Global Fund’s Dr. Osamu Kunii Addresses the FGFJ Diet Task Force and Advisory Board in Joint Meeting
In September 2021, FGFJ organized a series of online and in-person meetings for Dr. Osamu (Sam) Kunii, Head of the Strategy, Investment and Impact for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global Fund), who spoke with Diet members, ministry officials, researchers, and business and NGO leaders in Japan to discuss the impact […]
FGFJ x GLOBE+ Interview Series: Running Out of Oxygen & Having to Turn Away Patients – A TB Doctor Combating COVID-19 in Indonesia
The latest installment of the “Infectious Diseases Without Borders–Our Story” interview series features Dr. Erlina Burhan, who has been at the forefront of the fight against tuberculosis (TB) for more than 30 years in Indonesia, which has the second highest TB prevalence in the world.
3rd GFF Seminar | The GFF’s Impact on the Ground—Case of the Nutrition Project in Cambodia
JCIE launched the GFF Seminar series in 2020 as part of its efforts to deepen understanding of how the Japanese government, NGOs, and others can coordinate more effectively with the GFF in order to strengthen maternal and child health and expand universal health coverage in the world’s most vulnerable countries.
International Conference on Universal Health Coverage in the New Development Era: Toward Building Resilient and Sustainable Health Systems
Approximately 300 leaders from around the globe—political leaders, heads of international organizations, NGO leaders, scholars, and other experts in the fields of global health and development—converged in Tokyo for a major conference on the topic of universal health coverage (UHC).
JCIE Publications | Global Action for Health System Strengthening: Policy Recommendations to the G8
This report was submitted to the Japanese and Italian governments in January 2009 for consideration for the 2009 G8 Summit agenda.
FGFJ | Beijing Conference: East Asian Regional Cooperation in the Fight against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria
More than 100 government, business, NGO, and philanthropic leaders gathered in Beijing, China, for a major conference on July 10-11, 2006. This conference was designed to build upon the English and Chinese publication of Fighting a Rising Tide: The Response to AIDS in East Asia, and included many of the experts who began cooperating with one another through the study that culminated in this book.
US-Japan Parliamentary Exchange | 2014 Diet Delegation to the US
The 2014 US-Japan Parliamentary Exchange Program brought the 27th delegation of Japanese Diet members to the US, where they met with Congressional leaders, think tank experts, and business executives.
JCIE Publications | Japan’s Response to the Spread of HIV/AIDS
This survey report, commissioned by the Open Society Institute (OSI), discusses how various actors in the public and private sectors in Japan have been addressing the domestic and global spread of the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
Next Steps on UHC—Moving Forward from the G20 and HLM-UHC
JCIE, in cooperation with the UN Foundation, convened a small, high-level roundtable of global health experts and policymakers on the morning after the UN High-Level Meeting on UHC to discuss what the next steps should be to turn the commitments in recent forums into concrete action, maintain momentum in advancing UHC in low- and middle-income countries, and encourage Japan and other countries to continue to lead on the UHC agenda.
Global Health and Human Security | Press Tour to Myanmar
On June 29 to July 5, 2014, JCIE organized a press tour that brought a delegation of journalists from Japan to several locations in Myanmar to examine the country’s development through the lens of the country’s healthcare system as part of JCIE’s Global Health and Human Security Program.