Kick-off symposium 2025
Core-to-Core Research Symposium on Neglected Tropical Disease Research in Sub-Saharan Africa @Sapporo ( Oct 9-10, 2025 )
Poster download from here (PDF)
Program download from here (PDF)
We are pleased to announce the kickoff symposium for the JSPS Core-to-Core project, “Establishment of a One-Health research network for controlling neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) in Sub-Saharan Africa.”
Sub-Saharan Africa continues to face a high burden of NTDs, many of which are zoonotic. Through the NTDs Core-to-Core project, experts from Zambia, Japan, and Malawi in the fields of medicine, veterinary science, and vector research will gather to exchange knowledge on NTD research, as well as to explore new and effective collaborative studies, infectious disease education, and the training of young researchers.
To ensure productive discussions, we will hold an international symposium every year during the project period, aimed at promoting international exchange. For the first year, we will have 1st NTDs Core-to-Core Symposium at Sapporo, Japan.
Schedule & Venue
[Oct9, 2025] Thur Main Talk Event
@WHO CC room International Institute for Zoonosis Control
Welcome Dinner from 18:00-
[Oct10, 2025] Fri Workshop for the Education of Parasitology
AM: Field trip @Tukisamu Park
⚫︎ Community-engaged parasite control strategies. Echinococcosis control initiatives in municipal parks
PM: Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University
⚫︎ Utilization of Next-Generation Parasite Education Tools: Plastination and 3D Printing Approaches
Program
- 13:00 General Introduction by Kyoko Hayashida
- 13:10-13:40 Prof. Janelisa Musaya
Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome (MLW) Programme, Kamuzu University of Health Science, Malawi
"From bench to communities: Evolving Insights into Trypanosomiasis in Malawi" - 13:40-14:10 Dr. Mable Mutengo
Institute of Basic and Biomedical Sciences, Levy Mwanawasa Medical University, Zambia
"Schistosomiasis in Zambia: Opportunities for One Health Research collaborations to Enhance Control" - 14:10-14:40 Dr. Elisha Chatanga
Faculty of Veterinary Science, Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Malawi
"Tick-borne rickettsioses: a neglected public health threat in Malawi" - 14:40-15:10 Dr. Walter Muleya
School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zambia, University of Zambia, Zambia
"Shared Responsibility: The Current Status of NTDs in Zambia Focus on Leishmaniasis, African Trypanosomiasis and Rabies"
-------15:10- 15:30 Coffee Break ----------------------
- 15:30-15:50 Dr. Kyoko Hayashida
International Institute for Zoonosis Control, Hokkaido University
"Trypanosome infection rates, host preference, and genetic structure of tsetse flies in the African trypanosomiasis endemic foci in Zambia and Malawi" - 15:50- 16:10 Dr. Chizu Sanjoba
Graduate School of Agriculture and Life Sciences, University of Tokyo
"Who’s the Vector? Leishmaniasis in Zambia Under the Microscope" - 16:10- 16:30 Prof. Junya Yamagishi
International Institute for Zoonosis Control, Hokkaido University, Hokkaido University
"Development of diverse mNGS approaches for clinical diagnostics" - 16:30- 16:50 Prof. Yasuyuki Goto
Graduate School of Agriculture and Life Science, University of Tokyo
"Zoonotic leishmaniasis in Sub-Saharan Africa" - 16:50- 17:10 Dr. Naoki Hayashi
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University
"Helminthic Neglected Tropical Diseases in Japan" - 17:10- 17:30 Dr. Mackenzie L. Kwak
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University
"Diversity and disease ecology of Zambian ticks" - 17:30- 17:50 Dr. Takako Ikeda
Communication in Science and Technology Education and Research Program: CoSTEP, Hokkaido University
”Living with Urban Foxes in Sapporo:
Risk Communication on Echinococcosis, Feeding, and Human–Nature Relationships” - 18:00- Closing and Wellcome dinner ＠IIZC 3rd building, 3F Lounge
