TICAD II Follow-up Measures

I. Social Development

I-1. The Government of Japan (GOJ) has set a goal of providing approximately 90 billion yen in grant aid over 5 years to Africa in the sectors of education, health and medical services and water resources.

(i) The amount of grant aid disbursed in these three sectors from October 1998 to September 2000 is as follows:

(ii) The following studies were conducted in these three sectors in FY1998-99.

I-2. Promotion of parasitic disease control in Africa

Japan has implemented the following projects in cooperation with the World Health Organization (WHO) to establish centers for parasitic disease control that function as focal points for cooperative networks for developing human resources and improving research activities in Africa and Asia (Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), Ghana Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, Mahidoln University in Thailand),

I-3. Eradication of polio

Under the Japan-U.S. Common Agenda Framework, both Japan and the United States have been providing polio vaccines and equipment for the worldwide eradication of this disease. In 1999 the amount of polio vaccines and cold chain equipment provided to African countries increased five times of the previous year. In addition, both countries has been making further efforts to eradicate polio in Africa at the grass roots level cooperation, through the dispatch of Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers (JOCV) and the United States' Peace Corps volunteers. Since July 1999, Japan dispatched 20 JOCV volunteers to Kenya and six to Niger (including one Senior Volunteer respectively).

I-4. Global Issues Initiatives for Population and AIDS

In February 1994, Japan announced "the Global Issues Initiatives for Population and AIDS (GII)." This policy package was designed to provide a total of approximately US$3 billion in ODA in the area of population and HIV/AID for the seven-year period from FY1994 to FY2000. Since then, Japan has taken a comprehensive measures including: (i) direct assistance to population control and family planning (mother and child health/family planning, family planning information education and communication (IEC), population statistics); (ii) indirect assistance to population control and family planning (primary health care, primary education, empowerment of women); and (iii) cooperation in the area of HIV/AIDS (education on the prevention of HIV/AIDS, technical transfer of testing cooperation for surveillance, and research on HIV/AIDS).

During the six-year period from FY1994 to FY1999, Japan provided approximately US$4.4 billion for GII-related projects, substantially exceeding its original target. Japan has also been working with various international organizations in the field and was the largest donor to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), which plays a major role in the field of population. Japan was also the major donor to UNAIDS (approximately US$6 million annually), which plays a core role in the field of HIV/AIDS.

Japan has already sent survey teams to Kenya, Tanzania, Ghana, Senegal, Zimbabwe and Zambia.

Japan has also sent Japan-US joint missions to Zambia and Tanzania to formulate projects for Japan-U.S. collaboration in the areas of population, HIV/AIDS and child health.

On the occasion of Kyushu-Okinawa G8 Summit, Japan, as the presidency of the Summit and a leading donor as well, announced "Okinawa ID Initiative" for enhancing its assistance for measures against infectious and parasitic diseases (such as HIV/AIDS, TB, malaria and parasitic diseases and Polio), improvement of public health, development of research networks, primary and secondary education and access to safe water with the target of allocating a total of US$3 billion over the next 5 years.

I-5. The African Seminar on Health Development

Focusing on development planning in the field of health and medical services in African countries, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) and the Ministry of Health and Welfare of Japan held the First African Seminar on Health Development on March 6-7, 2000 in Tokyo. Through exchanges of views on health and medical service planning, the participants including the responsible high-level African officials sought for the best modality of cooperation.

The Second African Seminar on Health Development was held on November 1st and 2nd, 2000 in Tokyo, focusing on South-South Cooperation regarding HIV/AIDS. At this seminar, participants from Africa, Asia and Latin America introduced their experiences and policy on HIV/AIDS and shared their knowledge with one another. They also confirmed the importance of promoting South-South Cooperation among those countries regarding HIV/AIDS.

I-6. Studying the feasibility on assistance to HIV/AIDS project in South Africa under the UN Trust Fund for Human Security

Assistance to the UNDP project "Establishment of Model Communities for Prevention and Mitigation of HIV/AIDS in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (approx $ 1.0 million)" by the UN Trust Fund for Human Security is now under consideration. The objective of the project is to mobilize and strengthen community efforts and those of their support organizations in the areas of prevention, care, and support and mitigation of HIV/AIDS through building capacity of existing local institutions, and strengthening networks of working relations among regional councils and the provincial administration for integrated response.

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