The U.S. - Japan Cooperation on Health

For more than a decade Japan and the United States, the largest donors in development, have been working closely together to improve global health. Formerly through the U.S.-Japan Common Agenda for Cooperation in Global Perspective (1993-2001) and now through the U.S.-Japan Partnership for Global Health, Japan and the Unites States confirm the importance of our continued and strengthened cooperation in global health. Since the signing of the U.S.-Japan Partnership for Global Health in June 2002, many collaborative activities have occurred in various countries. Our joint vision is to improve the population, health and nutrition (PHN) status of people in developing countries based on the understanding that through synergy we can have the greatest beneficial impact. We will accomplish this through our joint promotion and support of appropriate PHN policies, services and practices in host countries. We have worked to maximize the positive effects of the U.S.-Japan Partnership for Global Health by increasing the level of consultation and collaboration in the planning, implementation and evaluation of programs and projects at the global, regional and country levels.

Highlights:

• Contribution to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM), November 2002
• Informal Meeting for the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) Type II Partnership/Initiatives on Health, CHAIRS SUMMARY, August 2002
• USAID-Japan Partnership for Global Health, June 11, 2002
• Financial Assistance to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, March 22, 2002
• G8 Africa Action Plan, 2002
• A Brief Report of International Symposium, "Global Partnership in the Fight Against Infectious Diseases," November 2, 2001
• USAID-Japan Partnership for Global Health, June 10, 2003
• Polio Eradication Initiative (PEI)