The R.E.P. organised the 1st session of public lecture series, “Infectious Diseases and Our Health” in Yangon, approved by the Embassy of Japan in Myanmar, in cooperation with Research Institute for Microbial Diseases (RIMD), Osaka University, and Infectious Diseases Research Center of Niigata University in Myanmar, for the public of Japanese permanent residents in Yangon. Many questions and comments were posed by the audience during Q&A after the lecture. It was such a meaningful session that we could feel a sense of enthusiasm for the topic.