The Africa-Japan Common Vision on Health is a set of key recommendations and principles compiled by JCIE’s multilateral Africa-Japan Common Vision on Health Working Group, to be shared by public and private parties in Africa and Japan. It will be launched on August 21, 2025, at a thematic event held on the sidelines of the 9th African Development Conference (TICAD 9) on “Africa-Japan Common Vision on Health: Co-creating Health Security and Sustainable Growth,” co-hosted by JCIE and the African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD).

In recent years, Africa has improved key health indicators, yet faces a number of persistent challenges—from infectious and noncommunicable diseases to climate threats and fragile systems. Declining donor aid and shifting global priorities underscore the need for domestic financing, innovative investment, and regional self-reliance. But long before these aid declines began, Africa had already launched a proactive movement to reclaim health financing sovereignty. This momentum converged with the August 2025 Africa Health Sovereignty Summit, which reinforced commitments to country-led, investment-driven, domestically financed systems, and called for Africa’s active role in reshaping global health governance. Africa CDC is now helping member states operationalize that vision—establishing sovereignty funds, strengthening primary care, and integrating community health workers.

Against this backdrop, a renewed Africa–Japan health partnership offers transformative potential. Africa brings youthful demographics, expanding markets, and self-reliance; Japan brings technology, research excellence, and UHC experience. For Japan, this partnership opens new markets, revitalizes its innovation ecosystem, and strengthens pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response (PPPR) through collaboration with Africa’s dynamic health systems.

This Common Vision calls on both sides to commit and work together to link Africa’s investment-driven vision with Japan’s capabilities to build resilient, inclusive systems and shape a healthier, more secure, and more prosperous future together, not only in our regions, but also globally.