Today, at the Health Dome, I listened to a report from the Diet by Dr. Tooru Fukuda, a member of the House of Representatives.

The title is "Japan First"
Japan has contributed to the development of health infrastructure (construction of hospitals and clinics), control of infectious diseases (malaria, HIV, tuberculosis, etc.), and improvement of maternal and child health and nutrition through ODA: Official Development Assistance, but it is questionable whether these assistance are welcomed and whether they are producing good results for Japan.
Even if the infrastructure is developed, there are problems such as the small number of doctors and nurses in the local area, or the lack of technology to use them up.
In other countries, such as China, they are profiting from their own products and chemicals in terms of infrastructure and operations.

"Mokusa Africa" is unable to stop the increase in the number of new tuberculosis infections and deaths, especially in Africa and Asia.
In addition, in response to threats such as co-infection with HIV/AIDS and drug-resistant tuberculosis, "moxibustion" is effective, and volunteer activities are mainly in Africa and Asia.
However, despite the fact that "moxibustion" is originally a traditional Japan medicine that has existed since the Nara period, it is not Japan, but the charity organization "moxafrica" in the United Kingdom is the main activity.

The common problem between these two matters is that it is not "Japan first".
Not only the recipient of support, but also the person who supports them learns, notices, is moved, and grows.
It is truly a two-way activity,"To give is to give"It is also.