Africa
Japan's Response to the Ebola Outbreak in West Africa
June 14, 2016
The current Ebola outbreak might finally be ending, due partly to the support from the international community, including Japan. However, considering that some new cases are still being confirmed, Japan is determined to continue providing support with a view to achieving a zero case.
The current Ebola outbreak is in part attributed to the weak health systems of the affected countries. Given that, Japan will be contributing to the reconstruction of their health systems, which should serve to prevent a future outbreak of infectious diseases such as Ebola virus disease.
Japan's Assistance
Total funding to date: Approximately USD 173 million
- Japan’s assistance to address the Ebola virus disease outbreak in West Africa (Provision of medicine to Guinea) (June 14, 2016)
- Japan’s response to the Ebola virus disease outbreak in West Africa (April 17, 2015) (June 14, 2016)
- Japan's Response to the Ebola Outbreak (July 17, 2015) (PDF)
- Dispatch of Experts in Response to the Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak in West African Countries (May 15, 2015)
- Japan’s response to the Ebola virus disease outbreak in West Africa (Provision of Ebola test kits to Guinea) (April 17, 2015)
- Dispatch of Experts in Response to the Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak in West African Countries (April 17, 2015)
- Dispatch of Experts in Response to the Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak in West African Countries (January 30, 2015)
- Dispatch of Experts in Response to the Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak in West African Countries (January 6, 2015)
- Implementation of emergency grant aid in response to the Ebola virus disease outbreak in West African countries, the secondment of an official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to UNMEER and the dispatch of a Japanese medical expert through WHO (December 9, 2014)
- Provision of Personal Protective Equipment and Dispatch of Japan Disaster Relief Team in Response to Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak in West African Countries (November 28, 2014)
- Dispatch of experts in response to the Ebola virus disease outbreak in West African countries (November 11, 2014)
- Emergency grant aid in response to the Ebola virus disease outbreak in three West African countries (Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone) (November 7, 2014)
- Dispatch of experts in response to the Ebola virus disease outbreak in West African countries (October 17, 2014)
- Emergency grant aid in response to the Ebola virus disease outbreak in West African countries (October 3, 2014)
- Emergency Assistance to the Republic of Sierra Leone and the Republic of Liberia in response to the Ebola virus disease outbreak (September 9, 2014)
- Emergency Assistance to the Republic of Liberia in response to the Ebola virus disease outbreak (August 25, 2014)
- Emergency grant aid in response to the Ebola virus disease outbreak in West African countries including the Republic of Sierra Leone, the Republic of Liberia and the Republic of Guinea (August 15, 2014)
- Emergency grant aid to the Republic of Guinea in response to the Ebola Haemorhagic Fever outbreak (April 4, 2014)
Japan's Position
Coordination with International Community
- Japan-U.S. Summit Telephone Talk (October 15, 2014)
- Japan-U.S. Foreign Ministers' Telephone Talk (October 15, 2014)
- G7 Foreign Ministers' Statement on Ebola (September 25, 2014) (PDF)
- Meeting between Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations (September 24, 2014)
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