GLOBAL HEALTH & HUMAN SECURITY
2007–Present
JCIE’s Global Health and Human Security Program builds international cooperation to tackle many of the world’s most pressing health challenges. Program activities advocate for strong Japanese leadership on global health, mobilize world leaders to help make health systems in low and middle-income countries more resilient, and advance universal health coverage in the world’s poorest countries. Dialogues and studies organized as part of this initiative have played a historic role in elevating global health on Japan’s foreign policy agenda, starting with the 2008 Toyako G8 Summit and continuing to this day.
CURRENT INITIATIVES
PROGRAM NEWS
JCIE USA’s 50th Anniversary Celebration featuring Professor Gerald L. Curtis: Defining a Path Forward for US-Japan Relations in Turbulent Times
June 12, 2025 | New York
JCIE USA will celebrate the 50th anniversary of its efforts to strengthen US-Japan relations with a conversation featuring Professor Gerald L. Curtis, facilitated by Jake Schlesinger. The discussion w…
JCIE USA Hosts Meetings with Yasuhisa Shiozaki on Global Health and US-Japan Relations
September 23–26, 2024 | Washington DC and New York NY
JCIE USA hosted a series of events with Hon. Yasuhisa Shiozaki, chair of JCIE’s Executive Committee on Global Health & Human Security and Japan’s former Minister of Health, Labour & Welfare, to Washin…
TICAD Ministerial Meeting Thematic Event | Global Health Financing to Achieve UHC
August 26, 2024 | Tokyo, Japan
The Japan Center for International Exchange (JCIE) and Save the Children Japan organized the final thematic event, “Global Health Financing to Achieve Universal Health Coverage UHC in Africa: How to P…
Final Conference of the Global Health Multistakeholder Dialogue
December 1, 2023 | Tokyo, Japan
JCIE co-hosted the hybrid final conference of the Global Health Multistakeholder Dialogue: From Hiroshima to Puglia (GHMD) in Tokyo, Japan. About 120 experts, half of whom joined from overseas, gather…
2023 US-Japan Global Health Dialogue
September 18, 2023 | Washington DC
The 2023 US-Japan Global Health Dialogue brought together US and Japanese senior government officials, legislators, health experts, and other leaders to discuss how US-Japan collaboration can be lever…
Hiroshima G7 Global Health Follow-Up Initiative Kick-off Event: Reflections on the 2023 G7
June 27, 2023 | Online
This webinar is a kick-off for the Hiroshima G7 Global Health Follow-up Initiative, and aims to reflect on the 2023 G7 communique and past G7 commitments.
For the Health of All Women and Children: What is the Role of the GFF?
June 21, 2023 | Hybrid
JCIE and Save the Children Japan co-hosted an event to discuss the role of the GFF in improving primary health care towards achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in low- and middle-income countrie…
Hiroshima G7 Task Force: Recommendations for Promoting Global Solidarity Towards a More Resilient Health System
April 5, 2023 | Online
JCIE co-hosted a special webinar with Pandemic Action Network (PAN), and the University of Tokyo’s Institute for Future Initiatives to discuss JCIE’s Hiroshima G7 Global Health Task Force recommendati…
Hiroshima G7 Global Health Task Force Dialogue Series
February 1–10, 2023 | Online
In 2023, Japan will host the G7 Summit in Hiroshima. JCIE has established a Hiroshima G7 Global Health Task Force to make recommendations to the Japanese government on the G7 agenda for global health….
Hiroshima G7 Global Health Taskforce Roundtable Discussion
November 30, 2022 | Washington DC
In 2023, Japan will host the G7 Summit in Hiroshima. JCIE has established a Hiroshima G7 Global Health Task Force to make recommendations to the Japanese government on the G7 agenda for global health….
The Roles of Germany and Japan in Global Health IV
October 19, 2022 | Berlin and Online
Japanese and German politicians, policy experts, business leaders, and global health experts participated in a hybrid forum to utilize the countries’ bilateral relationship to discuss key issues in gl…
Launch of the G7 Global Health Task Force
August 10, 2022 | Japan
Ahead of the G7 Summit, JCIE has established the 2023 G7 Global Health Task Force under the Executive Committee on Global Health and Human Security to make recommendations to the Japanese government o…
4th US-Japan Global Health Dialogue
June 17, 2022 | Washington DC
The 4th US-Japan Global Health Dialogue brought together over 50 American and Japanese senior government officials, legislators, health experts, and leaders from international organizations to discuss…
SYMPOSIUM | Restructuring Post-COVID Global Health Governance through Global Solidarity: The Role of G7 & G20
March 16, 2022 | Online
Japan Center for International Exchange (JCIE) and the Tokyo University Institute for Future Initiatives (IFI) are conducting a research project on “The International Order and Japan’s Role in the COV…
JCIE Co-organized Official Event for Nutrition for Growth Summit
December 8, 2021 | Online
The Japan Center for International Exchange (JCIE), joined by the Ministry of Finance of Japan, the World Bank, and the *Global Finance Facility for Women, Children, and Adolescents (GFF), held an off…
PUBLICATIONS
FGFJ Infographic | The Global Fund’s Contributions to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Friends of the Global Fund, Japan
May 2025
The Friends of the Global Fund, Japan (FGFJ) has launched a series of thematic sheets on cross-cutting areas in relation to the work and impact of the Global Fund.
Recommendations for Japan’s 3rd Healthcare Policy: A Global Perspective
Executive Committee on Global Health & Human Security, JCIE
2024
These recommendations for Japan’s 3rd Healthcare Policy, compiled by a working group of executive committee fellows from JCIE’s Executive Committee on Global Health & Human Security and JCIE staff, ca…
FGFJ Issue Brief | Strengthening the Financial Sustainability of Disease Programs
Emi Inaoka
2024
This Friends of the Global Fund, Japan (FGFJ) issue brief, prepared by Global Fund Health Financing Senior Advisor Emi Inaoka, examines the Global Fund’s approaches to supporting domestic resource mob…
FGFJ Infographic | Looking Back on Japan's Long-Standing Commitment to the Global Fund
Friends of the Global Fund, Japan
September 2024
The Friends of the Global Fund, Japan (FGFJ) has launched a series of thematic sheets on cross-cutting areas in relation to the work and impact of the Global Fund.
Strengthening Human Capital Development for Clinical Trials to Prepare for Future Health Crises
Task Force for Promoting Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Regulatory Harmonization in Asia, Executive Committee on Global Health and Human Security
2024
This report, available in both English and Japanese, outlines recommendations of the Task Force for Promoting Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Regulatory Harmonization in Asia the Task Force on ways…
Global Health Multistakeholder Dialogue Recommendations to the G7 2024
Global Health Multistakeholder Dialogue
2023
The culmination of an independent, nonstate actor-led Global Health Multistakeholder Dialogue, this report reviews the progress of the G7’s past commitments to global health issues including antimicro…
The Road to UHC: The GFF’s Catalytic Role in Supporting PHC Toward the Achievement of UHC
Prepared by Hayley Hutchison
2023
This report provides a overview of the Global Financing Facility (GFF)’s role in supporting primary health care (PHC) toward the goal of achieving universal health coverage (UHC), as well as examples…
Hiroshima G7 Global Health Task Force Recommendations for the G7 Meetings in Japan
Hiroshima G7 Global Health Task Force
April 2023
This report, available in both English and Japanese, outlines the Task Force for Promoting Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Regulatory Harmonization in Asia’s strategy recommendations for a COVID-19…
Strengthening the Clinical Trial Site Network in Asia to Accelerate Harmonization of Development Systems and Regulations: Developing and Expanding the Network of Asian Hubs
Task Force for Promoting Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Regulatory Harmonization in Asia, Executive Committee on Global Health and Human Security
2023
This report, available in both English and Japanese, outlines the Task Force for Promoting Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Regulatory Harmonization in Asia’s strategy recommendations for developing…
JCIE's Hiroshima G7 Global Health Task Force Publishes Comments in the Lancet Ahead of G7 Meetings
April 4, 2023
The Lancet published a comment from the Hiroshima G7 Global Health Task Force, outlining the Task Force’s recommendations for tackling some of the main challenges in global health: advancing the resil…
Kishida Shows Leadership at TICAD on Global Health and Security
Kazuyo Kato
August 28, 2022
This piece by JCIE/USA Executive Director Kazuyo Kato highlights the significant of Japan’s recent pledge to the Global Fund, made at TICAD8.
Japan and America Can Restore a Healthy World Order
Mark Lagon and James Gannon
August 25, 2022
This piece by JCIE Senior Fellow Jim Gannon and Friends of the Global Fight Chief Policy Officer Mark Lagon highlights the history of US-Japan collaboration on health, and how the two countries can co…
JCIE/USA Fellow and Board Members Featured in Special COVID Edition of Global Asia
James Gannon - Simone Villa, Giorgia Renne, Ariel Pablos-Méndez, Mario C. Raviglione - Charles Morrison
March 2022
“The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare the lack of high-level political leadership in co-ordinating global action against the pandemic, with resultant failures in securing agreement between governments…
Japan's Global Health Strategy in the Post–COVID-19 Era Vol. 14 | Essential Medical Products during a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC): Public Funding for R&D and Internationally Equitable Access to Its Results
Yasushi Katsuma
March 11, 2022
This article considers such questions as why the global disparity in access has occurred, whether international efforts to close those gaps have been successful, and what is needed for a fundamental s…
Japan's Global Health Strategy in the Post–COVID-19 Era Vol. 15 | Financing Mechanisms for Health Security — Challenges and Lessons for the Future
Haruka Sakamoto
March 11, 2022
This policy brief discusses contributions to the WHO Contingency Fund for Emergencies since it was established in 2015.
