Can Japan Contribute to the Post Millennium Development Goals? Making Human Security Mainstream through the TICAD Process
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- Takahashi Kenzo
- Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama City University
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- Kobayashi Jun
- Department of Global Health, School of Health Science, University of the Ryukyus
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- Nomura-Baba Marika
- Department of Public Health, Graduate School of Medicine, Juntendo University
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- Kakimoto Kazuhiro
- Graduate School of Nursing, Osaka Prefecture University
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- Nakamura Yasuhide
- Graduate School of Human Sciences, Osaka University
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説明
In 2013, the fifth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD V) will be hosted by the Japanese government. TICAD, which has been held every five years, has played a catalytic role in African policy dialogue and a leading role in promoting the human security approach (HSA). We review the development of the HSA in the TICAD dialogue on health agendas and recommend TICAD’s role in the integration of the HSA beyond the 2015 agenda. While health was not the main agenda in TICAD I and II, the importance of primary health care, and the development of regional health systems was noted in TICAD III. In 2008, when Japan hosted both the G8 summit and TICAD IV, the Takemi Working Group developed strong momentum for health in Africa. Their policy dialogues on global health in Sub-Saharan Africa incubated several recommendations highlighting HSA and health system strengthening (HSS). HSA is relevant to HSS because it focuses on individuals and communities. It has two mutually reinforcing strategies, a top-down approach by central or local governments (protection) and a bottom-up approach by individuals and communities (empowerment). The “Yokohama Action Plan,” which promotes HSA was welcomed by the TICAD IV member countries. Universal health coverage (UHC) is a major candidate for the post-2015 agenda recommended by the World Health Organization. We expect UHC to provide a more balanced approach between specific disease focus and system-based solutions. Japan’s global health policy is coherent with HSA because human security can be the basis of UHC-compatible HSS.
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- Tropical Medicine and Health
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Tropical Medicine and Health 41 (3), 135-142, 2013
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