Global Health

JCIE has a long history of working to advance global health and human security, mobilizing world leaders and stakeholders from different sectors of society—government, civil society, medicine, business, and more—to tackle the most pressing challenges of the day. Our activities foster greater understanding of health and human security challenges among key decision makers and promote high-level international dialogue and cooperation on critical issues in the field.

CURRENT PROGRAMS

RELATED ACTIVITIES


FGFJ Presents Leadership Awards at Reception to Welcome Global Fund Executive Director Peter Sands

March 4, 2025 | Tokyo, Japan

Friends of the Global Fund, Japan hosted a reception on March 4, 2025, on the occasion of Global Fund Executive Director Peter Sands’ first visit to Japan in two years. On this occasion, an awards cer…


Global Fund Executive Director Peter Sands Meets with FGFJ Advisory Board During Visit to Japan

March 4, 2025 | Tokyo, Japan

On March 4, 2025, Peter Sands, Executive Director of The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (The Global Fund), met with FGFJ’s Advisory Board to present the Investment Case for the Gl…


FGFJ Commemorates World AIDS Day in Joint Diet Task Force and Advisory Board Meeting

December 18, 2024 | Tokyo, Japan

FGFJ convened a joint meeting between the Diet Task Force and Advisory Board to commemorate World AIDS Day 2024 and discuss the latest prevention and treatment tools that could end AIDS in Japan and l…


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…


Health Minister of Malawi Speaks to FGFJ's Diet Task Force on Climate and Health

April 20, 2024 | Tokyo, Japan

On April 18, Friends of the Global Fund, Japan (FGFJ) held its 38th Diet Task Force meeting, which featured a discussion with H.E. Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda, the Minister of Health of Malawi. The meet…


JCIE Celebrates 20th Anniversary of the Friends of the Global Fund, Japan (FGFJ)

March 22, 2024 |

JCIE is delighted to celebrate the 20th anniversary of its Friends of the Global Fund, Japan (FGFJ) initiative, which encourages multisectoral collaboration and support for the work of the Global Fund…


FGFJ Participates in the Tokyo Premiere of "The Inheritance"

February 14, 2024 | Tokyo, Japan

©Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre (TMT) Friends of the Global Fund, Japan (FGFJ) and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (the Global Fund) supported the Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre (TMT)…

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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…


FGFJ Reflects on 40 Years of the HIV/AIDS Pandemic for World AIDS Day 2023

November 30, 2023 | Tokyo, Japan

2023 marks 40 years since the discovery of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. Over the last four decades, AIDS has spread throughout the world and remains a pandemic to this day.Friends of the Global Fu…


PANEL DISCUSSION | Building Climate-Resilient & Sustainable Health Systems through US-Japan Leadership

November 8, 2023 | 4:00-5:30PM | Washington DC

JCIE/USA is organizing a panel discussion at the US-Japan Council’s 2023 Annual Conference to explore how the US and Japan are addressing the relationship between climate change and human health.


FGFJ Event on "Inclusive Health Systems" on the Sidelines of the 78th UN General Assembly

September 19, 2023 | New York City & Online

Friends of the Global Fund, Japan (FGFJ), Friends of the Global Fight (US), Friends of the Global Fund, Europe, and Fund for the Global Fund held an event on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly…

2023 US-Japan Global Health Dialogue

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 task force follow-up initiative

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.

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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…

RELATED 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…


Innovation for an Aging Asia—Case Studies from the Healthy Aging Prize for Asian Innovation (HAPI)

Kim Gould Ashizawa and Stephen McHugh

November 2024

This case study report features nearly two dozen innovations that address issues common to aging populations. These programs, policies, and products were recognized in the first three rounds of the He…


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…


AHWIN Papers No. 4: Disaster Preparedness for Aging Populations—Lessons from Japan

Dr. Hiroko Okuda and Dr. Jun Tomio

February 2024

The fourth publication in the “AHWIN Papers” series examines Japan’s actions to improve disaster preparedness to better safeguard the country’s aging population.


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…

GFF UHC PHC report

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…


The US and Japan as G7 Champions of Health and Democracy

Kazuyo Kato

May 11, 2023

In this op-ed published in the Diplomat ahead of the 2023 G7 Summit in Hiroshima, JCIE/USA Executive Director Kazuyo Kato and Ambassador (ret.) Mark Lagon, Chief Policy Officer at Friends of the Globa…

JCIE and Hiroshima G7 Task Force Members meet with Seiji Kihara and Keizo Takemi for the launch of the Task Force's Recommendations to the G7

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…


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…


AHWIN Papers No. 3: The Path to Community-Based Integrated Care

Tomoko Sakota

April 2022

The third publication in the “AHWIN Papers” series covers Japan’s transition to community-based integrated care to address the challenges of its older population.