Notice of hosting seminar for medical staff / media personnel

Vaccination and Communication～What are and are not properly informedby media and clinical experts?～
Vaccination is one of the vital primary prevention measures that protects individuals
from certain local and regional communicable diseases. While the knowledge andpractice of immunization has become widely available among the public, theirawareness of the importance of vaccination and potential threats of infectious
diseases has declined in recent years. As a result, our task of conveying necessaryand accurate information on vaccination to the public has become more challenging
than ever.
One of the problems over vaccination in today’s Japan has its roots in inaccurate
information circulating among the general public, information that is not scientifically
proved and yet covered by the media. This means evidence on the causalities andcorrelations between vaccination and various potential adverse events have notbeen clearly presented to the public. This may be due to the fact that the accurate
and precise information has not been properly provided by the medical
professionals, which makes it difficult for the public to obtain essential information.
On this special occasion, a group of world-renowned health experts are scheduled
to gather and discuss the current issues of vaccinations and their association withthe role the mass media and the medical experts can play in today’s society. We
hope this international seminar will be an opportunity to help facilitate fruitful
dialogues between the stakeholders.
We very much look forward to your participation.

Date

August 23, 2017
Seminar: 13:30~16:30 (Doors open at 13:00)
Reception: 16:30~17:00

Venue

Conference Hall (5th floor), Bureau of International
Cooperation, National Center for Global Health andMedicine (NCGM), Tokyo JAPAN

Theme

Vaccination and Communication～What are and are notproperly informed by media and clinical experts?～

Target audience

Participation is limited to health care professionals,
clinical researchers, journalists/news media
representatives, pharmaceutical industry
representatives, and the Japanese government
officials.

Seminar participation FeeFree

Note

Pre-registration is required.

※For those who would like to hold interview sessions, please contact the Public
Relations Department of the National Center for Global Health and Medicine.
Appointment can be made until the morning of August 23, 2017.
※There will be no English-Japanese simultaneous interpretation available,
however, partial interpretation will be provided as necessary during the discussion.
＜Lecturers＞
Moderator: Shuzo Kanagawa, MD (Director, the Vaccination Support Center,NCGM)
1) Lecture from the perspective of health care providers：Vaccinations and Support
system for vaccinees and their parents
2) Lecture from the perspective of health care providers：Providing support for
Women’s Health3) Lecture from the perspective of medical journalists4) Lecture from the perspective of the vaccinees and their parents：Available
information regarding vaccination＜Panel Discussion＞
What are and are not properly informed by media and clinical experts?
～In the context of HPV vaccine cases overseas～
Moderators:
Shuzo Kanagawa, MD (Director, the Vaccination Support Center, NCGM)
Sharon Hanley, PhD (Department of Women’s Health Medicine, School of Medicine,
Hokkaido University)Panelists:
Dr. Tanjin Dorji
Chief, Healthcare and Diagnostics Division, Department of Medical Services
Ministry of Health, Bhutan
Dr. Saidatul Norbaya Buang
Chief Senior Assistant Director, Family Health Development Division,
Ministry of Health, Malaysia
Associate Professor Julia M. L. Brotherton
Director, National HPV Vaccination Program Register,Victorian Cytology Service, Australia
Dr. Palle Valentiner-BranthHead of Surveillance, Dept. of Infectious Disease Epidemiology & Prevention,
Statens Serum Institut, Denmark
Dr. Brenda Corcoran
Director, National Immunisation Office,Health Service Executive, Ireland

Sponsorship

Vaccination Support Center, Disease Control and Prevention
Center (DCC), National Center for Global Health andMedicine (NCGM)
Institute for Global Health Policy Research (iGHP), Bureau ofInternational Health Cooperation, National Center for Global
Health and Medicine (NCGM)

In cooperation with

Department of Women’s Health Medicine, School of Medicine,
Hokkaido University
Japan Family Planning Association