Public Health consequences of Fukushima nuclear disaster: 10 years towards recovery WHO REMPAN Webinar Series

Date & Time: Mar 23, 2021 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM (CET, UTC+1 - Amsterdam, Berlin, Geneva

Background

March 11 marks 10 years since the unprecedented triple disaster: Great East Earthquake, and Fukushima Daiichi plant accident. This disaster and the years of recovery work that followed have taught the global community invaluable lessons in the resilience and humanity of the people of Japan. We are taking these lessons with great respect and appreciation.

The Radiation and Health Programme of the World Health Organization (WHO) has strong historic ties and established strong cooperation with several Japanese institutions through the WHO Collaborating Centres (CCs) mechanism: these include the Radiation Effects Research Foundation in , University, the National Institute of Radiological Sciences (QST) in Chiba, and most recently - Fukushima Medical University. These CCs and other institutions - members of the WHO REMPAN network - conduct research and recovery activities in Fukushima and share their results with the global expert community.

This webinar is dedicated to their tireless efforts and will give you a glimpse into the enormous amount of work our colleagues are leading in the areas affected by the Fukushima disaster.

Registration: please follow the link https://who.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_CHWuDz07RMCCIEBo506Nlg

Provisional Programme

Opening address Naoko YAMAMOTO – Assistant Director- General, Division of Healthier Populations, World Health Organization Foreword Naoki AKAHANE – First Secretary, The Permanent Mission of Japan to the UN Organizations in Geneva Overview of the accident and early response Shunichi YAMASHITA – Center for Advanced Radiation Emergency Medicine, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, Chiba, Japan The UNSCEAR 2020 Report on Fukushima – Gillian Hirth – Australian Radiation Protection Implications of information published since the and Nuclear Safety Agency, Yallambie, UNSCEAR 2013 Report Australia - Chair of the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation for the 66th and 67th sessions Fukushima Health Management Survey update – Kenji KAMIYA – Radiation Medical Science an overview of the results of 10 years of follow- Center for the Fukushima Health up Management Survey, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan Baseline Survey of the Epidemiological Study of Hiroko KITAMURA – Occupational Health Health Effects in Fukushima Emergency Workers Training Center, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan 10 years of community efforts for the recovery Noboru TAKAMURA – Department of Global from the nuclear disaster Health, Medicine and Welfare Atomic Bomb Disease Institute , Nagasaki, Japan Risk communication and community engagement Michio MURAKAMI – Department of Health activities Risk Communication, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Fukushima, Japan Human resource development after Fukushima Nobuyuki HIROHASHI - Radiation Emergency accident including graduate education Medicine Promotion Center, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan Support Activities to reconstruct the affected Tomisato MIURA – Department of Risk area; Experience in Namie area. Analysis and Biodosimetry, Institute of Radiation Emergency Medicine, University, Japan. Comments and Q&As Moderator – Zhanat CARR – Scientist, Radiation and Health Unit, WHO Closure Emile VAN DEVENTER - Head, Radiation and Health Unit, WHO Speakers

Shunichi YAMASHITA – Center for Advanced Radiation Emergency Medicine, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, Chiba, Japan

Gillian Hirth – Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency, Yallambie, Australia / Chair of the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation for the 66th and 67th sessions.

Kenji KAMIYA – Radiation Medical Science Center for the Fukushima Health Management Survey, Fukushima Medical University and Vice president of both Hiroshima University and Fukushima Medical University.

Hiroko KITAMURA – Occupational Health Training Center, University of Occupational and Environmental Health - Kitakyushu-city, Fukuoka, Japan

Noboru TAKAMURA – Department of Global Health, Medicine and Welfare Atomic Bomb Disease Institute Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan

Michio MURAKAMI – Department of Health Risk Communication, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Fukushima, Japan

Nobuyuki HIROHASHI – Department of Radiation Disaster Medicine of the Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

Tomisato MIURA – Department of Risk Analysis and Biodosimetry, Institute of Radiation Emergency Medicine, , Hirosaki, Prefecture, Japan