Symposium

International Cooperation in Human Capacity Development on Tropical Medicine

-         Celebration of the 20th Anniversary of Training Course on Research for Tropical Medicine (JICA Group Training Course) –

 

December 4 Thu – 5 Fri, 2003

Pompe Hall, Medical Campus, Nagasaki University

Nagasaki, Japan

Organized by the Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University

Sponsored by Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT)

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Day 1              December 4 Thu              14:15 - 17:25

 

Opening Ceremony                      14:15 - 14:40

 

Opening Remarks:                                                                                        14:15

 

Welcome Address:

Professor Yoshiki Aoki                                                                       14:15 - 14:20

Dean, Institute of Tropical medicine

 

Congratulatory Address:

Professor Hiroshi Saito                                                                       14:20 - 14:25

President, Nagasaki University

Ms. Chisa Hara                                                                                     14:25 - 14:30

Specialist, Office for International Cooperation, Ministerfs Secretariat, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology

Mr. Saburo Yamaguchi                                                                                       14:30 - 14:35

Director, Kyushu International Center, JICA

 

Introduction of honorable guests:                                                               14:35 - 14:40

Governor, Nagasaki Prefecture (expected)

Mayor, Nagasaki City (expected)

Mr. Tameichi Takefuji

Chairman, Nagasaki Prefectural International Friendship Association

 

Coffee break                                              14:40 - 15:00


Session I

 

Keynote speech 1                                                                                     15:00-15:20

Chairperson: Professor Yoshiki Aoki

 

International Development Cooperation Promoted by University

Ms. Chisa Hara

                                          Senior Specialist for International Cooperation

Office for International Cooperation, Ministerfs Secretariat,

Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology

 

Q&A / Discussion                                     15:20 - 15:25

 

 

Keynote speech 2                                                                                     15:25-16:05

Chairperson: Professor Hiroji Kanbara

 

Human Resource Development is the Core of International Cooperation

                                          - From the experience of RIT -

Dr. Nobukatsu Ishikawa

Deputy Director

Research Institute of Tuberculosis (RIT), Japan

 

Q&A / Discussion                                     16:05 - 16:20

                   

Coffee break                                              16:20 -16:30

 

Keynote speech 3                                                                                     16:30-17:10

Chairperson: Professor Kazuhiko Moji

 

Combining Training and Research in International Health Programmes

Dr. C.G.N. Mascie-Taylor

Professor, Biological anthropology

Cambridge University, UK

 

Q&A / Discussion                                       17:10 - 17:25                      

                    

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Welcome party at Pompe Hall                                                                  18:00 – 20:00

 

 

 

Day 2              December 5 Fri              9:30 - 12:10

 

 

Session II

 

Research Presentation                                                                               9:30-10:10

 Chairperson: Dr. Shusuke Nakazawa

 

pfcrt Polymorphisms and Chloroquine Resistance in Isolates of Plasmodium falciparum from the Philippines

Ms.Edelwisa Mendoza Segubre

Protozoology, Institute of Tropical Medicine

Science Research Specialist II, Research Institute for Tropical Medicine, Philippines

 

Uses of GIS in Health, especially in control of infectious diseases

Dr.Hafsa Lukwata

Social Environment, Institute of Tropical Medicine

Medical Officer of Health, Old Kampala-Uganda Muslim Supreme Council Hospital, Uganda

                   

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Coffee break                                                10:10 - 10:30

                   

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Session III

 

Panel Discussion                                                                                         10:30 - 12:00

 

Tropical Medicine and Japan International Cooperation in Human Capacity Development

 

Moderator:

Professor Masaaki Shimada

Research Center for Tropical Infectious Diseases,

Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, Japan

 

Panels:

Professor C. G. N. Mascie-Taylor

Natural anthropology, Cambridge University, UK

Dr. Nobukatsu Ishikawa

Deputy Director, Research Institute of Tuberculosis (RIT), Japan

Dr. Charnchudhi Chanyasanha

Mahidol University, Thailand – Fellow Alumni

Ms. Beatriz Lopez

Universidad del Valle, Guatemala - Fellow Alumni

Dr. Habebu Mahamad Chwaya

UNICEF, Zanzibar - Fellow Alumni

Ms. Edelwisa Mendoza Segubre

Protozoolozy, Institute of Tropical Medicine – Participant at present

Dr. Hafsa Lukwata

Social Environment, Institute of Tropical Medicine – Participant at present

 

Commentator:

              Professor Masahiro Takagi

Entomology, Institute of Tropical Medicine

              Professor Koichi Morita

Virology, Institute of Tropical Medicine

 

 

Closing Remarks                                               12:00 - 12:10