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The 3rd International Symposium on November 26, 2012

The 3rd International Symposium
Program for Leading Graduate Schools
One Health -Messages from Africa-


Date: 13:30-17:00 November 26 (Mon), 2012
Venue: Lecture Hall, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University

13:30 - 13:35 Welcoming address
Dr. Shigeo Ito
Dean, Professor, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University

  Session I: One health approach for controlling sleeping sickness
Chair parson:Dr. Kohei Makita, Rakuno Gakuen University, Japan

13:35 - 14:35 A historical overview of sleeping sickness in Africa
Dr. Ian Maudlin
Professor, University of Edinburgh, UK
Director, UK Department for International Development (DFID) Research into Use Programme

14:35 - 15:05 A one health approach to controlling sleeping sickness in Uganda
Dr. Sue WelburnProfessor, University of Edinburgh, UK
Professor, University of Edinburgh, UK

15:05 - 15:25

Coffee break

  Session II: One health approach: Messages from Africa and FMD
Chair parson: Dr. Motohiro Horiuchi, Hokkaido University, Japan


15:25 - 15:55 A one Health response against 2010 FMD outbreak in Japan on mental health
Dr. Kohei Makita
Associate Professor, Rakuno Gakuen University, Japan

15:55 - 16:55 One Health - Messages from Africa
Dr. Sue Welburn
Professor, University of Edinburgh, UK

16:55 -17: 00 Closing remarks
Dr. Motohiro Horiuchi
Professor, University of Edinburgh, UK
Professor, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University


The 3rd International Symposium is co-organized by Rakuno Gakuen University (Invitation Fellowship Programs for Research in Japan, supported by JSPS) and by Hokkaido University (The Program for Leading Graduate Schools "Fostering Global Leaders in Veterinary Science for contributing to One Health" supported by MEXT).

This symposium is also supported by the following organizations:
    Research Center for Food Safety, The University of Tokyo,
    Japanese Society of Veterinary Epidemiology,
    Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries of Japan,
    Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan,
    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations,
    Liaison Office in Japan

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2012.11.26
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