Riko Kimoto | Head, Public Health Network
Asia-Europe Foundation

Riko Kimoto, Head, Public Health Network, Asia-Europe Foundation

Riko Kimoto joined ASEF, an inter-governmental not-for-profit organization located in Singapore, in April 2016. She currently leads ASEF's thematic area of Public Health, known as ASEF Public Health Network (ASEF PHN). Prior to joining ASEF, she gained extensive experience working with NGOs in Latin America, collaborating with local and international agencies, such as the Department of Health and UNHCR, on various health-related issues. She also worked in Africa as a project supervisor for hospital management. Riko has lived in different countries for most of her adult life, including the Haitian Batey (village) in rural Dominican Republic, which has honed her skills in adapting to diverse cultures and lifestyles. She holds a Bachelor of Nursing degree from the Australian Catholic University and has several years of clinical experience as a qualified nurse. Later, she pursued her Master's in International Public Health (MIPH) from the University of Queensland. For her MIPH, she conducted research in Mexico, and her article was subsequently published in a professional journal.

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Day 1 - World Antimicrobial Resistance Congress & Disease Prevention Control Summit 2024 @ 09:30

Keynote panel: Strengthening global health architecture to readily respond to the next health emergency

 As the world approaches the five-year mark for the COVID-19 pandemic, cases are once again on the rise.  WHO has declared the mpox outbreak in Africa another Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) and H5N1 bird flu continues to spread. Meanwhile, governments agreed to strengthen the International Health Regulations, but have thus far failed to reach consensus on a global pandemic agreement.   The panel will debate if, and how, the world is better prepared than before COVID, and what are the most acute weaknesses in the global health architecture that must be urgently addressed to respond to the next health emergency.   

Day 1 - World Antimicrobial Resistance Congress & Disease Prevention Control Summit 2024 @ 13:30

Roundtable 2: Next generation scientists for R&D of antimicrobials

last published: 14/Nov/24 16:45 GMT
last published: 14/Nov/24 16:45 GMT

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