【祝！福岡県とハワイ大学覚書締結】

　凄いニュースが飛び込んで来ました！

　ワンヘルスについての研究を既に行っているハワイ大学と、ワンヘルスの推進を主要施策として掲げる福岡県で「ワンヘルス推進に関する覚え書き」を締結する事が出来ました。

　調印式には服部誠太郎県知事はじめ、県内で医療関係、環境、食などワンヘルスに関わる学部を持つ九州大学・福岡大学・福岡県立大学・久留米大学など11の大学も同席。

　これにより日本で「ワンヘルス学」が立ち上がり、福岡県が進めるワンヘルスの推進に教育分野での更なる広がりが期待されます。

　桐明和久議長、藏内勇夫九州自立の会会長、秋田章二ワンヘルス特別委員会委員長におかれましては、昨年よりハワイ大学を3回訪問するなどしてやっと漕ぎ着けた調印、まさに感無量だったことと思われます。

　私もワンヘルスの中核拠点であるワンヘルスセンターが設置されるみやま市選出の議員として、県南をワンヘルスの聖地にするべく努力して参ります。

{Celebration! Fukuoka Prefecture and University of Hawaii Sign Memorandum of Understanding}

We have just received a great news!

The University of Hawaii, which is already conducting research on One Health, and Fukuoka Prefecture, which has made the promotion of One Health a major policy, were able to sign a “Memorandum of Understanding for the Promotion of One Health.

The signing ceremony was attended by Governor Seitaro Hattori of Fukuoka Prefecture and 11 universities including Kyushu University, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka Prefectural University, and Kurume University, all of which have departments related to One Health, including medical, environmental, and dietary fields.

It is hoped that this will lead to the establishment of “one-health studies” in Japan and further expansion in the field of education for the promotion of one-health that Fukuoka Prefecture is promoting.

I am sure that Kazuhisa Kiriaki, Chairperson, Isao Kurauchi, President of the Kyushu Association for Self-Reliance, and Shoji Akita, Chairperson of the One Health Special Committee, must have been deeply moved by the signing of this agreement, which they finally achieved after visiting the University of Hawaii three times since last year.

As an elected representative of Miyama City, where the One Health Center, the core center of One Health, is located, I will make every effort to make the southern part of the prefecture a sacred place for One Health.