Global Health, the G8, and TICAD IV
Information, Events, and Resources
The creation of a global facility on communicable diseases was first endorsed by the world’s leaders at the 2000 G8 Summit in Okinawa and Kyushu, Japan, and this was made reality with the launch of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria in 2002. In 2008, the G8 Summit returns to Japan for the first time since 2000 and, along with climate change, global health and African development are again high on the summit agenda. The July summit is preceded by the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD IV), which takes place every five years, and which will feed into the G8 discussions.
JCIE is involved in several initiatives related to the G8 and global health—including the Friends of the Global Fund, Japan (FGFJ), and a major study on “Challenges in Global Health and Japan’s Contributions.” In addition to these, the following lists up key information on official and nongovernmental initiatives being undertaken across Japan in the area of global health in the lead up to the G8 and TICAD meetings.
Official Websites | Preparatory Events | Government Statements
Japanese Civil Society | Other Relevant Information
Official Websites
- G8 Hokkaido Toyako Summit: July 7-9, 2008 (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan)
- Summit Document - Development and Africa
- Toyako Framework for Action on Global Health—Report of the G8 Health Experts Group [PDF] | Annex [PDF]
- Tokyo International Conference for African Development IV (TICAD IV): May 28-30, 2008 (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan)
Related Events in 2008
- January 15, 2008: International Symposium—"Global Health as Global Agenda"
(Organizer: Japan Center for International Exchange (JCIE) and Japan International Corporation of Welfare Services (JICWELS))
- February 7, 2008: Civil Society Symposium on Global Health—"Voices from Global Civil Society for TICAD IV and G8 Summit"
(Organizer: Global Health Committee, G8 NGO Forum)
- February 14-15, 2008: G8 Health Experts Meeting
(Organizer: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan)
- February 16, 2008: Global Health Summit—"Advancing our promises for TICAD IV/G8 and beyond"
(Organizers: World Bank and Health Policy Institute)
- February 17, 2008: Global Health Summit Expert Session
(Organizer: Global Health Committee, G8 NGO Forum; supported by Health Policy Institute, and World Bank)
- March 20-21, 2008: TICAD IV Ministerial Preparatory Conference (Liberville, Gabon)
- April 5-6, 2008: G8 Development Ministers' Meeting
(Organizer: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan)
- April 7-8, 2008: Africa Partnership Forum
- April 9-10, 2008: G8 Health Experts Meeting
(Organizer: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan)
- April 23-24, 2008: Civil G8
(Organizer: G8 NGO Forum)
- May 23-27, 2008: Friends of the Global Fund, Japan (FGFJ) Events
- May 23-34: International Symposium—"From Okinawa to Toyako: Dealing with Communicable Diseases as Global Human Security Threats"
- May 24: Global Seminar—"Innovative Global Networks for Healthy Society in Africa and Beyond
- May 25-27: Outreach Seminars—Hokkaido, Kyoto, Nagasaki, Okayama, and Sendai programs
- May 28-30, 2008: The Fourth Tokyo International Conference on African Development IV (TICAD IV)
(Organizers: Japanese government, UN, UNDP and World Bank)
- June 11-12, 2008: G8 Health Experts Meeting
(Organizer: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan)
- June 26-27, 2008: G8 Foreign Ministers' Meeting
(Organizer: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan)
- July 6-8, 2008: Alternative Summit
(Organizers: G8 NGO Forum and Hokkaido People’s Forum on G8 Summit)
- July 7-9, 2008: G8 Hokkaido Toyako Summit
- July 24-25, 2008: International Tuberculosis (TB) Symposium—"Toward Elimination of TB in the World - From Asia to Africa"
(Organizers: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan and Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan)
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Important Government Statements
- November 25, 2007—Address by Mr. Masahiko Koumura, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan: "Global Health and Japan's Foreign Policy
- January 18, 2008—Policy Speech by Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda to the 169th Session of the Diet
- January 18, 2008—Policy Speech by Foreign Minister Masahiko Koumura to the 169th Session of the Diet
- January 26, 2008—Special Address by Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda on the Occasion of the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum (Congress Center, Davos, Switzerland)
- February 14, 2008—Opening Remarks by Mr. Osamu Uno, the Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs at the Reception on the Occasion of G8 Health Experts' Meeting
- April 6, 2008—G8
Development Ministers' Meeting's Chair's Summary (Tokyo, Japan)
- May 23, 2008—Opening Remarks by Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda at Friends of the Global Fund, Japan, (FGFJ) Symposium" (Tokyo, Japan)
- May 28-30, 2008—Tokyo International Conference for African Development IV (TICAD IV)
- Opening Remarks by Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (Tokyo, Japan)
- Yokohama Declaration: Towards a Vibrant Africa (PDF)
- Yokohama Action Plan (PDF)
- Summary by the Chair of TICAD IV (PDF)
- Other Official Documents (PDF)
- July 7-9, 2008: G8 Hokkaido Toyako Summit
- Summit Document - Development and Africa
- Toyako Framework for Action on Global Health—Report of the G8 Health Experts Group [PDF] | Annex [PDF]
- July 24-25, 2008: International Tuberculosis (TB) Symposium—"Toward Elimination of TB in the World - From Asia to Africa"
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Japanese Civil Society and the G8 Global Health Agenda
- Africa 2008 Campaign
- Africa-Japan Forum
- Friends of the Global Fund, Japan
- G8 NGO Forum—A coalition of Japanese NGO's working on advocacy related to the G8 meetings. The "Poverty and Development Cluster" includes a global health working group
- Health and Development Service (HANDS)
- Health Policy Institute
- Hottekenai Sekai no Mazushisa / Don't Let It Be: World Poverty
- IAVI (International AIDS Vaccine Initiative), Japan Office
- Japan AIDS & Society Association / Project Ring
- Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association (JATA) (Japanese only)
- Japan Network for Women and Health (WHJ)
- JOICFP [Japanese Organization for International Cooperation in Family Planning]
- JCIE Study Group on "Challenges in Global Health and Japan's Contributions"—Working group exploring options for Japan's global health policies.
- Me Too Campaign (Japanese only)—The "me
too" campaign is jointly operated by the Africa-Japan Forum, JOICFP,
Oxfam Japan and World Vision Japan to raise awareness about global health
in Japan and mobilize public support for stronger G8 actions to make health
care for all a reality.
- Médecines du Monde Japan
- Oxfam Japan
- Plan Japan
- Results Japan
- Services for the Health in Asian & African Regions (SHARE)
- Space Allies (Japanese only)
- Stop TB Partnership Japan (Japanese only)
- World Vision Japan
- TICAD Civil Society Forum (TCSF)
- TICAD IV NGO Network (TNNet)
Other Relevant Information
- Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize—The Japanese government awarded the first Noguchi Prizes to two prominent people in the field of medical research and medical services in Africa. A British citizen, Brian Greenwood became the first laureate in medical research for his work on malaria, while Miriam K. Were, a Kenyan citizen, was the first Medical Services laureate. The prizes were be presented at the May TICAD IV conference and will be awarded every five years at subsequent TICAD meetings.
- Japan contributes US$ 184 million to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (February 29, 2008)
- Japan's
ODA White Paper (December 2007)
- Redefining AIDS in Asia: Crafting an Effective Response—Report of the Independent Commission on Aids in Asia (March 26, 2008)
- Prime Minister Fukuda pledges $560 million to Global Fund at FGFJ symposium (May 23, 2008)
- "Human Security Approach for Global Health," by Keizo Takemi, Masamine Jimba, Sumie Ishii, Yasushi Katsuma, and Yasuhide Nakamura in The Lancet (2008, 372:13-14)