Even as sustainable health financing became a challenge for the global health community in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, an independent commission on Japan’s Strategy on Development Assistance for Health (DAH) made a bold policy recommendation to double the amount of Japan’s DAH in the post-COVID-19 era.

In a paper published in The Lancet Regional Health – Western Pacific, Senior Fellow Shuhei Nomura, Senior Fellow Kazuki Shimizu, Senior Fellow Haruka Sakamoto, and other authors highlight priority areas in advancing DAH to ensure equitable and efficient use of limited resources in supporting the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals, including universal health coverage and pandemic preparedness, in low- and middle-income countries.

“Japan’s Development Assistance for Health: Historical Trends and Prospects for a New Era,” The Lancet Regional Health – Western Pacific, Volume 22, February 22, 2022
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanwpc/article/PIIS2666-6065(22)00018-9/fulltext

Profile of Senior Fellow Shuhei Nomura
https://www.tkfd.or.jp/en/experts/detail.php?id=654

Profile of Senior Fellow Haruka Sakamoto
https://www.tkfd.or.jp/en/experts/detail.php?id=656