Press release at the beginning of G7 Summit: G7 Summit’s area of focus: How to prepare for the ‘next pandemic’ – directions for global governance
As the topics of global governance of pandemic preparedness and health systems strengthening will be focused during the G7 Hiroshima Summit, we will be sharing civil society perspectives on the G7 discussions and their topics of focus, and what decisions included in the health-section of the G7 leaders’ communique (which will be presented on the ultimate day) would be considered a ‘success.’
Participants
Moderator
- Masaki Inaba (C7 Global health working group domestic coordinator)
Civil society panelists
- Access to medical care, humanitarian crises and health: Utako Kanasugi (Medecins Sans Frontieres Japan advocacy manager)
- Maternal and child health, nutrition: Yumiko Horie (Save the Children Japan advocacy manager)
- Elderly health: Noriyo Washizu (Alzheimer’s Association Japan director)
※The listed participants and topic may be subject to change.
Contact
Africa Japan Forum Global Health team (Masaki Inaba, Takakiyo Koizumi, Taimu Fujita)
e-mail: [email protected]
Mobile: 090-1264-8110 (Masaki)
Program
- Welcome by moderator
- Analysis of/response to the global health section of the Hiroshima Summit communique
- Issues around G7 Summit and Health
- Pandemic preparedness and access to health/humanitarian crises and health
- Maternal and child health, nutrition
- Elderly health
- Q&A
- Closing remarks
