BMSA is engaged in the following activities within the framework of its international cooperation assistance projects. For further details, please contact support@npo-bmsa.org.

1.	Dispatch of experts

The Association supports the recommendation and dispatch of experts in various fields in response to requests from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and other international cooperation organizations.

Specialized fields of available experts (numerous experts are currently registered.)

1. Experts working on infectious diseases control projects, etc. (registrants in a wide area including viral, bacterial and parasitic diseases)
   
2. Experts with a qualification equivalent to instructors for training on biosafety (experts either in software or in hardware are available)
   
3. Experts involved in the design and construction of biosafety facilities, etc.
   
4. Experts working on primary health care projects, etc.
   
5. Experts in charge of guidance regarding education and research related to human medicine, animal medicine, clinical laboratory tests, etc.

For those persons who work for international cooperation organizations requiring temporary experts

Please contact support@npo-bmsa.org. It will be our pleasure to help you.

For those persons aspiring to be dispatched as experts

Our Association is accepting on request the registration of experts who wish to be dispatched. Applicants should contact support@npo-bmsa.org.

2.	Admission of trainees

Information on the admission of trainees (notably in the field of biosafety)

Subjects on which the Association can provide training

1. Guidance on the principles and practice of biosafety (software and hardware)
2. Guidance on related surveys and research for the control of infectious diseases (notably principles and practice of epidemiological surveys and control of infectious diseases)
3. Guidance regarding the promotion of health, medical services and welfare.
4. Guidance on research into medicine and biology using pathogenic microorganisms.
5. General guidance on applied research using microorganisms

Admissible trainees
Japanese and foreigners are welcome. Persons residing in Japan may refer to Courses on Biosafety for training on biosafety.
We will provide information to those persons who wish to consult us on training, and of course foreigners involved in international cooperation projects (JICA’s counterparts).

3.	Infectious Diseases Control Center for the North Eastern Region of China

We have plan to establish an infectious diseases control center in the North Eastern Region of China (provinces of Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang, etc.). Our objectives are, on the one hand, to encourage projects related to the surveillance, prophylaxis and control of infectious diseases including emerging and re-emerging infections in that region, and to promote the health of the residents, and on the other hand, to also contribute to the prevention and control of infectious diseases imported into Japan.

Description of specific projects and organizations participating in the activities

Targeted infectious diseases

1. The Center will be in charge of surveys and actions against parasitic diseases prevailing in that region, notably those caused by Taenia solium and Cysticercus cellulosae.
2. Then the Center will timely deal with bacterial and viral infections, which are important diseases in that region, and expand the scope of its activities to surveillance and control measures.

Partnership and cooperation with Chinese organizations

1. We are soliciting the support of universities, research organizations and medical institutions in that region, with a focus on Bai Qiu En Medical Division, Jilin University, Harbin School of Medicine and other Chinese schools of medicine.
2. Attaching importance to the collaboration between Western European medicine and Chinese medicine, we are encouraging joint cooperative efforts with sectors engaged in the development and application of Chinese herbal remedies and in technology for traditional Chinese medicine, such as the Changchun College of Chinese Medicine in Changchun, which is pursuing these activities.

Exchange of experts and cooperation in the area of training

1. We have planned to exchange experts and to organize research meetings in the latter half of 2003.
2. We will organize training in Japan in specialized areas for the education of young foreign researchers and also provide training on biosafety.

Japanese cooperative and supporting organizations

1. Secretariat: Biomedical Science Association (specially designated nonprofit organization)
2. As far as the human resources and the partners needed to achieve our projects are concerned, we are in the process of selecting and recruiting the necessary organizations and people that will participate in our activities.