The government of Japan and the Global Fund co-organized a UNGA side event on “The Path Towards Universal Health Coverage: the promotion of equitable global health and human security in the post-2015 development era” along with the governments of France, Liberia, Senegal, Thailand, the WHO, and the World Bank.
The Japan Center for International Exchange brought a delegation of Japanese journalist to a health center in Kenya supported by the Global Fund.
Architect Tadao Ando has launched Japan’s first (RED) product—a limited-edition box set of photographs he has taken of his architecture.
On April 17, a seminar was held in Tokyo to launch the Japanese translation of Peter Piot’s memoir, No Time to Lose: A Life in Pursuit of Deadly Viruses, which recounts his experience on the front lines of the fight against communicable diseases.
On Thursday, April 16, NHK World interviewed Peter Piot.
A public service announcement (PSA) featuring Japan’s First Lady Akie Abe speaking out on HIV/AIDS is being aired in Japan and across Asia.
Japan’s First Lady, Akie Abe, is collaborating with the MTV Staying Alive Foundation on the launch of an HIV/AIDS awareness campaign, which will begin with “Ask Akie Abe,” a Q&A with Mrs. Abe via Twitter.
Prime Minister Abe announces that Japan will host the Global Fund’s Replenishment Preparatory Meeting in Tokyo on December 17, 2015, and emphasizes Japan’s continued support for the fund.
How can the resources of the private sector be more effectively leveraged to help battle three of the world’s most devastating communicable diseases? This was
December 12, 2014, was the first ever Universal Health Coverage Day, marking the two-year anniversary of a unanimous United Nations resolution endorsing universal health coverage
A Nikkei Business Online interview with Global Fund Executive Director Mark Dybul.
Former UNAIDS head Peter Piot met with members of Japan’s Parliamentary Caucus on the Promotion of Human Security and visited a Tokyo community center focused on AIDS prevention.
