Event Report: "International Coordination and Cooperation in Global Health" (Held on December 16, 2017)

Event Date

2017.12.16（Sat）

Event Venue

Other

December 25, 2017

The "Research Project on the 'Establishment of an International and Medical Framework for the Globalization of Infectious Diseases'" (Project Leader: Setsuko Aoki, Professor, Keio University Law School) of the Security Cluster at the Keio University Global Research Institute (KGRI) co-hosted a mini-symposium with the Graduate School of Public Health at St. Luke's International University.

Due to the small venue, the event was not widely advertised. Although there were only 10 participants, all were deeply interested in the content, which organically integrated policy-related topics such as the formation of international hubs (on-site), infectious disease dynamics, international coordination, and global health security, with medical scientific topics like countermeasures against multidrug-resistant pathogens. The general discussion was lively and led to an in-depth exchange of ideas. The fact that the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research in Ghana is an important overseas base for infectious disease control speaks to the fruition of Keio University's efforts in its establishment, and it reaffirmed the importance of interdisciplinary research institutions that integrate humanities and sciences.