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Japan Increases Contribution to the Global Fund to Roughly US$240 Million for 2010

On May 2, 2010, Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada announced a contribution of roughly US$240 million to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria for 2010. The FGFJ applauds this contribution, which represents an increase of more than US$50 million over 2009, one of the largest single-year increases in Japanese contributions to the fund. In the past six years, the Japanese government has nearly tripled its contribution to battle these deadly diseases.

This increase comes at a time when donors around the world—Japan included—are faced with intense budgetary pressures and growing social needs as a result of the global economic crisis. It also comes at a time when the Global Fund is encouraging even stronger funding contributions in order to ensure that the international community continues to live up to its long-term commitment to stemming the spread of the three major communicable diseases and enhancing the lives of those infected and affected by the diseases.

Foreign Minister Okada made the formal announcement of the contribution at the 2nd Ministerial Follow-up Meeting of the Tokyo International Conference on African Development in Arusha, Tanzania, on May 2. The contribution is part of a multi-year commitment of US$560 million made by then Prime Minister Fukuda at an FGFJ conference in May 2008.

Former Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, who serves as honorary chair of the FGFJ, commented on the contribution, saying “This increased contribution to the Global Fund—coming as it does at a time of political change and economic turmoil—is a clear illustration that respect for human lives transcends political differences in Japan. While more and more Japanese are realizing their own vulnerability to economic downturn, we have not lost our commitment to supporting the health and human security of our fellow human beings faced with these devastating, yet preventable, diseases.”