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
UPDATE: Due to the postponement of the Olympic and Paralympic Games until 2021, the Olympic Torch Relay has also been moved to Spring 2021. FGFJ and JCIE fully support the decision at
World governments, private sector, civil society, and affected communities came together this past week to invest the US$14 billion needed for the Global Fund to
On August 28, 2019, Global Fund Board Chair Donald Kaberuka and Executive Director Peter Sands met with nine members of the FGFJ Diet Task Force
SwitchPoint, an annual conference focused on global health innovation, arrived in Japan for the first time on August 31st as SwitchPoint Shibuya: The Crossroads
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced Japan’s renewed commitment to the Global Fund—a commitment that will save 1 million lives and avert 14.3 million new infections through programs supported by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
Takeda Pharmaceutical announced its renewed investment in the Global Fund, making it the first private sector company to announce a financial commitment to the Global Fund’s Sixth Replenishment cycle.
The Japanese government disbursed US$339.3 million to the Global Fund from its supplementary budget, which almost completes the US$800 pledge made around G7 Ise-Shima Summit in May 2016.
FGFJ welcomed more than 130 people at its 15th Anniversary Event,” Our Fight, Our Global Fund, Our Replenishment—Japan and the Global Fund,” which offered an opportunity to look back on the course of the fight with those who have been integrally involved, evaluate where we are now, and what steps we should be taking as we look ahead toward the 6th replenishment of the Global Fund this October.
The event convenes leading policymakers and experts—including Global Fund Executive Director Peter Sands—along with those on the frontlines of the battle with the three deadly diseases, to reflect on the impact that the Global Fund has had, what is unique about its approach, and what now needs to be done to take the next steps to combat these killer diseases.
The Friends of the Global Fund, Japan (FGFJ) conducted a press tour to Indonesia on November 25-30 that brought four journalists from major Japanese newspapers to two cities in Indonesia for site visits of the Global Fund supported activities.
Taking advantage of an Interactive Hearing for UN High-Level Meeting on Tuberculosis (UNHLM on TB) on June 4, 2018, JCIE/FGFJ worked with the United Nations Foundation and Results US to hold a media roundtable the following day.
