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Peter Sands Stresses “Knock-On Impact” of COVID-19 on the Three Diseases in 1st Virtual FGFJ Diet Task Force Meeting
June 16, 2020
The Global Fund’s Executive Director Peter Sands joined the first virtual FGFJ Diet Task Force meeting to discuss the current impact of COVID-19 on AIDS, TB, and malaria and the essential role of the Global Fund in the fight against the pandemic. He underscored the importance of testing as a measure to protect low-resource settings, saying “the only viable strategy …
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Participates in the Coronavirus Global Response Pledging Conference
May 4, 2020
On May 4, the European Union, France, Germany, Japan, and other partners hosted a Coronavirus Global Response international pledging conference to start the process of raising funds for the international fight against COVID-19. The virtual pledging conference stressed the necessity of cross-border solidarity and cooperation in battling the pandemic. Participating countries pledged support to a range of international organizations to …
Global Fund’s Osamu Kunii receives the 7th Zero Malaria Award for World Malaria Day
April 24, 2020
On April 25th, World Malaria Day, the 7th Zero Malaria Award will be presented to Dr. Osamu Kunii, the Head of Strategy Investment and Impact of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. Dr. Kunii has played an active role in the fight against the infectious diseases through his duties at the Global Fund, which includes building and strengthening …
29th FGFJ Diet Task Force Meeting on Climate Variation’s Impact on Malaria
April 23, 2020
On March 10, the FGFJ Diet Task Force met with Dr. Noboru Minakawa of the Nagasaki University for Tropical Diseases and Dr. Shigeyuki Kano, director of the Department of Tropical Medicine and Malaria at the National Center for Global Health and Medicine, to discuss the relationship between climate variation and malaria. The topic generated a high level of interest among Task …
