Activities

The Health Promotion / International Health Section of the Graduate School of Tokyo Medical and Dental University was designated by the WHO as a WHO Collaborating Centre for Health Cities and Urban Policy Research. The Centre is directed by Professor Takehito Takano.

The current activities are;
- leadership in the Alliance for Healthy Cities,
- degree programs for public health leaders,
- function as a centre for excellence on research and evaluation of Healthy Cities,
- participation in global Healthy Cities research activities,
- research on urbanization and health,
- short courses for Healthy Cities and Urban Health Policy,
- develop capacity building framework for public health leaders,
- translation of WHO publications on Healthy Cities into Japanese.

Events

2009
  • International Forum on Education Alliance in This Age of Globalization of Medicine: Whole-Public-Health-Career Pathway, February 2009, Tokyo, Japan
  • Meeting of the Urban Health Equity Assessment and Response Tool (HEART) Advisory Group, January 2009, Kobe, Japan
  • Expert Consultation on Intersectoral Action (ISA) in the Prevention of Noncommunicable Conditions Health Equity in All Urban Policies, 22-24 June 2009, Kobe, Japan
  • WHO-UNCRD-AFHC Workshop on Healthy Urban Transport, July 2009, Tokyo, Japan
  • International Forum of Healthy Cities, July 2009, Hue, Vietnam
  • 9th Steering Committee Meeting of the Alliance for Healthy Cities, July 2009, Hue, Vietnam
  • Seongbuk International Conference on Healthy Cities, 27-28 August 2009, Seoul, Korea
  • Working Group Meeting on Scaling Up and Expanding Healthy cities in the Western Pacific Region, November 2009, Manila, Philippines
  • Secretariat of the Alliance for Healthy Cities, January - December 2009
2008
  • Scientific Committee of the Alliance for Healthy Cities, January 2008, Tokyo, Japan
  • International Forum on Education Alliance in This Age of Globalization of Medicine Competencies for Public Health Leaders Healthy Cities Research through Community Participation and Capacity Building, 29-30 January 2008, Tokyo, Japan
  • Symposium on Mutual Learning from Public Health Research Activities in Asia - Lessons from Healthy Cities / Healthy Settings and Future Research in Public Health, 31 January 2008, Tokyo, Japan
  • CITYNET Seminar on Connecting Our Urban Core to the Global Agenda, March 2008, Yokohama, Japan
  • UN-HABITAT/WHO Joint Meeting on Urbanization and Health, July 2008, Kobe, Japan
  • Health Security in the City, Scientific Meeting of the Alliance for Healthy Cities, October 2008 Ichikawa, Japan
  • 3rd General Assembly of the Alliance for Healthy Cities, October 2008, Ichikawa, Japan
  • 7th/8th Steering Committee Meeting of the Alliance for Healthy Cities, October 2008, Ichikawa, Japan
  • Health workforce migration, Department of Health, November 2008, UK, WHO
  • Secretariant of the Alliance for Healthy Cities, January - Desember 2008
  • Urban HEART Ad-hoc Advisory Group, WHO Centre for Health Development, October - December 2008
2007
  • International Meeting on Health Leadership, 12 January 2007, Tokyo, Japan
  • International Forum on Education Alliance in This Age of Globalization of Medicine, 29-31 January 2007, Tokyo, Japan
  • Technical visit on Healthy Restaurant Project, 8-10 August 2007, Tokyo, Japan
  • International Forum for the Alliance for Healthy Cities, 26-28 September 2007, Gold Coast, Australia
2006
  • International Meeting on Evaluation of Healthy Villages, 16-18 March 2006, Tokyo, Japan
  • International Workshop on Collaboration for Research/Education Programs, 18-20 March 2006, Tokyo, Japan
  • Short Course on Healthy Cities and Urban Health Policy, 18-21 July 2006, Tokyo, Japan
  • the Second General Assembly and Conference of the Alliance for Healthy Cities, 28-30 October 2006, Suzhou, China
2005
2004
  • The Inaugural General Assembly and Conference of the Alliance for Healthy Cities, 12-14 October, Kuching, Malaysia
  • Application of GIS and GPS in Hygiene Studies, Workshop, Japanese Society for Hygiene, 30 September, Tokyo, Japan (co-sponsorship)
  • Meeting for Joint Research on Reconstruction of Public Health System in Afghanistan, 26 September –8 October, Tokyo, Japan
  • Steering Committee Meeting of the Alliance for Healthy Cities, 15 May, Manila, Philippines
  • Application of GIS and GPS in Hygiene Studies, Workshop, Japanese Society for Hygiene, 25 March, Tokyo, Japan (co-sponsorship)
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
  • WHO Fellowship Programme on Healthy Cities and Urban Health Policy, 1-30 June, Tokyo, Japan
  • Emerging Urban Issues and Hygienic Science, 2nd Workshop, Japanese Society for Hygiene, 27 March, Chiba, Japan
1998
  • 1st Congress of Health and Urban Environment, 7-10 July, Madrid, Spain
  • Emerging Urban Issues and Hygienic Science, 1st Workshop, Japanese Society for Hygiene, 11 October, Tokyo, Japan
1997
  • WHO Fellowship Programme on Healthy Cities and Urban Health Policy, 25-28 November, Tokyo, Japan