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FGFJ Congratulates Dr. Tedros on Election as Director-General of WHO
May 26, 2017
FGFJ congratulates Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on his election as the new Director-General of the WHO
Japanese Government Fulfills Commitment, Approves US$313 Million Contribution to the Global Fund to Fight Infectious Disease
March 27, 2017
Today, the Japanese Diet approved a contribution to the Global Fund as part of its regular budget for FY2017. Coupled with the contribution it approved in the FY2016 supplementary budget, that brings the total to US$313 million. This is the largest single contribution except for the year following the Great East Japan Earthquake. In announcing the contribution, Foreign Minister Fumio …
Report on Global Fund Executive Director Mark Dybul’s October 2016 Visit to Japan
October 24–26, 2016
Mark Dybul, executive director of the Global Fund, visited Japan on October 24–26. It marked his fifth trip to Japan, where he paid a courtesy call to the Minister of Health, Welfare and Labour and State Ministers of Foreign Affairs, and met with members of the Japanese Diet, senior government officials, and members of the FGFJ advisory board. He also …
Japan’s First Lady Akie Abe Speaks on Her Efforts to Fight HIV/AIDS and Stigma
October 24, 2016
A short interview video with Japan’s First Lady Akie Abe has been posted on the Global Fund’s website. The interview was filmed during the Sixth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD VI) in August, held in Nairobi, Kenya, which Mme. Abe attended with her husband. Noting that suffering from HIV/AIDS is most acute among the most vulnerable people in …
