Lessons from the Field Count more than Ever: The New Era of Global Health

ABSTRACT

For many years, Japan has been silent on theachievements of Japan's Overseas Development Assistance program including thehealth improvement of foreign countries. Japan’s contribution to global healthcommunities through G8 process including Hashimoto Initiative is steadfast. Onthe other hand, in the field activity level, experts involved in ODA have not disclosedtheir achievements. However, the article by Wada et al.,which describes the contents of TEN MR (Minimum Requirement), shed light onJapan’s silent ODA community by disclosing Japan’s achievements in globalhealth by drawing lessons that may be applicable to othercountries. Our future challenge in the global health will be how to synthesizeactions that reflect the lessons learnt from the field and which show scientificevidence using established methods.