Global Health
Diplomacy Workshop 2023

Book of Abstracts

Date: 16-17, December
Venue: Zoom Meeting & Institute forGlobal Health Policy Research,
National Center forGlobal Health and Medicine
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 2023 Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare's Health and Labour Sciences Research
Grant "Research on Senior-Level Career Development in International Organizations in the
Field of Global Health and Effective and Strategic Involvement in Governance Conferences(23BA2001)," the research team aims to establish strategic intervention methodologies forJapan, and develop an effective global health diplomacy educational program. In addition,
the research team aims to work with the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW),
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), andother global health policy organizations and research institutions overseas to develop
more realistic and effective interventions, as well as educational materials and training
programs. 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 recommendation basis)<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 established1.
Understand governance in international organizations (UN, UN specialized agencies,
partnerships).
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Understand the pre-conference national coordination and conference preparation
process.
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Understand the standard rules for international meetings.
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To be able to speak effectively at international meetings.
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Acquire techniques for reflecting one's own arguments in international conference
decision-making
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Nourish an attitude for harmonizing international and national interests
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Understand the unspoken rules/tactics international conferences

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Overview<Date and time>
December 16-17, 2023
<Style>Lecture and role-play exercise, both in-person<Venue>Institute for Global Health Policy Research, National Center for Global Healthand Medicine<Language>
Sessions with only Japanese instructors will be conducted in Japanese, andsessions involving overseas instructors will be conducted in English.
(Simultaneous interpretation will not be provided.)<Workshop Contents>
1. Overview on global health diplomacy
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 feedback from the participants toevaluate our curriculum.

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Course ScheduleDay 1, Saturday, 16 December 2023
Time

Session Title

8:50-9:00

Sign-in on zoom online

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

Prof. Hiroyasu Iso (NCGM)

9:30-10:15*World Health Organization and its role in global
health governance (lecture)*Q&A in JapaneseProf. Hiroki Nakatani (NCGM)

10:15-10:30

Break

10:30-11:10

Speakers*Preparing participation in an intergovernmental
meeting (lecture)*Q&A in Japanese*Intervention: dos and don’ts*Q&A in JapaneseProf. Kazuaki Miyagishima (France)
Dr. Haruka Sakamoto (Tokyo
Women’s Medical University)

11:10-11:50*WHO Global Code of Practice on International
Recruitment of Health Personnel*Q&A in Japanese

Dr. Shinjiro Nozaki (WHO/WPRO)

11:50-13:00

Lunch

Please bring your own lunch

13:00-13:15*Briefing on role-play sessions

Dr. Tamami Umeda

13:15-14:15

Team deliberation (60 min)Group facilitators

14:15-14:45*Mock-up Session (Plenary #1) (30 min)Chair: Prof. Hiroki Nakatani
Feedback from resource persons

14:45-15:15

Bilateral meetings (30 min)Group facilitators

15:15-17:00*Mock-up Session (Working Group #1)
Break during the session (10 min)Chair Country: TBD
Feedback from resource persons

17:00-18:00

交流会 & bilateral meetings if necessaryGroup facilitators*Sessions online by zoom
Red=Lectures in English; Purple = Roleplay sessions in English (Japanese language may be used occasionally)

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Course ScheduleDay 2, Sunday, 17 December 2022
Time

Session Title

Speakers

9:30-9:40

Recap of Day 1

Dr. Eiko Saito (NCGM)

9:40-10:20*Real-life negotiations: Case studies of difficult
negotiations (lecture)*Q&A in Japanese/English

Dr. Satoshi Ezoe (MOFA Japan)

10:20-10:30

Break

10:30-11:30*Introduction to negotiations (lecture)*Q&A in English

11:30-11:40

Break

11:40-12:20*Japan’s leadership and experience in G7
Hiroshima Summit and G7 Health Ministers’Meeting (lecture)*Q&A in Japanese

Dr. Tomoko Onoda(WHO Cambodia)

12:20-14:50

Working lunch
Team deliberation
Bilateral meetings

Group facilitators

14:50-15:00

Break

15:00-15:45*Mock-up Session (Working Group #2)

15:45-16:00

Team deliberation

16:00-16:45*Mock-up Session (Plenary #2)

Chair: Prof. Hiroki Nakatani
Feedback from resource persons

16:45-17:00*Wrap-up*Feedback Survey*Closing Remarks

Wrap-up (Dr. Umeda)
Feedback Survey (Dr. Saito)
Closing (Prof. Iso)Prof. Suwit Wibulpolprasert
Mr. Charlie GarnjanaGoonchorn (Thailand)

Chair Country: TBD
Feedback from resource persons*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
中谷比呂樹（Japan/日本）

Prof. Hiroki Nakatani

Director, Human Resource Strategy Center for Global Health (HRC-GH), NCGM
国立国際医療研究センター グローバルヘルス人材戦略センター(HRC-GH) センター長

Prof. Kazuaki MIYAGISHIMA

宮城島一明（France/フランス）

Visiting Professor, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, Japan
長崎大学 熱帯医学研究所 客員教授

Prof. Haruka Sakamoto

坂元晴香（Japan/日本）

Associate professor, Department of International Cooperation and Tropical Medicine,Tokyo Women`s Medical University
東京女子医科大学衛生学公衆衛生学講座 准教授

野崎慎仁郎（Philippine/フィリピン）Dr. Shinjiro NozakiCompliance and Risk Management officer, WHO Western Pacific Regional Office
世界保健機関 西太平洋地域事務所

Dr. Satoshi Ezoe 江副聡（Japan/日本）
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan外務省 国際協力局 国際保健戦略官

Dr. Suwit Wibulpolprasert（Thailand/タイ）
Vice Chair, International Health Policy Program Foundation (IHPF), Health Intervention and Technology
Assessment Foundation (HITAF), International Health Policy Program (IHPP Thailand), Ministry of Public Health,ThailandMr. Charlie Garnjana-Goonchorn（Thailand/タイ）
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Thailand

Ms. Tomoko Onoda

小野田知子（Cambodia/カンボジア）

Health Systems Coordinator, WHO Country Office in Cambodia
世界保健機関 カンボジア事務所 保健システムコーディネーター

Prof. Hiroyasu Iso

磯博康（Japan/日本）

Director, Institute for Global Health Policy Research (iGHP), National Center for Global Health and Medicine(NCGM)
国立国際医療研究センター(NCGM) 国際医療協力局グローバルヘルス政策研究センター(iGHP)
センター長

Dr. Tamami Umeda

梅田 珠実（Japan/日本）

Visiting researcher, iGHP, NCGM
国際医療協力局グローバルヘルス政策研究センター(iGHP) 客員研究員

Dr. Toshiaki Baba

馬場俊明（Japan/日本）

Assistant Director, Bureau of International Health Cooperation, NCGM
国際医療協力局 医師

Dr. Mariko Hosozawa 細澤麻里子（Japan/日本）
Senior Researcher, Department of Global Health Metrics and Evaluation, iGHP, NCGM
国際医療協力局グローバルヘルス政策研究センター(iGHP) 主任研究員

Dr. Eiko Saito

齋藤英子（Japan/日本）

Senior Research Fellow, iGHP, NCGM
国際医療協力局グローバルヘルス政策研究センター(iGHP) 上級研究員*NCGM Secretariats will also participate to assist the operation during the workshop.

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Prof. Hiroki NAKATANI

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Visiting Professor

Affiliation

Keio University Faculty of Medicine

ProfileIn the past seven years, Dr. Hiroki Nakatani has held academic positions in Japan as Visiting
Professor 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 Adviser(International Affairs) to the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare; Chair, Board of
Directors, Global Health Innovative Technology Fund (GHIT Fund); Senior-Advisor,
Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia（ERIA）; 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 scienceand technology. His national career includes serving as Director-General of Health andWelfare Services in Hiroshima Prefecture, where he was in charge of integrating health andwelfare services in preparation for the arrival of a rapidly ageing society.

Lecturesummary

The first session, “WHO and its role in global health governance, ” aims to achieve thefollowing objectives：(1) to understand global health‘s complex architecture with special
attention to UN agencies’ roles, particularly WHO; (2) to understand the governance andoperation style in different organizations, i.e., intergovernmental organizations andpartnerships; (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 following sessions, Mockup interventions, aim at being an influential contributor in theofficial meeting. The four-step approach will be practiced; (1) Reviewing the background
paper; (2) Digesting the instruction given by 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 by facilitators and among fellow participants.

Reading list

1. WHO: Basic Document Forty-ninth Edition,2020
https://apps.who.int/gb/bd/pdf_files/BD_49th-en.pdf
2. WHO: Governing Bodies website https://apps.who.int/gb/gov/
3. United Nations: Model United Nations https://www.un.org/en/mun/model-un-guide
4. 4. 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
5. http://jcgc.accu.or.jp/manual.pdf

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Prof. Kazuaki MIYAGISHIMA

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Visiting Professor

Affiliation

Nagasaki University

ProfileDr Kazuaki Miyagishima has extensive experience in health diplomacy, having served forover 20 years in international organizations such as FAO, OIE and WHO. Prior to hisinternational career, he was also a member of his national delegation to the WHO’s
regional committee, Executive Board and the World Health Assembly. In particular, as the
Secretary of the FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius Commission (2003-2009), he organizedover 20 international meetings every year and facilitated inter-country negotiations forinternational standard setting. He is fluent in French and English and is regularly
maintaining his knowledge in Spanish, Italian and German.

Lecturesummary

The Preamble of the Japanese Constitution (1946) states: “… We (the Japanese people)
desire to occupy an honored place in an international society designed and dedicated tothe preservation of peace, and the banishment of tyranny and slavery, oppression andintolerance, for all time from the earth. …” Well, then, what can you do in practice tooccupy such a place in the international community? By what means and how?
It is indeed important to voice what your concerns and what you want, and even more soto share a vision and build an alliance. But what if your vision is not shared with otheractors, or not even within your own country? Are you ready to fight in isolation? Or, areyou giving up? Is there a way in between? Good preparation at home, in advance of anegotiation, is a key to a successful outcome.

Reading list

https://www.indeed.com/career-advice/career-development/negotiation-skills(a site rich in information and tips, owned by Recruit Holdings Co.LTD)
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/341640882_Negotiation_skills( A good analytic overview on negotiation)
https://www.pon.harvard.edu/daily/international-negotiation-daily/interculturalnegotiation-does-the-batna-concept-translate/ (An article on BATNA in intercultural
settings)

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Dr. Haruka SAKAMOTO

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Dr.

Affiliation

Tokyo Women’s Medical University

ProfileHaruka SAKAMOTO, MD MPH, PhD, is a primary care physician and associate professor at
the Section of Global Health, Department of Hygiene and Public Health, Tokyo Women’s
Medical University. She got her M.D from Sapporo Medical University and worked as aphysician at St Luke’s International Hospital in Tokyo for several years. She then got ascholarship 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, Ministry of 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 got PhD from University of Tokyo in 2021, andshe’s also currently working at World Health Organization Western Pacific Regional Office
as a consultant, senior manager at Health and Global Policy Institute, senior fellow at
Tokyo Foundation for Policy Research, and Associate Member of the Science Council ofJapan (26th). Her current research focuses on health system strengthening, health carefinancing, and politics in global health.

Lecturesummary

Many people are unfamiliar with an intervention at international conferences and have noidea what is the "format" of an intervention. In this lecture, I will show you what to include
in your intervention, starting with the format of interventions you should make atinternational 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).

Reading list

https://www.indeed.com/career-advice/career-development/negotiation-skills(a site rich in information and tips, owned by Recruit Holdings Co.LTD)
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/341640882_Negotiation_skills( A good analytic overview on negotiation)
https://www.pon.harvard.edu/daily/international-negotiation-daily/interculturalnegotiation-does-the-batna-concept-translate/ (An article on BATNA in intercultural
settings)

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Dr. Shinjiro NOZAKI

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Compliance and Risk Management officer

Affiliation

WHO Western Pacific Regional Office

ProfileAfter graduating from Nishogakusha University in 1985, he joined the Japanese Red Cross
Society, and after being seconded to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, then, transferred his
status to the International Organization, Assistance Committee for the Former Soviet
Union, where he was in charge of humanitarian assistance in the field of healthcare to theformer Soviet Union in NIS assistance Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In August 1994,
he was moved to Japan International Corporation of Welfare Services which is semigovernmental organization of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. As the Director,
he managed all ODA projects in health field commissioned by the Ministry of Health,Labour and Welfare, including Japan's first project to accept nurses and care workers (inthe Philippines and Indonesia). In February 2009, he was appointed as Deputy Director andProfessor at Centre for International Collaborative Research of Nagasaki University andsupervised all international activities of Nagasaki University. He was subsequently
seconded to WHO in July 2011 by order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
After working at the Global Health Workforce Alliance as a liaison to the Chair (Deputy
Director for International Health, MHLW) for 4 years, he has been working on the reformof the WHO Kobe Centre as a Senior Advisor since July 2015, and has been in his current
position since May 2019. PhD candidate at Gunma University, School of Health Science.

Lecturesummary

There cannot be a health system without health workers. The quality and availability ofhealth workers in the right number and places determine a health system's overall
effectiveness and strength. Health workers are the cornerstone of any health system andservice delivery.
Health workers are central to attaining, sustaining, and accelerating progress on universal
health coverage (UHC) and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The COVID-19 pandemic exposed vulnerabilities in health systems and widespread andcontinued underinvestment in the health workforce. Investment in the health workforce
can yield far-reaching health, social, economic and security benefits for the 37 countries
and areas in the Western Pacific Region.
In the Region, the need to plan and manage a competent health workforce to adequately
respond to the changing population health needs is well recognized. To address theRegion’s challenges, the workforce envisioned for the future should be people-centred,
culturally sensitive, adaptive, skilled in digital health, able to work and learn in teams,
motivated and well-performing, and committed to professional development. The healthworkers also need to be protected, supported, and invested.

Reading list

Shaping a health workforce for the future
https://www.who.int/westernpacific/publications/m/item/WPR-2023-RDO-002

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Dr. Satoshi EZOE

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Director, Global Health Strategy Division

Affiliation

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Japan

ProfileDr. Satoshi Ezoe currently serves as Director, Global Health Strategy Division, International
Cooperation Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), since 2020, where he oversees andcoordinates Japan’s global health diplomacy and strategy, including COVID-19 response. He
is also cross appointed as Director at Headquarters for Healthcare Policy, Cabinet
Secretariat, since 2021. Prior to joining MOFA, he was engaged in health care and publichealth policy in the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan, including in the areasof global health, universal health insurance system, non-communicable diseases including
mental health and cancer 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 theG7 Ise-Shima Summit in 2016. He was most recently Counsellor of the Permanent Missionof Japan to the United Nations (2017-2020), where he was instrumental in facilitating UN
General Assembly High-Level Meetings on tuberculosis (2018) and universal healthcoverage (2019). He is a Medical Doctor with PhD, and received Master of Public Health and
Master in Public Administration from the Harvard University.

LecturesummaryThis lecture intends to share examples of key and difficult negotiations on global healthbased on hand-on experience by the presenter. These cases would include but not limited
to below:- G7 Hiroshima Summit/Nagasaki Health Minister’s Meeting- UNGA High-Level Meeting on UHC- COVAX AMC Summit 2021

Reading list

Suggested:
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. Fumio Kishida. Human security and universal health coverage: Japan's vision for the G7
Hiroshima Summit. Lancet. 2023 Jan 28;401(10373):246-247.

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3. Ezoe S, Hashimoto J, Nishida Y, Namikawa H, Yoneda M, et.al. Health outcomes of the G7
Hiroshima Summit: breaking the cycle of panic and neglect and achieving UHC. Lancet. 2023
Jun 24;401(10394):2091-2093
4. Dr. EZOE Satoshi. “Toward New Solidarity in Global Health: Universal Health Coverage andReform at the WHO” No.67, Diplomacy Oct. 27, 2021
https://www.japanpolicyforum.jp/pdf/2021/no67/DJweb_67_dip_02.pdf
5. 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
Cabinet Secretariat. The Global Health Strategy. May 24, 2022
English:https:
https://www.kantei.go.jp/jp/singi/kenkouiryou/en/pdf/final_GHS_outline.pdf
Japan: https://www.kantei.go.jp/jp/singi/kenkouiryou/senryaku/r040524global_health.pdf
Health, MOFA
English: https://www.mofa.go.jp/policy/health_c/index.html
Japanese: https://www.mofa.go.jp/mofaj/gaiko/hoken.html
Prime Minister KISHIDA Fumio’s participation in the UN General Assembly High-Level
Meeting on Universal Health Coverage (UHC)
https://www.mofa.go.jp/ic/ghs/page6e_000391.html
Minister for Foreign Affairs KAMIKAWA Yoko’s participation in the UN General AssemblyHigh-Level Meetingon Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response (PPR)
https://www.mofa.go.jp/ic/ghs/page7e_000043.html
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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 areasand 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 grassroot to the highest policy level. In parallel with working for the development of health incountry, 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 andTechnology development committee.
Dr. Suwit is also the Vice Chair of the International Health Policy Program Foundation (IHPF)
and the Health Intervention 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 Chair of the Health and Society
Creation Foundation.
Dr. Suwit is one of the most experienced health system specialist and has involved andcontributed in Thailand’s health system development for decades. He always reiterates that
health systems can become more equitable, inclusive and fair through primary health carestrengthening. Clear evidences from many developed countries tell us that we are now inthe 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 healthpersonnel.

Lecturesummary

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Mr. Charlie GARNJANA-GOONCHORN

Title

Mr.

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 the Permanent Mission of Thailand to the UN in Geneva, he wasin 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 role in 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, andhow to address them.

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Ms. Tomoko ONODA

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Health systems coordinator

Affiliation

WHO Country Office in Cambodia

ProfileMs. Tomoko Onoda is currently working for WHO, providing technical advice on health systems
to the Ministry of Health in Cambodia.
Prior to take this position, Ms. Onoda worked for Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare ofJapan for more than 20 years. In 2023, as director of G7 office of MHLW, she was in charge of
Health Ministers’ meeting in Nagasaki and also worked with Ministry of Foreign Affairs on
health agendas of G7 Hiroshima Summit.
In addition, in the Ministry she had working experience on various areas including ageing policy,
health reform, global health, international negotiations on EPAs, policy on people withdisabilities, labour laws, social security systems, COVID 19 response etc.
Ms. Onoda worked abroad as well, served MoFA of Japan in Geneva for 3 years, and worked forOECD on pensions as economist for 3 years.
Ms. Onoda received BA in economics from Tokyo University in Japan, and MSc from Harvard
School of Public Health in the U.S.

Lecturesummary

The COVID-19 pandemic had profound impacts on our society, economy, and security as well as
our health and lives.
In this context, G7 countries were engaged in discussions on the three pillars;
1) Develop and strengthen global health architecture for public health emergencies
2) Contribute to achieving more resilient, equitable, and sustainable universal health coverage(UHC) through strengthening health systems, and
3) Promote health innovations to address various health challenges.
The session will introduce the outcome of “G7 Health Ministers’ Meeting in Nagasaki” andhealth agendas of “G7 Hiroshima Summit“, focusing on the process of the discussion to reachconsensus under Japan’s Presidency in 2023.

Reading list

1. “G7 Health Ministers' Meeting in Nagasaki”
https://www.mhlw.go.jp/stf/seisakunitsuite/bunya/hokabunya/kokusai/g8/g7health2023_en.html
2. G7 Hiroshima Leaders’ Communiqué
100506875.pdf (mofa.go.jp)

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