Global Issues Initiative on Pouplation and AIDS (1994–2001)

U.S. Agencies

Japan Agencies

Context

• Launched as a Common Agenda project.
• Spawned or incorporated hundreds of small and medium-sized initiatives; many of them focused on health, particularly addressing challenges caused by population growth and HIV/AIDS.

Goals

• To partner in combating serious diseases around the world.

Significance

Japan and the U.S. initiated joint training and research projects in various countries across the world, with Japan committing $3 billion through the duration of the initiative.

Assistance targetted areas to help curb population growth, such as basic health care, primary education, family planning, and empowerment of women. In the Philippines, for example, Japan provided HIV surveillance equipment to an ongoing U.S. AIDS surveillance and education project, as well as a family planning project.