20 August 2025 - 20 August 2025
Advancing UHC: Celebrating Japanese and African leadership to eliminate NTDs
Date: August 20, 2025, 18:00-19:30 JST
Duration: 90 minutes
Hosts: AUDA-NEPAD,SDGs Promise Japan and Uniting to Combat NTDs
Location: Yokohama city, Kanagawa, Japan
This dynamic workshop will spotlight the shared commitment of Japan and African
nations to achieve UHC through the elimination of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs).
Co-hosted by the African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD), SDG Promise
Japan and Uniting to Combat NTDs, the session will bring together African
development leaders, Japanese parliamentarians, the Japanese Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, youth advocates from Japan and Africa, global leaders in innovation and
research, and policymakers to share their vision on how to eliminate NTDs by 2030. It
will highlight Japan’s longstanding support for global health equity and Africa’s bold
progress in eliminating infectious diseases.
Together, we will explore strategies to build resilient, inclusive and integrated health
systems and accelerate collective action to ensure no one is left behind.
To register for this event please click here.
