Tracking Japan’s development assistance for health, 2012–2016

Bibliographic Data

ID19535143
AuthorsShuhei Nomura (0000-0002-2963-7297, Keio University, corresponding author), Haruka Sakamoto (0000-0001-9003-7402, Tokyo Women's Medical University), Maaya Kita Sugai (0000-0002-9446-1136, National Center for Global Health and Medicine), Haruyo Nakamura (0000-0002-1557-0781, National Center for Global Health and Medicine), Keiko Maruyama‐sakurai (0000-0001-6100-2227, National Center for Global Health and Medicine), Keiko Maruyama-Sakurai, Sangnim Lee (0000-0003-4218-4015, Juntendo University), Aya Ishizuka (0000-0003-3001-7818, Aoyama Gakuin University), Kenichi Shibuya (0000-0003-2528-7530, The University of Tokyo), Kenji Shibuya
Year2020
Volume16
Issue1
Pages32-32
Publication date2020-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueGlobalization and Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1744-8603 • E-ISSN: 1744-8603
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1186/s12992-020-00559-2
PMID32293475
OpenAlexW3015648240
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited32

BACKGROUND: Development assistance for health (DAH) is one of the most important means for Japan to promote diplomacy with developing countries and contribute to the international community. This study, for the first time, estimated the gross disbursement of Japan's DAH from 2012 to 2016 and clarified its flows, including source, aid type, channel, target region, and target health focus area. METHODS: Data on Japan Tracker, the first data platform of Japan's DAH, were used. The DAH definition was based on the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's (OECD) sector classification. Regarding core funding to non-health-specific multilateral agencies, we estimated DAH and its flows based on the OECD methodology for calculating imputed multilateral official development assistance (ODA). RESULTS: Japan's DAH was estimated at 1472.94 (2012), 823.15 (2013), 832.06 (2014), 701.98 (2015), and 894.57 million USD (2016) in constant prices of 2016. Multilateral agencies received the largest DAH share of 44.96-57.01% in these periods, followed by bilateral grants (34.59-53.08%) and bilateral loans (1.96-15.04%). Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) was the largest contributors to the DAH (76.26-82.68%), followed by Ministry of Finance (MOF) (10.86-16.25%). Japan's DAH was most heavily distributed in the African region with 41.64-53.48% share. The channel through which the most DAH went was Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria (20.04-34.89%). Between 2012 and 2016, approximately 70% was allocated to primary health care and the rest to health system strengthening. CONCLUSIONS: With many major high-level health related meetings ahead, coming years will play a powerful opportunity to reevaluate DAH and shape the future of DAH for Japan. We hope that the results of this study will enhance the social debate for and contribute to the implementation of Japan's DAH with a more efficient and effective strategy

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