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.
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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)…
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
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…
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…
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…
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.
