MEJ NEWS：The 1st Africa-Japan PPM

Africa-Japan
Public-Private
Joint Mission
November 2019
Group photo at the Symposium
In November 2019, the Ministry of Economy,
Trade and Industry (METI) and Medical
Excellence JAPAN (MEJ) welcomed delegatesfrom Africa is the first Africa-Japan Public-Private
joint Mission(PPM) which held in Tokyo with anaim of establishing new partnerships, sharing
experiences and building awareness and visibilityof Japanese medical devices, services andtechnologies. The African delegation consisted ofthe representatives from both the Public andPrivate sectors of three countries; the Republic ofSouth Africa, the United Republic of Tanzania, andthe Republic of Kenya.

◆Program Overview-Date: November 5 – 7, 2019
-Place: Tokyo, Japan-Participants:【The Republic of South Africa】-Executive Vice President, Imperial Logistics
and Head of Healthcare Strategy, Dr. IainBarton【 The United Republic of Tanzania 】-Public-Private Partnerships Coordinator,
Dr. Mariam Ongara-Secretary General of Association of Private
Health Facilities in Tanzania and CEO of
Apollo Medical Centre, Dr. Nazir Arab
【The Republic of Kenya】-Minister for Health Services of Makueni
County, Dr. Andrew Mutava Mulwa-President of Kenya Medical Association,
Dr. Jacqueline Kitulu【16 Participating companies/Groups(In alphabetic order)】ALLM Inc./ARKRAY, Inc./Deloitte
Touche Tohmatsu LLC/Fujifilm Holdings
Corp./Human Life Management
Inc./Japan Strategic Capital Co., Ltd./
Lequio Power Technology Corp./ Life
Holdings Co., Ltd./NIHON KOHDEN
Corp./Ohara Pharmaceutical Co.,
Ltd./OLYMPUS Corp./PHC Holdings
Corp./QUNIE Corp./Ricoh Co., Ltd./SHIONOGI & CO., LTD./Terumo Corp.
【Government Agencies】
METI/Cabinet Secretariat(CAS)/JapanInternational Cooperation Agency/theSouth African Embassy in Japan/Embassyof the United Republic of Tanzania inJapan/Embassy of the Republic of Kenyain Japan【Affiliate groups/Speakers】
Japan Generic Medicines
Association(JGA)/Africa HealthBusiness/Professor of Department ofInternational Affairs and TropicalMedicine at Tokyo Woman’s Medical
University School of Medicine,Dr. Tomohiko Sugishita/Representative
for Africa at TOKUSHUKAI GENERALINCORPORATED ASSOCIATION,
Dr. Milanga Mwanatambwe

The 1st Africa-Japan Public-Private Joint Mission～Enhancing Mutual Understandings and Building Partnerships～◆Activities
Forum
On November 5, the Africa-Japan Public-Private
Joint Mission Forum was held at the National
Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation(Miraikan). In his keynote address, the CEO of MEJ,Dr. Kondo, presented the patient-centric policy andthe basic guidelines for conducting “RationalMedicine Initiatives” through the practice of"Regulatory Science". Under the overall theme“ContributingTowards
Universal
HealthCoverage(UHC)”, two sessions were held. During themorning session titled “Effective Public-PrivatePartnership (PPP) from Public Sector Perspective”,
representatives from Tanzania and Kenya shared an
overview of the current public health situation andpublic private partnerships from their countries.
During the afternoon session titled “Role of Private
Sector in UHC Achievement”, private sector
champions from the three countries representatives
shared their knowledge, opportunities andchallenges of doing healthcare business in Africawith the audience.

Delegates explored the ER and Education systems atTMUH, Hospital operations and activities of theInternational Medical Cooperation Bureau at NCGM,
and the divine surgical technique of ESD(Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection) at KEIO. The
fact finding tour and knowledge sharing experienceswere a key highlight for the Africa delegation torecognize the unique system of capacity building andhospital operations, the importance of early
detectionandtreatment,
Japan's
medicalcontributions to the continent.
In the afternoon, the delegates visited Terumo
Corporation's medical training facility (TerumoMedical Pranex) in Kanagawa Prefecture and toured
the facility. Lively discussions on capacity buildingand simulation training for medical systems wereheld.

South African Delegation visit to TMUH

(L-R) Dr. Tomohiko Sugishita, Dr. Andrew Mulwa &Dr. Mariam Ongara discuss the public health systems in Africa

Networking Lunch and DeviceExhibition
6 Japanese companies has the opportunity to showcase
their healthcare technologies and solutions to the Africa
delegation. The showcase was an opportunity to identify
potential channels of engaging both the public andprivate sectors to build the Africa-Japan health business
relationship. The exhibition took place during thenetworking lunch at the same venue.

PHC Holdings Corp., presenting their solutions to the Africa delegation

Visits to 3 hospitals in Tokyoand Terumo Medical Pranex
On the morning of November 6, the delegates visited
three hospitals each country separately; Tokyo
Medical University Hospital (TMUH), National
Center for Global Health and Medicine (NCGM), andKeio University Hospital (KEIO) for facility tours
and exchange of opinions.

Terumo leadership hosting the delegation at Terumo Medical Pranex

The delegates pays courtesy callon METI and meeting with JGA
On the morning of November 7th, the delegates paida courtesy call to METI. The Director of theHealthcare Industry Division; Mr. Nishikawa
presented on the issues and solutions for an aging
society, and from the Planning Officer of Cabinet
Secretariat Medical Strategy Office; Mr. Sasaki on
the principle of Africa Health and Wellbeing
Initiative. During the session, delegates from Africa
and Japan promoted intercultural dialogue andmutual understanding of future synergies and cooperations.
Subsequently, at the meeting with the Japan GenericPharmaceutical Association（JGA), the International
Activities of the Japanese Generic Pharmaceuticalcompanies
andtheactivities
ofOharaPharmaceutical Co., Ltd. in Africa were introduced,
and lively opinion exchanges were made regarding
the general conditions of the pharmaceutical marketsof the three countries.

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