SPECIAL COMMISSION ON JAPAN'S STRATEGY ON DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE FOR HEALTH

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2019–Present

JCIE launched the Special Commission on Japan’s Strategy on Development Assistance for Health (DAH) in November 2019. With just 10 more years until the Sustainable Development Goals’ (SDG) target year of 2030, there is a pressing need for Japan to increase the development impact of its global health assistance and make global health funding more strategic.

Under the chairmanship of Rep. Yasuhisa Shiozaki (former Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare), the commission aims to reassess how to utilize Japan’s ODA in a more strategic manner to advance global health, adapt to structural shifts in the development field, and increase the efficacy and impact of its funding in order to help achieve Goal 3 of the SDGs, “Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages.”

The commission consists of 23 senior representatives from key government agencies, civil society organizations, and the policy community. In addition, a Working Group has been created to support the commission’s work by gathering and analyzing evidence for its consideration.

This commission is a consultative body of the JCIE’s Executive Committee on Global Health and Human Security. The initial meeting of this commission was held on November 19, 2019.

COMMISSION MEMBERS

SHIGERU ARIIZUMI	Deputy Director-General, International Bureau, Ministry of Finance
NORIKO FUJITA	Director, Department of Global Network and Partnership, Bureau of International Health Cooperation, National Center for Global Health and Medicine (NCGM)
NORIKO FURUYA	Member, House of Representatives of Japan
KATSUMI HIRANO	Executive Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Developing Economies (IDE), Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO)
MASAKI INABA	Representative, Japan CSO Network on Global Health; Policy Advisor, Japan Civil Society Network on SDGs (SDGs Japan)
SUMIE ISHII	Chairperson, Japanese Organization for International Cooperation in Family Planning (JOICFP)
KIYOSHI KODERA	Chair of the Board, Water Aid Japan; Senior Research Associate, Overseas Development Institute (ODI); former Vice President, JICA
SHUNSUKE MABUCHI	Senior Advisor, Global Delivery, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
KAREN MAKISHIMA	Member, House of Representatives of Japan
DAIKICHI MOMMA	Executive Advisor, Nippon Life Insurance Company; former Director-General, International Bureau, Ministry of Finance
HIROSHI NAKA	Professor, Institute for Future Initiatives, the University of Tokyo
HIROKI NAKATANI	Board member and Director, Human Resource Strategy Center for Global Health, National Center for Global Health and Medicine (NCGM); Project Professor, Global Research Institute at Keio University (KGRI); Board Chair and Representative Director, Global Health Innovative Technology Fund (GHIT Fund)
KYOKO OKAMURA	Nutrition Specialist, Health, Population and Nutrition, The World Bank Group
AKIO OKAWARA	President and CEO, Japan Center for International Exchange (JCIE); Director, Executive Committee on Global Health and Human Security
YASUHISA SHIOZAKI	Member, House of Representatives [Commission Chair]
HIDEO SUZUKI	Director-General/Assistant Minister, International Cooperation Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
YASUHIRO SUZUKI	Medical Commissioner, Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare
YUKIO TAKASU	Special Advisor on Human Security to the UN Secretary-General; former United Nations Under-Secretary General for Management; former Japanese Ambassador to the United Nations
KEIZO TAKEMI	Member, House of Councillors; Senior Fellow, JCIE; Chair, Executive Committee on Global Health and Human Security
IKUO TAKIZAWA	Deputy Director General, Human Development Department, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
TAKAO TODA	Vice President for Human Security and Global Health, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
TAMAKI TSUKADA	Director-General for Global Issues, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
MITSUHIRO USHIO	Director, Hitachinaka Public Health Center, Ibaraki Prefectural Government; former Health Policy Advisor to the Vietnamese Ministry of Health (JICA Expert)

WORKING GROUP MEMBERS

SATOKO ITOH	Managing Director, Japan Center for International Exchange (JCIE)
KENICHI KOMADA	Assistant Director, Division of Global Health Policy and Research, Department of Health Planning and Management, Bureau of International Health Cooperation, National Center for Global Health and Medicine (NCGM)
SHIORI NAGATANI	Program Associate, Japan Center for International Exchange (JCIE)
SHUHEI NOMURA	Project Associate Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management, School of Medicine, Keio University; Assistant Professor, Department of Global Health Policy, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo; and Research Fellow, Institute for Global Health Policy Research (iGHP), National Center for Global Health and Medicine (NCGM)
HARUKA SAKAMOTO	Special Research Fellow, Department of Global Health Policy, Graduate School of Medicine, the University of Tokyo
MOTOKO SEKO	Fellow, Japan Center for International Exchange (JCIE)
TOMOKO SUZUKI	Chief Program Officer, Japan Center for International Exchange (JCIE)
IKUO TAKIZAWA	Deputy Director General, Human Development Department, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) [Working Group Director; also serving as commissioner]
MAKOTO TOBE	Senior Advisor on Health, Human Development Department, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)

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