8 years after the Okinawa Summit, J

8 years after the Okinawa Summit, Japan is again
preparing to host the leaders of the G8 countries,
and global health is one of the priorities on the
summit agenda. In a speech about global health and
Japan’s foreign policy, Japanese Foreign Minister
Masahiko Koumura stated that human security is “very
relevant to cooperation in the 21st century. That is to
say, it is vitally important that we not only focus on the
health of individuals and protect them, but also strive
to empower individuals and communities through
health-system strengthening”.5 With this statement,
the minister showed Japan’s commitment not only
to support global health but also to do so through
a human security approach. A group at Harvard
University has also advocated for global action on
health-system strengthening as part of their proposal
to the G8 leaders.6
Human security approaches have the potential to
contribute to improved health for several reasons. First,
as a human-centred approach, human security focuses
on the actual needs of a community, as identifi ed by
the community.7 Second, human security highlights
people’s vulnerability and aims to help them to build
resilience to current and future threats, and to help them
to create an environment in which they can protect their
own and their family’s health even in the face of other
challenges. Third, human security aims to strengthen
the interface between protection and empowerment.
In the context of public health, a protection approach
aims to strengthen institutions in a society to prevent,
monitor, and anticipate health threats. On the other
hand, an empowerment approach aims to enhance
the capacity of individuals and communities to
assume responsibility for their own health.8 Human
security also looks at the interface between these two
approaches, and encourages those with political and
economic power to create an enabling environment for
individuals and communities to have more control over
their own health.

Results (English) 1:

8 years after the Okinawa Summit, Japan is againpreparing to host the leaders of the G8 countries,and global health is one of the priorities on thesummit agenda. In a speech about global health andJapanese foreign policy, Japanese Foreign MinisterMasahiko Kimura stated that human security is "veryrelevant to cooperation in the 21st century. That is tosay, it is vitally important that we not only focus on thehealth of individuals and protect them, but also striveto empower individuals and communities throughhealth-system strengthening ". 5 With this statement,the minister showed Japanese commitment not onlyto support global health but also to do so througha human security approach. A group at HarvardUniversity has also advocated for global action onhealth-system strengthening as part of their proposalto the G8 leaders. 6Human security approaches have the potential tocontribute to improved health for several reasons. First,as a human-centred approach, human security focuseson the actual needs of a community, as identifi ed bythe community. 7 Second, human security highlightspeople vulnerability and aims to help them to buildresilience to current and future threats, and to help themto create an environment in which they can protect theirown and their familys health even in the face of otherchallenges. Third, human security aims to strengthenthe interface between protection and empowerment.In the context of public health, a protection approachaims to strengthen institutions in a society to prevent,monitor, and anticipate health threats. On the otherhand, an empowerment approach aims to enhancethe capacity of individuals and communities toassume responsibility for their own health. 8 Humansecurity also looks at the interface between these twoapproaches, and encourages those with political andeconomic power to create an enabling environment forindividuals and communities to have more control overtheir own health.

Results (English) 3:

冲绳峰会的8年后，日本再次
准备主办的八国集团国家领导人，
和全球卫生在
峰会议程的重点之一。在对全球健康和
日本外交政策演讲，日本外相Masahiko
文章表示，人的安全是“非常
在第二十一世纪的合作相关。这是
说，我们不仅关注个体
健康和保护他们是非常重要的，但是还要

赋予个人和社区通过加强卫生系统“。5这种说法，
部长显示日本不仅承诺
支持全球健康也要通过
人类安全方法。
一群哈佛大学也主张全球
加强卫生系统作为他们的建议
部分八国集团领导人的行动。6
人类安全的方法有助于改善健康
几个潜在原因。首先，作为一个以人为本
，人类安全重点
社区的实际需要，为确定由
社区。7秒，人类安全集锦
人的脆弱性，旨在帮助他们建立
抵御当前和未来的威胁，并帮助他们
创造一个他们可以保护他们自己，甚至其它

挑战面对家人的健康环境。第三，人类安全的目的是加强保护和赋权
界面。
在公共卫生环境，保护方法
旨在加强社会预防，监测和预测机构
，健康威胁。另
方面，权力的做法旨在提高
个人和社区的能力
承担自己健康的责任。8人的安全也在看这两

方法之间的接口，并鼓励那些政治
经济力量创造一个有利于
个人和团体有超过
自己的健康控制环境。