News

Announcing New Selection Committee Members

BT Slingsby steps down from CEO, end of FY2018

GHIT Fund Announces New Council Member Jeremy Farrar

Farewell message from Dr. Kiyoshi Kurokawa, Founding Chair of GHIT

GHIT Fund Website Renewed

Announcement of New Board Member

Japan Times: Tokyo-based fund CEO leads public-private fight against diseases around globe

Japan Times: Aiming for truly universal health coverage

NHK: Direct Talk Preventing Pandemics Peter Piot "Think Ahead"

Announcement of system error and recovery of GHIT Website

New interview articles posted on our 5th Anniversary website

GHIT Fund 5th Anniversary Website Launched

Nikkei Asian Review: Sharing Japan's vision for global health

Stephen Caddick, Wellcome Trust’s Innovations Director, Joins GHIT Fund Council

Asahi Shimbun: 2030 CREATING FUTURE: Japan can lead the world in ending infectious diseases

Forbes JAPAN: A special feature on the GHIT Fund

Forbes JAPAN: Special Interview to Bill Gates

Nikkei Asian Review: Access to health care key to sustained development

Financial Times: Zika threat demands a global response

Deutsche Welle: Global health fund CEO: 'The Ebola crisis was a wakeup-call'

GHIT Fund Congratulates Japanese Scientist Satoshi Ōmura on Nobel Prize Win for Drug That Has Nearly Eradicated Debilitating Infections Caused by Parasitic Worms

GHIT-Yahoo! JAPAN special joint website launched

Japan’s leadership is critical to eliminating NTDs

New York Times: Japanese Companies Attack Neglected Diseases

Forbes: Investing In Drugs That Won't Make Money

Science "Japanese foundation joins the public health Grand Challenge bandwagon"

Japanese drugmakers addressing neglected tropical diseases, and not just out of altruism

Dr. Slingsby was interviewed by Toyo Keizai Online

Announcement for New Council Member

Professor Peter Piot, 2014 TIME Person of the Year: "The Ebola Fighters"

Universal Health Coverage Day

The National Bureau of Asian Research: The Current Ebola Outbreak: Implications for Asia and Global Health Innovation

Devex impact: How to forge successful R&D partnerships

Dr. Slingsby was interviewed by Nikkei

Professor. Peter Piot's article on the Ebola epidemic

The op-ed by Dr. Slingsby in the Asahi Shimbun

Announcement for New Board of Directors and Advisory Panel

GHIT Fund was featured in the NIKKEI (Newspaper)

SciDev Q&A: A partnership to eradicate malaria

Dr. Piot received the Prince Mahidol Award 2013 in the field of Public Health

GHIT Fund Grantees in the NIKKEI (News paper)

Dr. Kurokawa interviewed by YakujiNews Co.,Ltd

The Economist (Print edition Nov 16th, 2013) run a story about the GHIT Fund.

Scientific American "Japan and Partners Team Up to Tackle Neglected Diseases"

GHIT Fund in the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s blog, ‘Impatient Optimists’.

Pharma Asia "GHIT Fund Marks Japanese Government Interest In Exporting Tech for Global Health"

The Asahi Shimbun "Public-private Japanese fund to help develop drugs for developing nations"

Japan Times "Search targets drug firms’ data trove"

Sci Dev Net "Japanese fund to tackle infectious diseases in 'historic' agreement"

Reuters "Japanese drugmakers open 'libraries' in $100 million health project"

PharmaTimes "Japan launches $100m initiative to develop drugs for poorest nations"

Science Insider "Japan Joins Fight Against Neglected Diseases"

Financial Times "Japan in pioneering partnerships to fund global health research"