News
NEW FGFJ Diet Task Force Visit to Indonesia and Timor-Leste
September 5–11, 2016
Four members of the Friends of the Global Fund Japan (FGFJ) Diet Task Force visited Indonesia and Timor-Leste from September 5–11. The trip provided an opportunity for the participants to see first-hand how Japan’s support for the Global Fund is making an impact in the field and to grasp the challenges that government officials and communities continue to face.
Fifth Global Fund Replenishment Meeting Secures US$12.9 Billion in Pledges
September 19, 2016
The Global Fund achieved its replenishment goal at the 5th Replenishment Meeting, held in Montreal, Canada, on September 17. The total pledged for the coming three years is US$12.9 billion, including US$800 million from Japan.
Japan Pledges Increased Support for the Global Fund
May 20, 2016
On Friday, May 20, 2015, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced a new pledge to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria in the amount of US$800 million.
Nikkei Op-ed on TB and UHC by UN Special Envoy Eric Goosby
May 15, 2016
In an op-ed published in the Nikkei Shimbun on May 15, UN Special Envoy on Tuberculosis Eric Goosby stresses the need for greater efforts to combat tuberculosis (TB), which the World Health Organization recently declared to be the deadliest infectious disease in the world. Due to the emergence of drug-resistant strains of TB and the high treatment costs, the poor …
