Department of Environmental Medicine, Kochi Medical School [Regional contribution(Foreign)]

We have left Japan on October 21, 2009 and made transits in Singapore and South Africa before arriving in Kinshasa on Thursday, October 22
in evening. On Friday ,October 23 we visited the University of Kinshasa where we met Professors and attended a special ceremony of Doctor
Honoris Causa for Professor De Quecker, a rheumatologist from Belgium. Here are some activities and state of advancement of study project.

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Meeting with the Professor Mbanzulu Pita Damien:

Prof. Mbanzulu is the one who really took care of us from the beginning of our stay in Kinshasa. He came to pick us up at the Ndjili Airport of Kinshasa and was with us everyday, providing us necessary assistance (food, transportation, sightseeing around Kinshasa).

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Meeting with Professor Jean-Marie Kayembe, Vice-dean of faculty of Medicine and the Dean, Professor Mampunza Ma Miezi Samy:

Despite the fact that his father was hospitalized (he passed away later), Prof. Kayembe JM received us in his office and we share some views on inter-collegiate cooperation between our universities. He promised to send to Japan necessary information in order to help materialize the cooperation.

Thanks to Professor Kayembe JM, we could meet and talk with the dean at His office; he really appreciated the fact that the faculty has already been in touch with Professor Suganuma.


In Prof. Kayembe’s office Conference on Malaria, ERAIFT center, UNIKIN.		after ceremony at UNIKIN Hall

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Participation to the special ceremony of Doctor Honoris Causa for Prof. Dr. De Quecker:

Professor De Quecker had taught some of the current Heads of departments and director of the University hospital and is involved in projects supporting the high education system in Congo DRC, particularly the University of Kinshasa. He founded a organization that provides scholarships every year to some Congolese researchers. Many professors, especially from the Faculty of Medicine, attend the event. A reception was organized and we could meet again the president of the University of Kinshasa.


Prof. De Quecker receives the diploma of doctor honoris causa from President of Univ. of Kinshasa

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Participation to the conference on Malaria:

With Professor Situakibanza, we attended the conference on Malaria near the school of public health of University of Kinshasa and then had a dinner offered by Professor Suganuma Narufumi..

Conference on Malaria, ERAIFT center, UNIKIN.

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