The Global Fund’s Executive Director Peter Sands joined the first virtual FGFJ Diet Task Force meeting to discuss the current impact of COVID-19 on AIDS,
On May 4, the European Union, France, Germany, Japan, and other partners hosted a Coronavirus Global Response international pledging conference to start the process of
On April 25th, World Malaria Day, the 7th Zero Malaria Award will be presented to Dr. Osamu Kunii, the Head of Strategy Investment and Impact
On March 10, the FGFJ Diet Task Force met with Dr. Noboru Minakawa of the Nagasaki University for Tropical Diseases and Dr. Shigeyuki Kano, director
With a March 27 vote, the Diet approved US$476 million in contributions to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. This included $72.7 million
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.
