13th Annual German-Japanese Colloquium
Jointly organized by: JSPS, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute and National Institutes for the Humanities (NIHU)
Date: January 11-12, 2017
Venue: Basel, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute and National Institutes for the Humanities (NIHU)
January 11th |
08:30 | 1. Opening session (closed session) |
09:15 | 2. Ecohealth in the 21st century (closed session) Ecohealth and communicable diseases
Jürg Utzinger, Director Swiss TPH Ecohealth and the challenges of the 21st century
Kazuhiko Moji, Nagasaki University Moderated discussion (Jakob Zinsstag) Group photo
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10:30 | Break |
11:00 | 3. Transdisciplinarity (closed session) Transdisciplinarity in Switzerland
Theres Paulsen, TD-net, Swiss Academies of Sciences Ecohealth, transdisciplinarity and participation
Hein Mallee, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Japan Moderated discussion (Hein Mallee)
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12:00 | Lunch Break |
13:30 | 4. Food and health (closed session), chaired by Dr. Prof Ryo Kohsaka, Tohoku University Rice and fish - a package of food for humans as an omnivorous mammal
Yo-Ichiro Sato, National Institute of the Humanities Adaptation to a low-protein diet among Papua New Guinea Highlanders
Masahiro Umezaki, Tokyo University The health transition in Indonesia
Makiko Sekiyama, Tokyo University Moderated discussion (Yo-Ichiro Sato)
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14:50 | Break |
15:20 | 5. Africa session (public session) Climate change, ecosystems and health in Africa
Guéladio Cissé, Ecosystem Health Sciences Unit, Swiss TPH: Practical agro-ecosystems management with fragile environments in semi-arid Africa under desertification
Ueru Tanaka, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature Pastoral production systems and food security in Africa
Bassirou Bonfoh, Director Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifique en Côte d’Ivoire Incentive-based improvement of food safety and zoonosis risks in sub-Saharan Africa
Kohei Makita Moderated discussion (Jakob Zinsstag)
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19.00 | Conference Dinner |
January 12th |
09:00 | 6. Environmental risks and long- term effects on non- communicable diseases
chaired by Dr. Hong Wei Jiang, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature The Sapaldia cohort and ecohealth in Switzerland
Nicole Probst-Hensch, Head, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Swiss TPH Environmental pollution and NCDs in Japanese context
Chiho Watanabe, The University of Tokyo Ageing populations in Asia and Africa. Health transition and environmental exposure: a social science perspective
Piet van Eeuwijk, Department of Anthropology, University of Basel and Swiss TPH Moderated discussion (Yo-Ichiro Sato)
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10:20 | Break |
10:50 | 7. Science café (closed session) Environmental issues and health in Japan, Switzerland and African countries, in 3 groups |
12:30 | Lunch Break |
13:30 | 8. Science café (continued) (closed session) Developing ideas for collaboration in small groups Summarizing the science café and putting it into the perspective of ecosystem approaches to health
Jakob Zinsstag, Swiss TPH:
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15:30 | Break |
16:00 | 9. Development of an ecohealth agenda between Japan, Europe and Africa |
