International Workshop 28 March 2024
Population Ageing and Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) Control Programs in Africa
Date: March 28, 2024
Time: 4:30-9:00 Senegal time / 7:30-12:00 Kenya time / 13:30-18:00 Japan time
Venue: Online (Zoom)
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Part 1
Chair: Ken Masuda (Nagasaki University)
Theme: Survey on older persons in Kenya
Time 4:30-5:45 Senegal time / 7:30-8:45 Kenya time / 13:30-14:45 Japan time
Language: English
– Ken Masuda (Nagasaki University) “Interdisciplinary study of middle-aged and older persons in Kwale of southeastern Kenya”
– Kaori Miyachi (Shizuoka University) “Qualitative survey on older women in Kwale”
– Satoko Horii (Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting Co.,Ltd.) “Community perception on the change of older people in physical, psychological status and social role in rural Kenya: anthropological study”
– Discussion
Part 2
Chair: Hideki Yamamoto (Teikyo University) and Kiichi Oyasu (ACCU)
Theme: Life of older persons in urban areas in East Africa
Time 6:00-7:15 Senegal time / 8:00-9:15 Zambia time / 9:00-10:15 Kenya time / 15:00-16:15 Japan time
Language: English
– Salome Olesi Terah (Ministry of Education, Kenya) “Community Learning Center and life-long learning for the preparation of elderly care in Kenya”
– Joseph Mwangi Matheri (Jomo Kenyatta University Of Agriculture And Technology (JKUAT), Kenya) “Toward the Ageing Society of Kenya – From a physical therapy and rehabilitation stand-point”
– Andrew Banda (University of Zambia) “Older people’s perspectives on ageing: Mechanisms in dynamic interplay with rural-urban places as contested spaces towards adaptive ageing in Zambia”
– Discussion
Part 3
Chair: Reiko Hayashi (National Institute of Population and Social Security Research)
Theme: Population ageing and Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) control programs in Francophone Africa
Time: 7:30-8:45 Senegal time / 8:30-9:45 Morocco time / 10:30-11:45 Kenya time / 16:30-17:45 Japan time
Language: French and Japanese (simultaneous translation)
– Ibrahima Seck (Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar, Secretary General of the Galien Africa Association) “Galien forum and NCD programs in Francophone Africa (tentative)”
– Latifa Belakhel (Ministry of Health, Morocco) “Multisectoral National Strategy for the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases in Morocco”
– Discussion
