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President Kohno Lectured on Planetary Health at the Universidad Autonoma Gabriel Rene Moreno in Bolivia


President Kohno visited the Plurinational State of Bolivia and lectured on Planetary Health at the Universidad Autonoma Gabriel Rene Moreno (UAGRM) on April 11, 2023 (local time).

Nagasaki University has a collaboration agreement with UAGRM in tropical medicine. President Kohno was invited to give a special lecture jointly organized by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and UAGRM as part of the "JICA Chair," a program of the JICA to support university partnerships, which made this lecture possible.

Approximately 300 people attended, including faculty and students related to the university's Faculty of Medicine, general participants, and online participants. The hour-long lecture, titled "Nagasaki University Contributes to Society with Planetary Health," was delivered in English with simultaneous Spanish interpretation and attracted great interest, including coverage by local television and other media outlets.

Nagasaki University has also significantly contributed to research on neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) and other infectious diseases in Bolivia. This lecture provided an opportunity to deepen collaboration between the two countries further.

Live streaming of the lecture (Facebook)

The signing of an inter-university agreement (Facebook)