2023 US-Japan Global Health Dialogue

As with the previous dialogue held in June 2022, this Dialogue was co- organized by the Japan Center for International Exchange (JCIE) and the US National Academy of Medicine (NAM), in cooperation with the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Government of Japan. [...] He also recognized the difficulties in building consensus in the global health sphere, referencing the discussions at the first UHC High-Level Panel in 2019 and efforts to redesign the World Health Organization and the Pandemic Accord. [...] Ensuring timely and equitable access to MCMs and other medical tools to tackle health threats: • Meeting the 100 Days Mission PLUS goals: Participants discussed the US government’s commitment to improve the development of MCMs including diagnostics, treatments, and vaccines, including to meet the goals of the 100 Days Mission to develop new countermeasures within 100 days of identification of a ne. [...] o For Japan, the Global Health Innovative Technology Fund (GHIT Fund), created under Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Gates Foundation, and the Wellcome Trust is a PPP that bridges Japanese technology and innovation with the needs of LMICs to expedite the R&D of MCMs to combat diseases. [...] The Ministry of Finance in Japan works alongside the World Bank to improve surge financing capacity, and there is potential for the US and Japan to collaborate on jointly proposing specific solutions to the World Bank.