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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- Healthy Cities International Exchange Programme, 3-7 November, Tokyo-Sapporo-Kyoto, Japan
- Short Course on Healthy Cities and Urban Health Policy, 16–19 August, Tokyo, Japan
- Steering Committee Meeting of the Alliance for Healthy Cities, 28 June, Marikina, Philippines
- Open Seminar of the Alliance for Healthy Cities, 29 June, Marikina, Philippines (co-sponsorship)
- WHO Fellowship Program on Healthy Cities, 23 May- 3 June, Tokyo, Japan
- Application of GIS and GPS in Hygiene Studies, Workshop, Japanese Society for Hygiene, 24 February, Tokyo, Japan (co-sponsorship)
- Short Course on Healthy Cities and Urban Health Policy, 22–25 February, Tokyo, Japan
- 2004
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- 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
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- 1st Organization Meeting of the Alliance for Healthy Cities, 15-17 October, Manila, Philippines.
- Healthy Cities International Exchange Programme; Short Course on Healthy Cities and Urban Health Policy, 5-10 October, Tokyo, Japan
- WHO Meeting on Regional Mechanism for Healthy Cities, June, 2003
- Short Course on Healthy Cities and Urban Health Policy, 17–21 February, Tokyo, Japan
- 2002
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- Short Course on Healthy Cities and Urban Health Policy: Meeting on Joint Research Project, December, Tokyo, Japan
- Short Course on Healthy Cities and Urban Health Policy: Meeting on Joint Research Project, November, Tokyo, Japan
- Short Course on Healthy Cities and Urban Health Policy: Meeting on Joint Research Project, September-October, Tokyo, Japan
- Short Course on Healthy Cities and Urban Health Policy: Meeting on Joint Research Project, July, Tokyo, Japan
- WHO Fellowship Program on Healthy Cities, 11-20 March, Tokyo, Japan
- Short Course on Healthy Cities and Urban Health Policy, 18-23 February, Tokyo, Japan
- Short Course on Healthy Cities and Urban Health Policy, 21 January-1 February, Tokyo, Japan
- 2001
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- Short Course on Healthy Cities and Urban Health Policy, 5-16 June, Tokyo, Japan
- WHO Fellowship Programme on Healthy Cities and Urban Health Policy, 8-25 May, Tokyo, Japan
- Short Course on Healthy Cities and Urban Health Policy, 5-16 March, Tokyo, Japan
- Short Course on Healthy Cities and Urban Health Policy, 22-26 January, Tokyo, Japan
- Short Course on Healthy Cities and Urban Health Policy, 15-19 January, Tokyo, Japan
- 2000
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- International Conference on Healthy Cities and Urban Health Policy, 12-16 March, Tokyo, Japan
- Emerging Urban Issues and Hygienic Science, 4th Workshop, Japanese Society for Hygiene, 28 March, Osaka, Japan
- Emerging Urban Issues and Hygienic Science, 3rd Workshop, Japanese Society for Hygiene, 15 March, Tokyo, Japan
- 1999
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- 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
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- 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
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- WHO Fellowship Programme on Healthy Cities and Urban Health Policy, 25-28 November, Tokyo, Japan