Japan/United States collaboration in international HIV prevention and care

The US and Japan leaders in the international community and the worlds two largest donors of development assistance need to coordinate their efforts in international HIV/AIDS prevention in the current context of declining overall funding levels. The two countries can work together to fund prevention and care programs contribute research and technical expertise and set international policy and standards with regard to grant funding. The US and Japanese domestic responses to the pandemic are reviewed followed by a discussion of past international efforts by both countries. The conceptual frameworks created by the common Agenda the Paris Summit and the UN Joint Program on AIDS suggest several policy and programmatic areas in which Japan/US collaboration can have a major impact upon the effectiveness of international efforts. That includes emphasizing support for vulnerable communities and those affected by the epidemic providing political and technical support for a coordinated international response expanding the implementation of complementary bilateral HIV/AIDS efforts and working together to improve research and training programs.