Partnership for Global Health (2002–present)

U.S. Agencies

Japan Agencies

Meeting Frequency

Context

• Launched in 2002 after the end of the Common Agenda and the Global Partnership (in both of which global health featured prominently).

Goals

• To cooperate on reducing maternal and child mortality, combating infectious diseases (especially HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis), strengthening health systems to the point where they could supply universal coverage, and establishing more public-private partnerships.

Significance

Global health has truly become a central component of the foreign policies and international aid strategies of the U.S. and Japan. They partner together in over 30 countries, and from 2005-2009 their contribution to the health sector alone made up 58% of the total 24 contributions from members of the Development Assistance Committee at the OECD.

Under the Partnership, USAID and JICA have identified pilot countries for project-level cooperation and explored staff exchanges as well as joint research opportunities.