Japan backs Africa's health future at TICAD

Global health leadership means standing firm when others step back

20250820 Ishiba and Attendees

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba listens to a speech at an Indian Ocean-Africa forum in Yokohama, Japan, on Aug. 20. (Photo by Akiyoshi Sugiura) 

Mandeep Dhaliwal is director of the HIV and Health Group at the U.N. Development Programme (UNDP). Osamu Kunii is chief executive officer and executive director at the Tokyo-based Global Health Innovative Technology Fund (GHIT Fund).

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