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J-GLOBAL ID：202001006678230191 Update date: Nov. 15, 2024

Aiga Hirotsugu

Affiliation and department：
Job title： Professor

Research field (1)： Hygiene and public health (non-laboratory)

Research keywords (7)： Environmental health , Emergency assistance , Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) , Nutrition , Food security , Health information systems , Health workforce development

Research theme for competitive and other funds (2)：

2021 - 2023 ベトナムにおける世帯レベルの破滅的医療支出に関する包括的研究
2020 - 2022 Study on contribution of hidden out-of-pocket expenses to household catastrophic expenditure on health in Vietnam

Papers (62)：

Clotilda Asobuno, Silas Adjei-Gyamfi, Felix Gumaayiri Aabebe, John Hammond, Chansathit Taikeophithoun, Norbert Ndaah Amuna, Tsunenori Aoki, Hirotsugu Aiga. Risk factors for anaemia among pregnant women: A cross-sectional study in Upper East Region, Ghana. PLOS ONE. 2024. 19. 11. e0301654-e0301654
相賀裕嗣, 吉野純. 世界最大の保健医療制度・政策の国際会議 2024年11月18~22日に長崎で開催. 医学のあゆみ. 2024. 290. 4. 315-317
Yoshito Kawakatsu, Jonathan F Mosser, Christopher Adolph, Peter Baffoe, Fatima Cheshi, Hirotsugu Aiga, D A Watkins, Kenneth H Sherr. High-resolution mapping of essential maternal and child health service coverage in Nigeria: a machine learning approach. BMJ Open. 2024. 14. 6. e080135-e080135
Yoshito Kawakatsu, Ohene Damptey, John Sitor, Ruth Situma, Jevaise Aballo, Mrunal Shetye, Hirotsugu Aiga. Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on food availability and affordability: an interrupted time series analysis in Ghana. BMC Public Health. 2024. 24. 1
Hirotsugu Aiga, Ikuo Takizawa, Stephanie Topp, Hitoshi Murakami, Sarah Louise Barber, Yasuhiko Kamiya, Kumanan Rasanathan, Adnan Hyder. 2024 Global Symposium on Health Systems Research. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 2024. 102. 03. 151-151A

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Books (10)：

Planning for the Health Sector Response to HIV/AIDS: Manual for designing and facilitating training course
World Health Organization (WHO) 2013
Guide to conducting programme reviews for the health sector response to HIV
World Health Organization (WHO) 2013 ISBN:9787223023207
Country Coordination and Facilitation -Principles and process-
World Health Organization (WHO) 2011
Progress report on the Kampala Declaration and Agenda for Global Action -Reviewing Progress, Renewing Commitment
World Health Organization (WHO) 2011
Midwifery workforce Management and innovation. A background paper prepared for The State of the World’s Midwifery 2011: Delivering Health, Saving Lives
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) 2011

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Lectures and oral presentations (62)：

Challenges in implementing HBRs;their possible solutions;Based on field;realities JICA experienced
(6th Global Symposium on Health Systems Research 2020)
Capacity-based selection of home-based records for maternal and child health
(2020)
How can we ensure WASH at rural health centers
(Prince Mahidol Award Conference 2020 & Universal Health Coverage Forum 2020, Bangkok 2020)
Need for adjusting health workforce density threshold to new WHO antenatal care guidelines
(Prince Mahidol Award Conference 2020 & Universal Health Coverage Forum 2020, Bangkok 2020)
Risk factors for malnutrition among school-aged children: A cross-sectional study in rural Madagascar
(11th European Congress on Tropical Medicine & International Health 2019)

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Work history (23)：

2024/04 - 現在 Nagasaki University Inter-faculty nitiative for Planetary Health Associate Dean
2020/04 - 現在 Nagasaki University Institute of Tropical Medicine Professor
2020 - 現在 Nagasaki University School of Tropical Medicine and Global Health (TMGH) Professor
2019 - 現在 Kitasato University Graduate School of Medical Sciences Adjunct Professor
2003 - 現在 George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services, Department of Global Health Adjunct Professor

2014 - 2020 Japna International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Human Development Department Senior Adviser on Health and Nutrition

2012 - 2014 Ministry of Health, Socialist Republic of Vietnam Project for implementing maternal and child health handbook for scaling up nationwide Chief Adviser

2011 - 2012 World Health Organization (WHO) Headquarters, HIV/AIDS Department Senior Epidemiologist

2010 - 2011 World Health Organization (WHO) Headquarters, Global Health Workforce Alliance Deputy Executive Director Coordinator

2009/04 - 2010/03 The University of Tokyo Graduate School of International Health, Department of Global Health Policy Adjunct Professor

1997 - 2009 The University of Tokyo Graduate School of International Health Visiting Researcher

2004 - 2006 World Food Progrmme of United Nations (WFP) Headquarters, Emergency Needs Assessment Unit Senior Programme Adviser

2003 - 2004 Engineering Consulting Firms Association (ECFA), Jpan Research Department Director of Resaerch Department, Principal Researcher

2003 - 2004 World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean (EMRO), Centre of Environmental Health Activiites (CEHA) Temporary Adviser

2001 - 2002 Kyushu University of Health and Welfare School of Social Welfare Adjunct Associate Professor

2000 - 2002 Engineering Consulting Firms Association (ECFA), Japan Research Department Direct

1997 - 2000 Ministry of Health, Republic of Ghana Project for Strengthening In-Service Training System Health Workforce Development Specialist

1995 - 1997 Engineering Consulting Firms Association (ECFA), Japan Japan Development Institute (JDI) Associate Researcher

1994 - 1995 International Federation of Red Cross & Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) Russina Far East Delegation Regional Relief & Logistic Delegate

1993 - 1993 World Health Organization (WHO) Western Pacific Regional Office (WPRO), Environmental Health Division Research Fellow

1991 - 1992 Sunagawa Public High School Science Department Science Teacher

1988 - 1990 Zorzor Rural Teachers Training Institute (ZRTTI) Science Department Chair, Science Department

1983 - 1988 Shinozaki Public High School Science Department Science Teacher

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Committee career (36)：

2022/12 - 現在 Health Systems Global Executive Committee Member, 8th Global Symposium on Health Systems Research
2022/12 - 現在 Health Systems Global Chair, Local Organizing Committee, 8th Global Symposium on Health Systems Research
2022/12 - 現在 Health System Global Co-Chair, Programme Working Group, 8th Global Symposium on Health Systems Research
2021/04 - 現在 apan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED) Science and Technology Research Partnership for Sustainable Development (SATREPS) Programme Officer
2020/04 - 現在 Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Global Health Adviser

2016/10 - 現在 Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Technical Brief on Maternal & Child Health Handbook, Editor

2016/01 - 現在 World Health Organization (WHO) Home-Based Immunization Records Working Group

2014 - 現在 Health System Global Regular member

2012/05 - 現在 Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House) Regular member

2008/10 - 現在 BioScience and Trend Editorial Board Member

2008/10 - 現在 Social Indicators Research Editorial Board Member

2008/05 - 現在 Journal of Pediatric Infectious Diseases Peer Reviewer Committee Member

2008 - 現在 Medical Science Monitor Peer Reviewer Committee Member

2008 - 現在 BMJ Open Peer Reviewer Committee Member

1994/04 - 現在 Japan Society of Public Health Regular member

1994/10 - 2024/12 Japan Association for Global Health Councilor

2020/04 - 2024/06 Journal of Health, Prevention and Nutrition Section Editor for Global Health

2020/04 - 2024/03 Sasakawa Africa Association (SAA) Technical Advisory Board member

2019/04 - 2021/03 Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED) Science and Technology Research Partnership for Sustainable Development (SATREPS) Evaluation Committee Member.

2017/10 - 2020/09 Scale-Up Nutrition (SUN) Member of Monitoring Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) Committee

2018/05 - 2020/04 World Bank Human Capital Index Academic Council Committee Member

2016/10 - 2018/09 Canadian Society for International Health Regular member

2016/10 - 2018/09 American Public Health Association Regular member

2012/01 - 2013/12 Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House) Member of International Round-table on Disease Surveillance Data Sharing

2010/10 - 2011/09 Prince Mahidol Award Conference (PMAC) Organizging Committee for Prince Mahidol Award Conference 2011 “Global Forum on Human Resources for Health

2010/10 - 2011/09 University of Waterloo Technical Advisory Committee for Canadian Index of Wellbeing

2010/10 - 2011/09 United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Technical Advisory Group for the State of the World's Midwifery 2011: Delivering Health, Saving Lives

2008/04 - 2010/03 Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Honduras, Technical Advisory Committee, Chair

2008/04 - 2010/03 Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) El Salvador, Technical Advisory Committee, Chair

2008/04 - 2010/03 Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Nicaragua, Technical Advisory Committee, Chair

2006/04 - 2010/03 Technology and Development Reviewer committee member

2008 - 2010 Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Guatemala, Technical Advisory Committee, Chair

2007/10 - 2008/09 World Health Organization (WHO) Member of Networking Advisory Committee for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR)

1997/04 - 2004/03 International Development Engineering Society of Japan Regular member

1995/04 - 2004/03 International Development Engineering Society of Japan Regular member

1995/04 - 2004/03 Japan Society of Risk Management for Preventive Medicine Councilor

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