Health and Medical Care
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August 13, 2026
- Global Health Policy of Japan
- Avian and Pandemic Influenza
- Population and AIDS
- Infectious Diseases
- Other Resources
Global Health Policy of Japan
Avian and Pandemic Influenza
- Japan's International Cooperation on Pandemic Influenza (since the end of 2005) (April 2010)
- International Ministerial Conference on Animal and Human Influenza, Hanoi 2010, Statement of Japan addressed by H.E. Mr. Mitsuo SAKABA, Ambassador of Japan to the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam (April 2010)
- Emergency Grant Aid for Vaccination against the H1N1 Influenza Pandemic (September 2009)
- Revision of Infections Disease Risk Advisory Influenza A (H1N1) and Relaxation of Visa Measures for the United Mexican States (May 2009)
- Emergency Assistance to the United Mexican States in Response to the Outbreak of the New Strain of Influenza (Provision of Infrared Thermographies) (May 2009)
- Emergency Assistance to the United Mexican States in Response to the New Strain of Influenza (May 2009)
- International Ministerial Conference on Avian and Pandemic Influenza Held in Egypt (October 2008)
- Japan's Assistance for Measures against Avian and Pandemic Influenza (December 2007)
- Exercise on Antiviral Stockpile for ASEAN Countries to Contain Outbreak of Pandemic Influenza (March 2007)
- The International Pledging Conference on Avian and Human Pandemic Influenza
- Statement by H.E. Yasuhisa Shiozaki, Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan (January 18, 2006)
- Statement by H.E. Mr. Yasuhisa Shiozaki, Senior-Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs, at the Pledging Session of the International Pledging Conference on Avian and Human Pandemic Influenza (January 18, 2006)
- Japan-WHO Joint Meeting on Early Response to Potential Influenza Pandemic
- East Asia Summit Declaration on Avian Influenza Prevention, Control and Response (December 2005)
- Emergency Assistance in response to Avian Influenza Epidemic in Indonesia (October 2005)
- Assistance to Laos for Measures against Avian Influenza (March2004)
- Assistance for Measures against Avian Influenza (March 2004)
- Joint Ministerial Statement on the Current Poultry Disease Situation Bangkok, Thailand 28 January 2004 (February 2004)
- Ministerial Meeting on the Current Poultry Disease Situation (Summary) (February 2004)
- Japan Donates Medicine to Vietnam against Avian Influenza (January 2004)
Population and AIDS
- Statement by H.E. Mr. Masakazu Hamachi Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan At the High-Level Open Debate of the United Nations Security Council on Protecting Civilians in the Context of Peacekeeping Operations (June 17, 2016)
- Statement by H.E. Mr. Masakazu Hamachi Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs At the United Nations High-Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS (June 17, 2016)
- Political Declaration on HIV and AIDS Intensifying Our Efforts to Eliminate HIV and AIDS (June 10, 2011)[PDF]
- Statement by H.E. Mr. Yutaka Banno, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs of Japan at the United Nations High-Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS (June 10, 2011)
- Statement by Mr. Yutaka Banno, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs at the Launch of the "Global Plan towards the elimination of new HIV infections and keeping their mothers alive" (June 10, 2011)
- Statement by Ambassador Yukio Takasu, Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations, at the High-Level meeting on a comprehensive review of the progress achieved in realizing the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS and the Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS (June 2008)
- Assistance by the United Nations Trust Fund for Human Security to the Project "Human Security for the Adolescent: Empowerment and Protection against Violence, Early Pregnancy, Maternal Mortality and HIV/AIDS" (May 2008)
- Assistance through the World Food Programme (WFP) to HIV/AIDS Affected and Infected People in Malawi (December 2007)
- Statement by Ambassador Jiro Kodera, Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations, on Agenda item 46 (Follow-up to the outcome of the twenty-sixth special session: Implementation of the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS) (May 2007)
- Assistance through the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the Republic of Colombia (April 2007)
- Assistance for "Strengthening Human Security for Women in Mobile Populations through Health Education and HIV/AIDS Care in Papua New Guinea" Project (May 2006)
- Mr. Keitaro Sato, Ambassador in Charge of Peace Building and Refugee-Related Issues in Africa and Special Envoy for UN Reform, to Attend a Special Summit of African Union on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (ATM) (May 2006)
- Statement by Mr. Kazuo Sunaga, Minister, Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations, at the 38th Session of the Commission on Population and Development (April 2005)
- Asstance through the Trust Fund for Human Security for enhancing HIV resilience of communities in Thailand (November 2004)
- The Second Asia-Pacific Ministerial Meeting on HIV/AIDS and The XV International AIDS Conference (July 2004)
- Assistance for Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV in Swaziland (January 2004)
- Assistance for Supporting Children and Adolescents Affected by HIV/AIDS in Zimbabwe (January 2004)
- Assistance for HIV/AIDS Prevention in Viet Nam (August 2003)
- Assistance for an Integrated Approach to HIV/AIDS and Poverty in Republic of South Africa (March 2003)
- Assistance for Responses to Trafficking and HIV/AIDS in South Asia (January 2003)
- Assistance for the National Program for the Control and Prevention of STI/HIV/AIDS in the Republic of Cuba (January 2003)
- A Brief Report of International Symposium "Global Partnership in the Fight Against Infectious Diseases" (November 2001)
- Fight Against HIV/AIDS Pandemic -Japan's Contribution through the Okinawa Infectious Diseases Initiative- (June 2001) [PDF]
- United Nations Special Session on HIV/AIDS (25-27 June 2001 New York)
- Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS "Global Crisis - Global Action" (27 June 2001)
- Statement by Former Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (Head of the Delegation of Japan) (25 June 2001)
- General Assembly Special Session on HIV/AIDS Official Website
- Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS Official Website
- African Seminar on Health Development South-South Cooperation regarding HIV/AIDS (1-2 November 2000)
- Population and AIDS Problems are the Common Issues of All Humanity
- Japan's Global Issues Initiative (GII) on Population and AIDS
- Achievements of GII
- Future Work
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM)
- Courtesy Call on State Minister for Foreign Affairs KUNIMITSU Ayano by Mr. Peter Sands, Executive Director of the Global Fund (December 5, 2025)
- Japan’s Contribution to the Global Fund’s Eighth Replenishment (November 25, 2025)
- Courtesy Call on Minister for Foreign Affairs IWAYA by Dr. Sania Nishtar, Chief Executive Officer of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance and Mr. Peter Sands, Executive Director of the Global Fund (August 21, 2025)
- The article by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on the Lancet. Japan's vision for a peaceful and healthier world. (December 11, 2015)
- Approval of Basic Design for Peace and Health (Global Cooperation) (September 11, 2015)
- Disseminating Japan's Strategy on Global Health Diplomacy at TICAD V (June 2013)
- Remarks by Foreign Minister Kishida at the 5th Replenishment Preparatory Meeting of the Global Fund (December 17, 2015)
- Foreign Minister Kishida to Attend 5th Replenishment Preparatory Meeting of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Press Releases) (December 11, 2015)
- Additional Contribution to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (October 2010)
- Contribution to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (May 2010)
- Visit to Japan by Dr. Michel Kazatchkine, Executive Director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (February 2010)
- Exchange of Notes for Grant Aid for the United Republic of Tanzania (the Project for HIV/AIDS Control) (September 2009)
- International Symposium: From Okinawa to Toyako: Dealing with Communicable Diseases As Global Human Security Threats (May 2008)
- Japan contributes US$ 184 million to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (February 2008)
- Voluntary Replenishment Meeting of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria (September 2007)
- Visit to Japan by Dr. Michel Kazatchkine, Executive Director of Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (July 2007)
- Japan contributes US$ 186 million to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (March 2007)
- Bono of U2 Pays a Courtesy Call on Mr. Shinzo Abe, Prime Minister of Japan (November 2006)
- Japan Contributes to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (March 2006)
- Additional Contribution to the Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM) (November 2005)
- Global Fund Replenishment for 2006-2007: London Meeting (September 2005)
- Address by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi at the Commemorative Symposium on the Fifth Anniversary of the Kyusyu-Okinawa Summit "East Asian Regional Response to HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria" (June 30, 2005)
- Prime Minister Koizumi Pledges "US$ 500 Million for the Coming Years" to the Global Fund, Reiterates US$ 5 Billion Pledge over 5 Years for Health in ODA (June 30, 2005)
- Mr. Tommy Thompson, Chair Emeritus of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM), to Visit Japan (June 28, 2005)
- Japan's Contribution to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria (March 2004)
- Visit to Japan of Mr. Tommy Thompson, Chairman of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria (Secretary, US Department of Health and Human Services) (March 2004)
- Grant Aid to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (December 2003)
- Japan's Additional Contribution to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (December 2003)
- Contribution to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM) (November 2002)
- Financial Assistance to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (March 2002)
Infectious Diseases
- Emergency Assistance to the Independent State of Papua New Guinea for Disastrous Cholera Outbreak (October 2009)
- Emergency Assistance for Dengue Fever Epidemic in Bolivia (February 2009)
- Emergency Grant Aid to Tackle the Cholera Outbreak in the Republic of Zimbabwe (December 2008)
- International Tuberculosis Symposium "Toward Elimination of TB in the World - From Asia to Africa -" (July 2008)
- Emergency Grant Aid to Myanmar (Assistance for Vaccination against Polio) (September 2007)
- Assistance through the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the Republic of Colombia (April 2007)
- Emergency Grant Aid to Myanmar (Assistance for Vaccination against Polio) (July 2006)
- Grant Aid to UNICEF for the Project for Improving the Control of Infectious Diseases and the Nutritional Status of Palestinian Children and Preventing Inner-hospital Infection of Newborn Babies in the Palestinian Territories (July 2006)
- Mr. Keitaro Sato, Ambassador in Charge of Peace Building and Refugee-Related Issues in Africa and Special Envoy for UN Reform, to Attend a Special Summit of African Union on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (ATM) (May 2006)
- Statement by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi "Africa - The Home of Self-Endeavor" (May 1, 2006) [English] [French (PDF)] [Japanese]
- Japan's New Actions for Peace and Development in Africa (May 1, 2006) [English] [French (PDF)]
- Japan's Action Plan in Combating Infectious Diseases in Africa [English (PDF)] [French (PDF)]
- Japan's New Actions for Peace and Development in Africa (May 1, 2006) [English] [French (PDF)
- Grant Aid to UNICEF for the Project for Improving the Control of Infectious Diseases and the Nutritional Status of Palestinian Children of the Palestinian Authority (June 2005)
- Training of Doctors in Al-Muthanna Governorate, Iraq, to Fight Infectious Disease (November 2004)
- Grant Aid for the Project for Reinforcement of the Immunization Program in Haiti (October 2004)
- Emergency Grant Aid to Four Asian Countries (Laos, Cambodia, Indonesia and Viet Nam) through the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (March 2004)
- Grant Aid to UNICEF for the Project for Infectious Diseases Prevention for Children in Afghanistan (December 2003)
- Statement by H.E. Mr. Eisuke Hinode, Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs of Japan and Head of the Delegation of Japan, at the 59th Session (Phase2) of ESCAP (September 2003)
- Emergency Assistance to combat the Meningitis Epidemic in Nigeria (March 2003)
- Dispatch of Japan Disaster Relief Expert Team to Viet Nam for Epidemic Outbreak of Non-specific Pneumonia (March 2003)
- Grant Aid to UNICEF for the Project for Infectious Diseases Prevention for Children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (February 2003)
- Assistance for Malaria Control in Nigeria by the Trust Fund for Human Security (January 2003)
- Emergency Aid against the Epidemic of Meningitis in Rwanda (October 2002)
- Emergency Medical Assistance to the Afghanistan Interim Administration (March 2002)
- Statement by H.E. Mr. Shigeo Uetake, Senior Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan at the International Conference on Financing for Development (March 2002)
- A Brief Report of International Symposium "Global Partnership in the Fight Against Infectious Diseases" (November 2001)
- Statement by Ms. Makiko Tanaka, Minister for Foreign Affairs, on the Proposed Health Fund (May 2001)
- Okinawa International Conference on Infectious Diseases (December 2000)
- Overview of Infectious Diseases (August 2000)
- Fight against Infectious Diseases with Partnerships World-wide (August 2000)
- Japan as a Donor (August 2000)
Other Resources
- State Minister for Foreign Affairs KUNIMITSU's Attendance at the Unitaid Executive Board Meeting (December 10, 2025)
- Foreign Minister IWAYA’s attendance at the Ministerial Meeting of the Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Friends Group (September 26, 2025)
- Courtesy Call on Prime Minister ISHIBA by Mr. Bill Gates, Chair of the Gates Foundation (August 19, 2025)
- The meeting of Gavi’s fourth replenishment (June 26, 2025)
- Courtesy Call on Minister for Foreign Affairs IWAYA from Prof. Takemi, member of the House of Councillors, and HIV/AIDS Experts (June 12, 2025)
- Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs ERI’s attendance at the “Pre-TICAD Summit on Infectious Diseases and UHC in Africa” (March 7, 2025)
- Courtesy Call on State Minister for Foreign Affairs MIYAJI by Dr Sania Nishtar, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance (November 29, 2024)
- Ambassador Dr. Nakamura attended the UN General Assembly N4G Side Event: Together for Nutrition (September 24, 2024)
- Prime Minister Kishida attended the “Quad Cancer Moonshot” launch event on the sidelines of the Japan-Australia-India-U.S. (QUAD) Leaders’ Meeting (September 21, 2024)
- Parliamentary Vice-Minister Hosaka’s Paritipation in TICAD Ministerial Meeting Thematic Event "Global Health Financing to Achieve Universal Health Coverage in Africa: Promoting Partnership to Maximize Impacts" (Summary) (August 26, 2024)
- Parliamentary Vice-Minister Fukasawa’s Participation in TICAD Ministerial Meeting Thematic Event "‘New Partnership for Health Equity in Africa: Accelerating universal health coverage (UHC) with Innovations toward 2030" (Summary) (August 24, 2024)
- EZOE Satoshi, Director of Global Health Strategy, International Cooperation Bureau, to Speak at the 3rd Global Health Security Conference (June 21, 2024)
- Courtesy Call on Mr. HOSAKA, Parliamentary Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs by Deputy Minister of Health of Ukraine (November 14, 2023)
- Prime Minister KISHIDA Fumio’s participation in the G7 Health Follow-up Side Event “Toward More Resilient, Equitable, and Sustainable Universal Health Coverage (UHC) by 2030 - Equitable Access to Medical Countermeasures (MCMs) and Impact Investment Initiative (Triple I) for Global Health -” (September 21, 2023)
- Minister for Foreign Affairs KAMIKAWA Yoko’s participation in the UN General Assembly High-Level Meeting on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response (PPR) (September 20, 2023)
- Prime Minister Fumio Kishida Receives the 2023 Global Goalkeeper Award (September 20, 2023)
- Message by Prime Minister Kishida at Global Vaccine Impact Conference, Gavi’s 2023 Mid-Term Review (June 14, 2023)
- Keynote Speech by Prime Minister Kishida at the Global Conference of Parliamentarians in Population and Development (GCPPD) 2023 in the lead-up to the G7 Hiroshima Summit (April 25, 2023)
- The COVID-19 Global Action Plan (GAP) Foreign Ministerial Meeting (February 8, 2023)
- COVID-19 Global Action Plan (GAP) Foreign Ministerial Meeting (September 23, 2022)
- Courtesy Call on State Minister for Foreign Affairs, Ms. SUZUKI Takako, by Dr. Tenu Avafia, Deputy Executive Director, Unitaid (July 26, 2022)
- The COVID-19 Global Action Plan Foreign Ministerial Meeting co-hosted by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan and the Secretary of State of the United States (July 19, 2022)
- Joint Japan/United States COVID-19 Global Action Plan Foreign Ministerial Meeting (July 15, 2022)
- Telephone Talk between Foreign Minister HAYASHI and Co-Chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Bill Gates (June 22, 2022)
- Signing of “the Kigali Declaration on neglected tropical diseases (NTDs)” by Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs MIYAKE Shingo (June 17, 2022)
- Telephone Talk between Prime Minister Kishida and WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom (May 20, 2022)
- Support for economic and social revitalization and resumption of cross-border Travel for Developing Countries (May 16, 2022)
- The Second Global COVID-19 Summit (May 13, 2022)
- Prime Minister Kishida's attendance at the Second Global COVID-19 Summit (May 10, 2022)
- Courtesy Call on Foreign Minister Hayashi Yoshimasa by Mr. Peter Sands, Executive Director of the Global Fund (April 21, 2022)
- Vaccine Donation to Cambodia by Japan-Australia-India-U.S. (Quad) (April 12, 2022)
- The Gavi COVAX Advance Market Commitment (AMC) Summit 2022 (April 8, 2022)
- Prime Minister Kishida to attend the Gavi COVAX Advance Market Commitment Summit 2022(April 7, 2022)
- Courtesy Call on State Foreign Minister SUZUKI Takako by Dr. Seth Berkley, Chief Executive Officer, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance (Marh 28, 2022)
- Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu co-hosted the High-Level Side Event on Universal Health Coverage (UHC) on the Margins of the 76th Session of the UN General Assembly (September 30, 2021)
- Video message by Prime Minister SUGA at the Global Covid-19 Summit (September 23, 2021)
- Meeting between Foreign Minister MOTEGI and WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom (July 23, 2021)
- Courtesy Call on Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide by Dr. Tedros Adhanom, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) (July 22, 2021)
- Emergency Grant Aid for logistical support including transportation of the vaccines manufactured in Japan to be donated through the COVAX facility (July 16, 2021)
- Hosting the Tokyo Nutrition for Growth Summit 2021 (June 30, 2021)
- Outcome of the COVAX AMC Summit (June 3, 2021)
- The COVAX AMC Summit to be held on June 2 (May 31, 2021)
- Video Message by the Prime Minister SUGA at the Global Health Summit Virtual Meeting (May 21, 2021)
- Decision on the Date of the COVAX AMC Summit (May 11, 2021)
- Video message by Minister for Foreign Affairs MOTEGI at the Gavi COVAX Advance Market Commitment (AMC) One World Protected Event (April 16, 2021)
- Joint Statement on the WHO-Convened COVID-19 Origins Study (March 31, 2021)
- Video message by Minister for Foreign Affairs MOTEGI At the ACT Accelerator 4th Facilitation Council (February 9, 2021)
- Telephone Talk between Prime Minister SUGA Yoshihide and Co-Chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Bill Gates (January 12, 2021)
- Nomination of a candidate for the next Regional Director of the World Health Organization (WHO) Western Pacific Regional Office (WPRO) (April 20, 2018)
- Princess of Africa Foundation President Chaka Chaka Pays a Courtesy Call on Prime Minister Abe (March 3, 2017)
- Courtesy Call on Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida by Heads of International Organizations (December 17, 2015)
- The 70th UN General Assembly Side Event: "The Path towards Universal Health Coverage (UHC)" (September 29, 2015)
- Courtesy Call on Prime Minister Noda by Co-chair Bill Gates (November, 2011)
- Statement by the Press Secretary/ Director-General for Press and Public Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, on the Adoption of the Resolution on Elimination of Discrimination against Persons Affected by Leprosy and their Family Members at the Third Committee of the 65th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (November, 2010)
- Statement by the Press Secretary on Taiwan's Observer Participation in the General Assembly of the World Health Organization (WHO) (April 2009)
- Ceremony to deliver a letter commissioning the Goodwill Ambassador for the Human Rights of Persons Affected by Leprosy (April 2009)
- G8 Health Experts' Meeting (November 2008)
- G8 Hokkaido Toyako Summit Follow-up International Conference on Global Action for Health System Strengthening (November 2008)
- G8 Health Experts' Meeting (June 2008)
- G8 Health Experts' Meeting (February 2008)
- Courtesy Call on Mr. Masahiko Koumura, Minister for Foreign Affairs, by Experts in the Field of Global Health (January 2008)
- Address by Mr. Masahiko Koumura, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan "Global Health and Japan's Foreign Policy - From Okinawa to Toyako -" (November 25, 2007) [English] [French (PDF)] [Japanese]
- Dr. David Nabarro, UN System Senior Coordinator for Avian and Human Influenza, to Visit Japan (November 2007)
- Statement by Mr. Mikio Mori, Minister-Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations on Agenda Item 64 (a) and (b): New Partnership for Africa's Development and Agenda Item 47: Decade to Roll Back Malaria in Developing Countries, Particularly in Africa (October 2007)
- Deposit of the Instrument of Ratification of the Convention concerning the Promotional Framework for Occupational Safety and Health (Convention 187) (July 2007)
- Statement by H.E. Ichiro Aisawa, Vice Minister of Japan - Round Table 1: Domestic Resources for Development and High-level Dialogue on Financing for Development - (June 2005)
- Announcement of the "Health and Development Initiative" and Japan's contribution to achieve the health MDGs (June 2005)
- High-Level Forum on Health MDGs in Asia and the Pacific (June 2005)
- Assistance for "Sustainable Primary Health Care in Rural Areas, Mongolia" (May 2004)
- Assistance for Reproductive Health in Eritrea through the Trust Fund for Human Security (September 2003)
- Assistance for Reproductive Health in Senegal (January 2003)
- Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
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