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National Center for Global Health and MedicineBureau of International Health Cooperation

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Since the foundation of the organization in 1986, we have been providing international cooperation as a leading Japanese agency by dispatching experts to technical cooperation projects, training healthcare personnel inside and outside of country, and conducting global health research in coordination with the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and World Health Organization (WHO). We are providing a wide range of technical assistance to lead to comprehensive solution f inding from policy formulation on the global level to improvement of community healthcare services. We dispatch dozens of experts abroad, comprised of doctors, nurses, midwives, public health nurses, pharmacists and laboratory technicians.

Aiming to realize the world where all the people can equally lead healthy lives, the Bureau of International Health Cooperation supports developing countries to improve their healthcare using our expertise and contributes to healthier lives of Japanese people by bringing these experiences back to Japan.

We dispatch experts such as doctors, nurses, midwives, laboratory scientists and pharmacists to technical cooperation projects in each country in order to solve health-related problems based on agreements between the Japanese government and governments of developing countries. The projects have a diverse range of objectives such as the strengthening of health systems, the construction of systems that provide training for healthcare personnel such as doctors, nurses and midwives, and dissemination of prevention measures for infectious diseases. The experts determine the issues that need to be prioritized on the national level in collaboration with the administration and healthcare facilities of the host country, set up countermeasures together and work on the improvement of healthcare in coordination with the Japanese head office. These operations are carried out by respecting the autonomy (ownership) of the host country so that the results of technical cooperation would firmly take root in the developing countries even after the projects have beencompleted.

The number of dispatched experts

ASIAChina Polio Control Project

Expanded Program on Immunization Strengthening ProjectProject for Surveillance and Control for Vaccine-Preventable Diseases

Viet Nam Cho Ray Hospital ProjectThe Bach Mai Hospital Project for Functional EnhancementThe Project for Strengthening Health Service Provision in Hoa Binh ProvinceProject for Improvement of Medical Service in the Central RegionWHO Western Pacific Region Representative's Office in Viet Nam (EPI)Advisor to Ministry of HealthThe Bach Mai Hospital Project for Strengthening Training Capacity for Provincial HospitalsProject for Improvement of the Quality of Human Resources in the Medical Service System

Laos Joint Japan, WHO/Laos PHC projectPediatric Infectious Disease Prevention Project in the Lao People's Democratic RepublicMOH - JICA project for Strengthening of Health Services for Children in the Lao P.D.R.Advisor to Ministry of Health（Health and Medical Cooperation Planning）Capacity Development for Sector-wide Coordination in Health Phase 1, Phase 2Project for Strengthening Integrated Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health ServicesProject for Sustainable Development of Human Resource for Health to Improve Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health Services

Cambodia Cambodia Maternal and Child Health Project Phase1 Phase2The Project for Improving Maternal and Child Health Service in Rural AreasThe Project for Improving Maternal and Newborn Care through Midwifery Capacity DevelopmentProject for Strengthening Human Resources Development System of Co-medicals

Thailand Community Health Sciences ProjectProject for Model Development of Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Prevention and CareThe Project for the Asian Center for International Parasite ControlThe Asian Centre of International Parasite ControlRegional Coordinating Officer of UNSIC Asia Pacific Hub

Myanmar The Leprosy Control and Basic Health Services ProjectMajor Infectious Diseases Control Project Strengthening of Basic Health Staff

Nepal Medical Education Project in NepalBangladesh Project for Human Resourcc Development in Reproductive HealthIndonesia Technical Cooperation Project for Improvement of District Health Services

in South SulawesiThe Project to Enhance Surveillance System for Avian Influenza

Health Policy Advisor, Ministry of Health, Republic of IndonesiaProject for Enhancement of Nursing Competency through In-Service Training

India The Project for Prevention of Emerging Diarrheal Diseases in IndiaBhutan Expanded programme on immunization in Bhutan

Project for an Expanded Program on ImmunizationPakistan Pakistan Maternal and Child Health Project

Pakistan Expanded Programme on Immunization(EPI)/Polio Eradication Initiative(PEI) SupportEPI/Polio Control ProjectWHO Representative Office in Pakistan, WHO Eastern Mediteranean Region, Medical Officer for Tuberculosis Control

MIDDLE EASTAfghanistan Reproductive Health ProjectYemen Tuberculosis Control Project ( Ⅲ）AFRICAEgypt The Maternal and Child Health Improvement Project in North-East BrazilNiger Malaria Control ProjectMadagascar Project of the global improvement for the Majunga University Hospital

Center Project of the global improvement for the Majunga University Hospital Center Project for Improvement of Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Service in the Republic of Madagascar

Zambia Technical Advisor on Rural ART ServicesThe Project for Scaling Up of Quality HIV/AIDS Care Service ManagementIntegrated HIV and AIDS Care Implementation Project at District Level

Zimbabwe The Project for Prevention of Parent to Child Transmission of HIV in Masvingo Province

Burundi Health policy advisorDR Congo Technical Advisor to the Secretary-General / Ministry of Health

Support to Human Resource Development in health sector of DRC Phase1, Phase2

Congo Medical Officer, Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) Programme,World Health Organization - Regional Office for Africa Republic of the Congo

Senegal Project for the development of human resources in healthTechnical advisor of the Cabinet, Ministry of Health and PreventionProject for Reinforcement of Maternal and Child Health Care in Tambacounda and Kedougou Region Phase 1, Phase 2

LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEANHonduras The Reproductive Health Project for the Health Region Seven in the

Republic of HondurasBolivia Santa Cruz General Hospital Project

Health and Medical Care Delivery System in Santa CruzProject for Strengthening Regional Health Network in Santa Cruz DepartmentProject for Improvement of Health System at Community Level

Brazil The Public Health Development Project for the North-East Brazil in PernambucoThe Healthy Municipality Project in the Northeast Brazil

A C T I V I T I E S& M I S S I O N

T E CHN I C A LCOOPERATION

MISSION

Technical assistance and emergency disaster relief operationWe dispatch experts to provide technical assistance through JICA, WHO, or other organizations in the field of health systems strengthening, maternal, neonatal, and child's health, and infectious disease control. We also send experts for international or domestic disaster relief operation.

We contribute policy formulation processes at global levels by attending international meetings, such as World Health Assembly, and sharing our field experiences as well as research outputs.

Global health policy formulation

We carry out field researches in the areas of health systems strengthening, maternal, neonatal, and child's health, and infectious disease control. In response to the requests from JICA or other organizations, we conduct monitoring and evaluation researches for project activities.

We provide variety of learning opportunities to personnels in both Japan and developing countries to develop global health human resources by holding lecture series, conducting trainings, and having field works.

Human resources development

Global health researches

We build global health networks with international organizations, public and private sectors, and academic societies to conduct joint researches, personnel trainings, and other activities.

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We are providing abundant opportunities of training for healthcare personnel all over the world in order to deal with various global health issues.Public health officers and healthcare workers from various countries have participated in our training courses. The overall goals of these trainings include the improvement of healthcare services and reinforcement of health systems in each country. We aim to train personnel who learn specialized knowledge and skills through the trainings and will be able to improve the circumstances on the field in their own country.

The number of trainees by region

Training for hospital-acquired infection specialists

Regional training: Francophone AfricaContinuous care that aims at the improvement of maternal and child health services

Training for health human resources management for healthcare services in Francophone West Africa

Regional training: Quality improvement of health services by 5S-KAIZEN-TQM

Counterpart training

We are offering opportunities for healthcare workers and public health officers of developing countries to learn knowledge and skills necessary for the prevention of hospital-acquired infections. Field studies are also conducted in Japanese hospitals and health centers where there have been cases of hospital-acquired infections.

We are implementing training for public health officers in various countries of Francophone West Africa to learn about human resource management in healthcare services as a policy, in order to explore for solutions to the problems in developing countries where there is a shortage or inappropriate allocation of healthcare personnel.

We are implementing training for public health officers in the Ministry of Health and regional health offices in various countries of Francophone Africa to learn about better maternal and child health services, based on the “Continuum of Care*” initiative. The objective of this training is to be able to read just their national and regional planning of MCH services including activity, human resources and budget plans in order to proper care services in accordance with each country's circumstances.

We are implementing training for public health officers from various countries in Africa to plan on improving the functions of healthcare facilities, quality of healthcare services and safety standards, by using the methods based on 5S-KAIZEN-Total Quality Management.**

We organize the trainings for public health officers who work for the technical cooperation projects between our organization and each country's ministry. The programs focus on resolving issues raised within the projects.

* Initiative to continuously offer healthcare services covering pregnancy, childbirth

and post-birth childrearing depending on lifestyle on different levels such as

household and community to clinics and hospitals

** Japanese-style quality management system centering on the following five

elements: (Seiri/Sort) (Seiton/Set) (Seisou/Shine) (Seiketsu/Standardize) (Shitsuke/

Sustain)

The number of research articles

We are conducting research necessary for the better policy and practice by taking advantage of abundant fields of activity and a high degree of expertise in developing countries. NCGM has our own research budget for global heath that is utilized for three main areas; health system strengthening, maternal, neonatal and child's health and infectious disease control. The findings of these research have contributed to implementing better healthcare services and developing better policy at the national and local levels.

Moreover, we are also paying attention through our research activities to the reinforcement of systems that enables the effective and efficient creation of global knowledge and the establishment of research methodologies that emphasize balance between scientific precision of research contents and flexibility to respond to the circumstances in the fields of activity.

H U M A NR E SOUR C E S

R E S E A R C H

Principal fields of research

HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria

Vaccine preventable deseases

Emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases

Measures against hospital-acquired infections

Viral hepatitis

Health of pregnant women and newborn children

Reproductive health

Strengthening of health systemsTraining of health personnel

School health

Parasites

Research methodologies

International medical cooperation

Disaster medical care

Healthcare for foreign residents in Japan

Non-communicable diseases

Travel medicine

Health systems Other

Infectious disease control

Maternal and child health

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NCGM has concluded cooperation agreements (MOUs) with governments and institutions around the globe on technical assistance, research, and human resources development.

Viet NamBach Mai Hospital

We set up an office in 2005 as a base in the Bach Mai Hospital in Viet Nam. We are engaged in training of health personnel and joint research on healthcare associat ied infect ions, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and non-communicable diseases.

Countries of our international cooperation activities

A network that expands through the conclusion ofcooperation agreements

CambodiaNational Maternal andChild Health Center (NMCHC)

We concluded an agreement with NMCHC on technical assistance, research, personnel exchanges, and training in the f ields of obstetric care, neonatal care, and maternal and child health.

NepalTribhuvan UniversityInstitute of Medicine

We have enhanced our partnership in such areas as joint researches on infectious diseases and lifestylerelated diseases along with human resources development hoping to contribute to improvement of healthcare in Nepal.

Lao PDRLaos Pasteur Institute

We have started the research collaboration with the Laos Pasteur Institute. It has been conducting joint research on parasitic diseases such as malaria and schistosomiasis mekongi.

A network that links health personnelin developing countries

A network of technicalpartners in Health

The WHO Network forHIV and Health inthe Western Pacific Region

Established in 2008, the Network provides technical support to Member States for the health sector responses to HIV. NCGM has joined the Network as a technical partner in 2009 and has been collaborating in the area of operational research on HIV and Health.

The Network ofNursing and Midwiferyin Southeast Asia

We hold workshops to discuss the legal frameworks and legislation, qualification and registration, and continuing education from 2011 to 2013 in Southeast Asian countries. Through this workshop, the network was built to share the experiences of each countries.

Health Human ResourceManagement Networkof French-speaking AfricaRéseau Vision Tokyo 2010

Since 2012, we have built up a network consisting of people from government healthcare agencies in 11 French-speaking countries in Africa and have been working to solve issues of human resources development in these nations.

International conferences

We have been participating in international conferences concerning global health and international cooperation held all over the world, with a view to contributing to the global community towards the improvement of health and healthcare. We have also been taking part in WHO General Assemblies that take place annually in Geneva, Switzerland as part of the Japanese delegation, and have been reporting many findings obtained from our activities in developing countries.

G L O B A LN E T W O R K

WHO Collaborating Centre

WHO collaborating centers are bases designated to internationally carry out the activity programs of World Health Organization (WHO), and more than 800 research institutions and universities in approximately 80 countries are accredited as such. We have been designated as a collaborating centre concerning the “strengthening of health systems” since 2009 and has been cooperating in the promotion of WHO’s policies and strategies through activities such as research, survey and training of personnel. Also, we have undertaken surveys on how healthcare solutions already introduced in developing countries would affect the health systems of those countries and participated in cooperative talks for the planning of research activities, contributing from the specialists’ perspectives.

Viet NamCho Ray Hospital

It is the largest hospital in southern Viet Nam, and one of the leading facilities in the country to provide quality health service and to develop health professionals. We have been conducting collaboration research in infectious diseases and lifestyle related diseases. We have been dispatching medical doctors and JICA project experts, and accepting variety of health workers for training programs in Japan.

MyanmarJoint Research Projects

We have been contributing to human resource development and infectious disease control in Myanmar mainly through JICA projects. We have started the research collaboration on variety of health issues with the Ministry of Health since 2014.

National Center for Global Health and MedicineBureau of International Health Cooperation

1-21-1, Toyama Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8655, Japantel: +81-3-3202-7181 fax: +81-3-3205-7860email: info@it.ncgm.go.jpwww.ncgm.go.jp/kyokuhp/

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