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Launch of Japan’s new Global Health Policy and Education Cooperation Policy

October 1, 2010
Japanese

  1. On 22 September, at the UN High-Level Plenary Meeting on Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Prime Minister Naoto Kan launched Japan’s five-year development policies on global health and education and announced that Japan would provide assistance of US$ 5 billion for global health including contribution amounting to US$ 800 million to the Global Fund, and US$ 3.5 billion for education over five years beginning in 2011.

  2. In these new policies, Japan proposed the assistance models called “EMBRACE” (Ensure Mothers and Babies Regular Access to Care) and “School for All” aiming to work toward achieving the related MDGs together with other stakeholders in the public and private sectors. Prime Minister Kan called on developing countries to adopt these models and on donors and international organizations to make concerted efforts in accordance with these models to help developing countries achieve these goals.

  3. In formulating these policies and models, the Government of Japan conducted dialogues and consultation with the stakeholders including UNAIDS (The United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS), UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Science and Cultural Organizations), UNFPA (United Nations Populations Fund), UNICEF (United Nations Children’s Fund), WHO (World Health Organization), World Bank, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, GAVI Alliance, and NGOs such as IPPF (International Planned Parenthood Foundation) as well as academics. Japan will ensure transparency implementing its assistance through cooperation and collaboration with a broader range of international organizations, NGOs and the public and private sectors.
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