FGFJ | Inaugural Japan Visit of New Global Fund Executive Director Dr. Michel Kazatchkine
JCIE/FGFJ held a seminar in Tokyo on July 26, 2007, on the topic From Heiligendamm to Toyako—The Global Fund on the G8 Agenda, during which Dr. Michel Kazatchkine and Dr. Christoph Benn offered the audience an overview of the Global Fund’s work and its results so far and appealed to Japan to make sure that the momentum that started in Okinawa eight years ago is not lost over the coming years.
FGFJ | Journalist Delegation to Cambodia and Vietnam
From April 21 to 25, 2008, JCIE/FGFJ and the Global Fund led a delegation of five Japanese journalists from major national newspapers to Cambodia and Vietnam. The journalists visited a broad range of sites so that they could better understand the public health problems these countries face and the efforts on the ground to improve the situation.
FGFJ | Diet Delegation to Cambodia and Vietnam
On July 22 to 25, 2008, six members of the JCIE/FGFJ Diet Task Force visited Cambodia and Vietnam to speak with community leaders, aid workers and national policymakers working on AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis and to visit treatment sites and communities dealing with these diseases.
FGFJ | Site Visits to Global Fund–Supported Projects in Ethiopia and Senegal
In order to promote better understanding of how Global Fund support reinforces other health-related activities at the community level, the FGFJ and JCIE worked closely with the Global Fund to organize a study trip for several prominent Japanese global health experts and emerging scholars to Ethiopia and Senegal from April 26 to May 4, 2011.
FGFJ | Prime Minister Kan Opens Access to Life Photo Exhibit
On September 3, 2010, Prime Minister Naoto Kan opened a special launch event for the Tokyo exhibition of a joint photographic project by Magnum Photos and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. This exhibit documents the impact of antiretroviral treatment on the lives of people living with AIDS around the world and is designed to give a human face to the global effects of the disease.
FGFJ | Promoting Global Health and Human Security during TICAD V
JCIE and its Friends of the Global Fund, Japan (FGFJ) initiative, organized a series of events during the Fifth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD V). The events focused on the role that Japan has played—and should continue to play—in promoting Africa’s economic development through its leadership in the global fight against communicable diseases.
TV Celebrity JOY Joins FGFJ for a World Tuberculosis Day Special Interview
For World Tuberculosis Day, the Japan Center for International Exchange (JCIE)/Friends of the Global Fund, Japan (FGFJ) released a special interview with TV personality JOY, who contracted tuberculosis in 2011. He suffered from the disease for several months before fully recovering and was later appointed as the “Stop TB Volunteer Ambassador.”
Friends of the Global Fund, Japan Commemorates 15th Anniversary
The Friends of the Global Fund, Japan (FGFJ) welcomed more than 150 participants at its 15th Anniversary Event, which was held at The Classic House, Akasaka Prince, in Tokyo. The participants included parliamentarians from various parties, parliamentarians, government officials, the health sector and other non-health areas of the private sector, academia, NGOs, media, and students.
FGFJ | UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibé Visits Japan
JCIE/FGFJ welcomed Michel Sidibé, Executive Director of UNAIDS, back to Japan. This time, Mr. Sidibé spoke with JCIE’s Global Health and Human Security Executive Committee on February 21 on synergies between universal health coverage and the fight against HIV/AIDS.
FGFJ Diet Task Force and Advisory Board Meeting with Peter Sands and Donald Kaberuka
Global Fund Board Chair Donald Kaberuka and Executive Director Peter Sands met with nine members of the FGFJ Diet Task Force to discuss Japan’s leadership role in the fight against the three diseases.