ACTIVITIES and PROGRAMS in FY2024※

1. General Goal
The Japan Public Health Association (JPHA) is a non-profit foundation devoting topromotion of public health and improvement of healthy life of the Japanese people. The
activities and programs of JPHA areas follows;- to conduct researches on public health measures- to encourage and subsidize public health researches- to coordinate activities of public health related organizations- to host academic meetings and conduct training courses- to disseminate public health information- to publish books and journals on public health- to conduct other programs in order to achieve the goals of JPHA

2. Award CeremonyAward Ceremony by President of Japan Public Health Association for the persons who
receive President’s Award for their contributions to the development of public healthservice in a community.
The number of the participants is about 2,000.
The Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare, the Chairman of JPHA and the Chairmanof the National Federation of Community Health will give commendations.
Commemorative lectures and symposia on community health, health promotion andenvironmental health will be held.

3. Publication① Monthly Bulletin ”Public Health Information”
JPHA publishes the monthly bulletin, “Public Health Information” aiming at publichealth professionals.
From April 2024 through March 2025

※② Publication of Books
JPHA publishes books related to public health, for example,“Handbook of thePrevention of Communicable Diseases”, “Prevention and Control of Seasonal Influenza
with Vaccines” etc...

4. Dissemination and Enlightening Activities of Public Health Knowledge
The Provision of Community Health Information by the Internet
The community health information is provided to the community health professionals
by the internet.
The homepage address of JPHA is http://www.jpha.or.jp/

5. International Activities① JPHA cooperates with the World Federation of Public Health Associations (WFPHA)
as its member.
② JPHA dispatches participants to the Annual Meeting of the World Federation of Public
Health Associations (WFPHA). (Digital Meeting)③ JPHA will dispatch some public health doctors investigate the public health andmedical situation in Vietnam.
④ JPHA collects and exchanges the latest information on public health in the foreigncountries

6. Coordination and Cooperation with the Relevant Organizations
The administrative managements of the following relevant organizations are entrusted
to JPHA, and the coordination and cooperation with other organizations are alsoconducted.
- Japanese Society of Public Health- Japanese Association of Health Directors of Prefectural Governments- Japanese Association of Public Health Center Directors- Japanese Association of Chief Public Health Nurses of Public Health Centers

- Japanese Federation of Chief Mental Health and Welfare Centers- Japanese Association of Public Health Center Registered Dietician

7. Survey and Research Programs on Public Health
Programs under the subsidy of Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare

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JPHA has established the Comprehensive Community Health Promotion Committee
to promote the community health activities through the following programs.
(1) Comprehensive Research Program on Community HealthIn order to promote the comprehensive and effective community health activities,
the nationwide objective survey of the needs for community health activities, the testof their validity and the dissemination of their outcomes have been conducted since
1994 under the cooperation with such nationwide organizations as the Japanese
Association Health Directors of Prefectural Governments, the Japanese Association ofPublic Health Center Directors, the Japanese Association of Chief Public Health Nursesof Public Health Centers, the Japanese Federation of Chief Mental Health and Welfare
Centers and Japanese Association of Public Health Center Registered Dietician.
(2) Planning and Training Programs
JPHA plans and implement trainings for the personnel in health, medical services
and welfare services. This program includes the assistance training for the municipal
health centers, the community health personnel training of the medical system reform,
the trainings for public health nurses in the community, and the training for the headsof public health nurses.
(3) Provision of Health Information
JPHA provides the comprehensive community health information, for example, theprovision of the literatures relating to the community health, and the information
dissemination of the unique activities of community health.

Programs entrusted by Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare and Prefectures

Ⅱ(1) Aid to the atomic bombed victims living abroad for their health promotion and medicalcare (entrusted by the governments of Hiroshima Prefecture and Nagasaki Prefecture).
(2) Aid to dispatch the specialists (DHEAT: Disaster Health Emergency Assistance Team)and (IHEAT: Infectious Disease Health Emergency Assistance Team) of Public Healthto the local government and give training them as part of disaster prevention measures.
・JPHA assists the government in coordination the dispatch of DHEAT (Disaster HealthEmergency Assistance Team) and public health nurse team.
・ JPHA manages the national DHEAT council and regional DHEAT councils tostrengthen cooperation among local governments across a wide area.
・JPHA manages and operates the DHEAT dispatch coordination system and the widearea public health nurse and others dispatch coordination system.
・JPHA manages and operates the IHEAT operation support system, and plans andimplements training for DHEAT, IHEAT and others, and develops training materials.

8. Management of “Ko-Shu-Eisei Building”
JPHA operates the management and maintenance of the “Ko-Shu-Eisei Building.”