TICAD stands for Tokyo International Conference on African Development. The Government of Japan has been leading this conference since 1993.
Side event
Co-Creating with Africa to end NTDs: Industry, academia, government collaboration and the power of youth
Organized by Nagasaki University
Date: Wednesday, 20 August 2025
Time: 12:40-14:10
Venue: PACIFICO YOKOHAMA Hall D
| Opening remarks Ayano Kunimitsu, Member of the House of Representatives, Secretary-General of the Parliamentary League for NTDs |
| Keynote address: Innovative partnerships to end NTDs Osamu Kunii, CEO, GHIT Fund |
| R&D partnerships for the neglected Luis Pizarro, Executive Director, DNDi |
| Tackling mycetoma from the frontlines Ahmed Fahal, Mycetoma Research Center, University of Khartoum |
| How young people are shaping the NTDs agenda Yuya Kondo, Board Member, NTDs Youth Organization |
| Follow-up Session: From the Nagasaki outcome statement to TICAD9: What’s next? |
| Panel discussion: Bridging science, policy, and action |
| Closing Remarks Satoshi Kaneko, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University |
Advancing UHC: Celebrating Japanese and African leadership to eliminate NTDs
Organized by AUDA-NEPAD, SDGs Promise Japan and Uniting to Combat NTDs
Date: Wednesday, 20 August 2025
Time: 18:00-19:30
Keynote addresses:
- Nardos Bekele-Thomas, CEO, African Union Development Agency, AUDA-NEPAD
- Isatou Touray, Executive Director, Uniting to Combat NTDs, and Former Vice President of the Republic of the Gambia
Panel discussion:
- Hideo Suzuki, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ambassador for Global Health of Japan
- Osamu Kunii, CEO, Global Health Innovative Technology Fund
- Elizabeth Juma, Team Lead, Expanded Special Project for Elimination of Neglected Tropical Diseases (ESPEN), WHO Regional Office for Africa
- Fatima Elbasri, UN Youth Fellow, Sudanese Youth Combating NTDs Champion
- Luis Pizarro, Executive Director, DNDi
