The this talk sessions was organized in collaboration with volunteer and student NGOS in support of Stand Up Take Action Japan at the Access to Life photo exhibition in Tokyo.
Over 60 participants gathered on September 12, 2010, to hear a special guest talk by Miss Universe 2007 Riyo Mori.
Carol Nyirenda, national coordinator of Zambia’s Community Initiative for Tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS and Malaria (CITAM+), spoke at the first of a series of gallery talk sessions organized in parallel with the photo exhibition Access to Life.
In 2007, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria initiated a joint project with Magnum Photos to document the impact of antiretroviral treatment on the lives of people living with AIDS around the world.
On September 3, 2010, Prime Minister Naoto Kan opened a special launch event for the Tokyo exhibition of Access to Life, a joint photographic project by Magnum Photos and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
On March 18, 2010, Takeda Pharmaceutical and the Global Fund announced an exciting new partnership in which Takeda will contribute JPY1 billion (approximately US$10 million) over ten years for the Global Fund’s programs.
On February 26, 2010, the FGFJ organized a public seminar featuring Dr. Michel Kazatchkine.
On February 9, 2010, close to 40 participants gathered to discuss the proposed new joint funding and programming platform for heath system strengthening (HSS) to be coordinated by the Global Fund, the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI), and the World Bank.
The FGFJ held a seminar in Tokyo on June 23, 2009, to increase understanding of the activities and role of the Global Fund, and to share information with Japanese professionals about career possibilities within the Global Fund.
The Japanese government announced on March 21, 2009, that it would contribute US$194.4 million to the Global Fund this year.
On July 22 to 25, 2008, six members of the FGFJ Diet Task Force visited Cambodia and Vietnam to speak with community leaders, aid workers and national policymakers working on AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis.
On May 26, 2008, M·A·C VIVA GLAM spokesperson Pamela Anderson presented a check for US$100,000 to the FGFJ on behalf of the M·A·C AIDS Fund to support the FGFJ’s efforts to engage political leaders.
