G7/8 COMMITMENTS

The Group of 7/8 (G7/8) has made a number of public commitments to tackle neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). Below is a list of the specific commitments made by the G7/8 between 1998 and 2016.

Japan “We note that the efforts and achievements toward UHC, health system strengthening (HSS) and Ise-Shima Summit preparing and responding to public health emergencies are further jeopardized by the significant May 2016 threat posed by AMR. We also acknowledge the importance and contribution of R&D and innovation to preserve and deploy existing remedies, and to discover new remedies for these and other health areas, such as neglected tropical diseases and related infectious diseases as well as conditions related to ageing.

“With these in mind, we particularly commit to take concrete actions in the following areas as elaborated in the G7 Ise-Shima Vision for , as set out in the Annex. We also instruct our Health Ministers to further elaborate necessary actions on these areas at their Meeting in Kobe in September.” - G7 Ise-Shima Leaders’ Declaration

“At the G7 Ise-Shima Summit, we, the G7 leaders, commit to take the following concrete actions for advancing global health…

“Shedding light on diseases that require further R&D improvements, particularly for conditions not adequately addressed by the market, including Poverty-Related Infectious Diseases (PRDs) and Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs): 1. Implement policies to encourage the development of and access to medical products for those diseases. 2. Encourage G7 countries to support “push (e.g. support to cover R&D cost)” and “pull (e.g. making advance purchase and support creating markets/demands)” incentives, promote well-coordinated Public-Private Partnership to develop new drugs and alternative therapies as exemplified by the Global Health Innovative Technology Fund (GHIT) and the Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI). 3. Work to strengthen collaboration between research institutions, funding organizations and policy makers across G7 countries, building on the G7-process for mapping of R&D activities on NTDs and PRDs initiated in 2015 and now underway in 2016.” - G7 Ise-Shima Vision for Global Health

END7.org Page 1 of 4 sabin.org Germany “We commit ourselves to the fight against neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). We are convinced Schloss Elmau Summit that research plays a vital role in the development and implementation of new means of tackling June 2015 NTDs. We will work collaboratively with key partners, including the WHO Global Observatory on Health Research and Development. In this regard we will contribute to coordinating research and development (R&D) efforts and make our data available. We will build on efforts to map current R&D activities, which will help facilitate improved coordination in R&D and contribute to better addressing the issue of NTDs. We commit to supporting NTD-related research, focusing notably on areas of most urgent need. We acknowledge the role of the G7-Academies of Science in identifying such areas. In particular, we will stimulate both basic research on prevention, control and treatment and research focused on faster and targeted development of easily usable and affordable drugs, vaccines and point-of-care technologies.”

“As part of our health system strengthening efforts we will continue to advocate accessible, affordable, quality and essential health services for all. We support community based response mechanisms to distribute therapies and otherwise prevent, control and ultimately eliminate these diseases. We will invest in the prevention and control of NTDs in order to achieve 2020 elimination goals.” - Leaders’ Declaration G7 Summit: Think Ahead. Act Together.

“We commit to following an integrated multi-sectoral approach to improving food security and nutrition…We will pursue nutrition-specific interventions that have proven to be effective in addressing undernutrition and micronutrient deficiencies. We will also strengthen our nutrition- sensitive interventions in key sectors such as agriculture, social protection, water, sanitation and hygiene, health, education, and improving food systems.” - Annex to the Leaders’ Declaration G7 Summit: Think Ahead. Act Together.

United Kingdom “Levels of maternal, and particularly child mortality are also driven by a range of infectious Lough Erne Summit diseases. The group of 17 diseases termed NTDs that affect more than one billion people June 2013 worldwide thrive in the poorest, most marginalised communities. In January 2012, a number of partners came together to launch the London Declaration that committed to the control or elimination of 10 priority NTDs.

“We must also increase our efforts in the fight against other preventable diseases, including pneumonia, diarrhoea and neglected diseases such as leishmaniasis, Chagas disease and onchocerciasis, particularly by increasing the volume and quality of medical research on neglected diseases in developing countries.

“Total public funding from G8 countries for NTD research and development has risen by 44% in nominal terms over the period. In 2012, countries developed new integrated plans; donors provided additional resources; and pharmaceutical companies donated additional treatments and opened access to hundreds of thousands of compounds to be screened for use in new drug development.” - Lough Erne Accountability Report: Keeping our promises

United States “G8 health commitments supplement and reinforce international health-related development Camp David Summit goals, such as Millennium Development Goals 4, 5 and 6. Health issues have been on the agenda May 2012 of every G8 meeting since 1996, and the G8 continues to work toward its health commitments and key targets associated with HIV/AIDS, and maternal, newborn and child health. The G8 has also committed to fighting the spread of other diseases, including polio, measles, tuberculosis and NTDs.

END7.org Page 2 of 4 pagesabin.org 2/2 “At the St. Petersburg G8 Summit in 2006, leaders pledged to increase efforts to “fight against other preventable diseases, including pneumonia, diarrhea and neglected diseases such as leishmaniasis, Chagas disease and onchocerciasis, particularly by increasing the volume and quality of medical research on neglected diseases in developing countries.” G8 members have contributed greatly to the fight against these diseases, but with more than 1 billion people, including 500 million children, still suffering from NTDs, there is still a long way to go.” - Camp David Summit Accountability Report: Actions, Approach and Results France Deauville Summit “The G8 also made several commitments to fight against specific diseases: NTDs, HIV/AIDS, May 2011 polio, malaria, tuberculosis, and measles. Collective action including G8’s support has led to substantial results. The G8 strives to ensure its efforts are carried out in a manner consistent with effectiveness principles.

“Key Commitment: Fighting neglected diseases- Increase the G8’s efforts in the fight against other preventable diseases, particularly by increasing the volume and quality of medical research on neglected diseases in developing countries.” - Deauville Accountability Report - G8 Commitments on Health and Food Security: State of Delivery and Results Canada Muskoka Summit “We continue to support the control or elimination of high-burden NTDs.” June 2010 - G8 Muskoka Declaration: Recovery and New Beginnings

“Key Commitment: Support the control or elimination of certain major NTDs listed by the World Health Organization.” - Muskoka Accountability Report Italy L’Aquila Summit “We will accelerate progress on combating child mortality…We will combine this with actions to: July 2009 combat TB and Malaria; address the spread of neglected tropical diseases and work towards completing the task of polio eradication; improve monitoring of emerging infectious diseases.”

“We also recognize the need to strengthen the link between health sector and other policies… We aim at addressing the key determinants of health through mutually reinforcing policies across sectors such as poverty reduction, food and nutrition, water supply and sanitation, education, gender equality, employment, housing, justice, environment and science and technology” -G8 L’Aquila Leaders Declaration: Responsible Leadership for a Sustainable Future Japan Hokkaido Toyako Summit “An estimated one billion people are affected by a range of NTDs, which cause substantial July 2008 health, economic and social burdens in poor countries. Efforts to control or eliminate NTDs need to be reinvigorated. To build on our commitments made on NTDs at St. Petersburg, we will work to support the control or elimination of diseases listed by the World Health Organization through such measures as research, diagnostics and treatment, prevention, awareness-raising and enhancing access to safe water and sanitation. In this regard, by expanding health system coverage, alleviating poverty and social exclusion as well as promoting adequate integrated public health approaches, including through the mass administration of drugs, we will be able to reach at least 75% of the people affected by certain major NTDs in the most affected countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, bearing in mind the WHO Plan. With sustained action for 3-5 years, this would enable a very significant reduction of the current burden with the elimination of some of these diseases.” - Hokkaido Toyako Summit Leaders Declaration - Toyako Framework for Action on Global Health: Report of the G8 Health Experts Group - Development and Africa

END7.org Page 3 of 4 sabin.org Russia “We must also increase our efforts in the fight against other preventable diseases, including St. Petersburg Summit pneumonia, diarrhea and neglected diseases such as leishmaniasis, Chagas disease and July 2006 onchocerciasis, particularly by increasing the volume and quality of medical research on neglected diseases in developing countries” - Fight Against Infectious Disease

“Significant decisions were taken in the area of fighting infectious diseases. It is important in this area to…provide support for the development of new means of diagnosing, preventing and treating infectious diseases.” - Final Press Briefing with President Putin

United Kingdom “Building on the valuable G8 Global HIV/AIDS vaccine enterprise, increasing direct investment to Gleneagles Summit encourage the development of vaccines, microbicides and drugs for AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis July 2005 and other neglected diseases.” - Gleneagles Official Documents: Africa

France “In order to expand the development of effective, safe and affordable drugs for diseases affecting Evian-les-Bains Summit mostly developing countries (“neglected diseases”), we are committed to seeking ways to June 2003 support world-wide the development of research on health technologies for prevention (including vaccines), control, treatment and cure for these diseases.” - Health: A G8 Action Plan

Japan “We have committed substantial resources to fighting infectious and parasitic diseases. As a Kyushu-Okinawa Summit result, together with the international community, we have successfully arrived at the final stage July 2000 of polio and guinea worm eradication, and have begun to control onchocerciasis.” - G8 Communiqué Okinawa 2000

“The risk of infection in developing countries is heightened by the high rate of poverty, fragile health and medical systems, inadequate preventive, care and treatment services, lack of safe water supply, malnutrition, etc. Poor health in turn aggravates poverty. There is therefore a pressing need to break such vicious cycle of poor health and poverty. Fighting infectious and parasitic diseases should be a central part of the development programs of developing country, particularly in the efforts of poverty reduction.” - Japan’s Initiative in the Fight against Infectious and Parasitic Diseases on the occasion of the Kyushu-Okinawa G8 Summit

United Kingdom “We therefore pledge ourselves to a shared international effort to enhance mutual cooperation Birmingham Summit on infectious and parasitic diseases and support the World Health Organization’s efforts in those June 1998 areas.” - Birmingham Summit Communiqué

“Japanese Prime Minister Hashimoto proposed several steps to improve the effectiveness of international cooperation against parasitic diseases. In the proposal, he suggested the establishment of centers for human resources development and research in Asia and Africa and the formation of center-led international networking through collaboration with the World Health Organization and the G8 countries in the fight against parasitic diseases.” - Japan’s Initiative in the Fight against Infectious and Parasitic Diseases

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