning to Thailand in 2017, he has played a key rolein several international disputes involving the Royal Thai Government, in addition to providing legal advice
related to international trade, investment treaties, dispute settlement mechanisms and arbitration.

Lecturesummary

The lecture will run through the basic principles of negotiation, explore how to use negotiation skills in a
multilateral context especially in Global Health Diplomacy. The lecture will also highlight what negotiators
should be looking out for, what are the usual traps, and how to address them.

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Dr. Satoshi Ezoe

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Affiliation

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Japan

ProfileDr. Satoshi Ezoe currently serves as Director, Global Health Policy Division, International Cooperation Bureau,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), since August 2020. Prior to joining MOFA, he was engaged in health careand public health policy in the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan, including in the areas ofglobal health, universal health insurance system, non-communicable diseases including mental health andcancer control. He was seconded to UNAIDS Headquarters in Geneva (2009-2012). He was the first appointed
Senior Coordinator for Global Health (2015- 2017), where he was involved in the WHO emergency reform,
coordinating health agendas for the G7 Ise-Shima Summit in 2016. He was most recently Counsellor of thePermanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations (2017-2020), where he was instrumental in facilitating UN
General Assembly High-Level Meetings on tuberculosis (2018) and universal health coverage (2019). He is a
Medical Doctor with PhD, and received Master of Public Health and Master in Public Administration from theHarvard University.

Lecturesummary

On 23 September 2019, world leaders at the United Nations (UN) General Assembly High-Level Meeting on
Universal Health Coverage unanimously approved the Political Declaration of the High-Level Meeting on
Universal Health Coverage, described by UN Secretary-General António Guterres as “the mostcomprehensive agreement ever reached on global health”. This historic agreement reiterates a number ofkey principles, including the importance of health for implementation of all the goals and targets of the 2030
Agenda for Sustainable Development. World leaders recommitted themselves to achieving universal healthcoverage by 2030 and to scaling up global efforts to build a healthier world for all. The high-level meetingand its political declaration were the result of a series of concerted multi-stakeholder efforts. This lecture
explains the relevant processes as a case study from the point of view of a key negotiator who were closely
involved in the planning and negotiations that led to this landmark agreement.
Also, the COVAX AMC Summit co-hosted by the Government of Japan and Gavi on June 2nd 2021 might betouched upon. Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide co-chaired the meeting with Mr. José Manuel Barroso, Gavi
Board Chair, and Foreign Minister Motegi Toshimitsu took the role of facilitator during the Summit. This
Summit was organized to raise additional funding to secure necessary vaccines for developing countries by
the end of 2021, in order to ensure through the COVAX Facility equitable access to safe, effective and qualityassured vaccines thereby overcoming the COVID-19 pandemic.

Reading list

Essential:
1. Satoshi Ezoe, et.al. (2021) “The Political Declaration of the High-Level Meeting on Universal Health
Coverage (2019): Negotiating the most comprehensive agreement ever reached on global health”, A
GUIDE TO GLOBAL HEALTH DIPLOMACY, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies.
(PP. 235-252) https://www.graduateinstitute.ch/sites/internet/files/2021-02/GHC-Guide.pdf
2. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s participation in the UN High-Level Meeting on Universal Health Coverage(UHC)
English: https://www.mofa.go.jp/ic/ghp/page6e_000218.html
Japanese: https://www.mofa.go.jp/mofaj/ic/ghp/page4_005303.html

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Reading list

3.

Political declaration of the high-level meeting on universal health coverage, Universal health coverage:
moving together to build a healthier world
English: https://undocs.org/en/A/RES/74/2
Japanese: http://kyokuhp.ncgm.go.jp/topics/2020/UN_UHC_J_2020925.pdf
4. Outcome of the COVAX AMC Summit. MOFA. June 3, 2021
English: https://www.mofa.go.jp/ic/ghp/page1e_000326.html
Japanese: https://www.mofa.go.jp/mofaj/page1_000979.html
5. Dr. EZOE Satoshi. “Toward New Solidarity in Global Health: Universal Health Coverage and Reform at theWHO” No.67, Diplomacy Oct. 27, 2021
https://www.japanpolicyforum.jp/pdf/2021/no67/DJweb_67_dip_02.pdf
Japanese: 江副聡（2021） 「国際保健をめぐる新たな連帯へ ユニバーサル・ヘルス・
カバレッジとWHO改革」 『雑誌 外交』 Vol.65 Jan./Feb. 2021
http://www.gaiko-web.jp/test/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Vol65_p100105_New_solidarity_over_international_health.pdf
6. Japanese: 馬渕俊介、江副聡（2021）「「パニック&ネグレクト」 を繰り返すな ―ワクチンへの公平なアクセスに向けた国際的展開」 『雑誌 外交』 Vol.69 Sep./Oct. 2021
http://www.gaiko-web.jp/test/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Vol69_p110117_Do_not_repeat_Panic_and_neglect.pdf
Key Resources
UNGA HLM on UHC:
https://www.un.org/pga/73/event/universal-health-coverage/
https://www.uhc2030.org/un-hlm-2019/
COVAX AMC Summit:
Recording of the Summit
https://www.gavi.org/gavi-covax-amc-summit-2021
Summary:
https://www.gavi.org/vaccineswork/world-leaders-and-private-sector-commit-protecting-vulnerablecovid-19-vaccines
Recommended:
1. Address by Prime Minister Suga at the Seventy-Sixth Session of the United Nations General Assembly.
MOFA. September 24, 2021
English: https://www.mofa.go.jp/fp/unp_a/page4e_001176.html
Japanese: https://www.mofa.go.jp/mofaj/fp/unp_a/page4_005422.html
2.

H. Sakamoto, S. Abe, S. Ezoe. Abe’s legacy – Japan’s contribution to global health. October 30, 2020,
BMJ GH Blogs
https://blogs.bmj.com/bmjgh/2020/10/30/abes-legacy-japans-contribution-to-global-health/3.

Abe S. Japan's vision for a peaceful and healthier world. Lancet. 2015 Dec 12;386(10011):2367-9(English/Japanese) https://www.mofa.go.jp/ic/ghp/page18e_000126.html

4.

Approval of Basic Design for Peace and Health (Global Cooperation). MOFA. September 11, 2015
(English/Japanese) https://www.mofa.go.jp/ic/ghp/page22e_000761.html

5.

Kotono Hara, Satoshi Ezoe. Why does global health matter to diplomacy? Global Health Governance,
Vol. XIII, No. 1 (SPRING 2019)http://blogs.shu.edu/ghg/files/2019/11/Spring-Fall-2019-Issue.pdf#page=23

As available:
江副聡（2020） 「６章 UHC主流化に向けた国際動向と日本の取組み」、
城山英明編 『グローバル保健ガバナンス』 東信堂

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