| Research area |
Country of focus |
Authors |
Publications |
| Disease control |
Japan |
Zaitsu M, Hosokawa Y, Okawa S, Hori A, Kobashi G, Tabuchi T. |
Heated tobacco product use and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy and low birth weight: analysis of a cross-sectional, web-based survey in Japan. BMJ Open. 2021;11(9):e052976. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-052976. |
| Health system |
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Yokobori Y, Obara H, Sugiura Y, Kitamura T. |
Gaps in the civil registration and vital statistics systems of low- and middle-income countries and the health sector's role in improving the situation. Glob Health Med. 2021;3(4):243-5. doi: 10.35772/ghm.2020.01103. |
| Health system |
Zambia |
Yokobori Y, Matsuura J, Obara H, Sugiura Y, Kitamura T, Moyo C, Mwango C, Yuasa M. |
Rapid assessment of the civil registration and vital statistics performance of health facilities in the five districts of Zambia: A cross-sectional study. Heliyon. 2021;7(11):e08367. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e08367 |
| Health for vulnerable populations |
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Weeks AD, Akinola OI, Amorim M, Carvalho B, Deneux-Tharaux C, Liabsuetrakul T, Meremikwu M, Miller S, Nabhan A, Nagai M, Wahabi H, Walker D. |
World Health Organization Recommendation for Using Uterine Balloon Tamponade to Treat Postpartum Hemorrhage. Obstet Gynecol. 2022;139(3):458-462. doi:10.1097/AOG.0000000000004674
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| Health for vulnerable populations |
Japan |
Tsuno K, Okawa S, Matsushima M, Nishi D, Arakawa Y, Tabuchi T. |
The effect of social restrictions, loss of social support, and loss of maternal autonomy on postpartum depression in 1 to 12-months postpartum women during the COVID-19 pandemic. J Affect Disord. 2022;307:206-14. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2022.03.056. |
| Public health emergency |
Japan |
Tsuboi M, Hachiya M, Ohtsu H, Akashi H, Miyoshi C, Umeda T. |
Epidemiology and Risk of Coronavirus Disease 2019 Among Travelers at Airport and Port Quarantine Stations Across Japan: A Nationwide Descriptive Analysis and an Individually Matched Case-Control Study.Clin Infect Dis. 2022;74(9):1614-22. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciab659. |
| Disease control |
Japan |
Toyoshima K, Inoue T, Baba T, Masuya J, Ichiki M, Fujimura Y, Kusumi I. |
Associations of Cognitive Complaints and Depressive Symptoms with Health-Related Quality of Life and Perceived Overall Health in Japanese Adult Volunteers. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021;18(18). doi: 10.3390/ijerph18189647. |
| Health for vulnerable populations |
Cambodia |
Suzuki A, Matsui M, Tung R, Iwamoto A. |
"Why did our baby die soon after birth?"-Lessons on neonatal death in rural Cambodia from the perspective of caregivers. PLoS One. 2021;16(6):e0252663. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0252663. |
| Health for vulnerable populations |
Middle East |
Sodeno M, Tappis H, Burnham G, Ververs M. |
Associations between caesarean births and breastfeeding in the Middle East: a scoping review. East Mediterr Health J. 2021;27(9):931-40. doi: 10.26719/emhj.21.027. |
| Health for vulnerable populations |
Ghana |
Shibanuma A, Ansah EK, Kikuchi K, Yeji F, Okawa S, Tawiah C, Nanishi K, Addei S, Williams J, Asante KP, Oduro A, Owusu-Agyei S, Gyapong M, Asare GQ, Yasuoka J, Hodgson A, Jimba M, Ghana EIRPT. |
Evaluation of a package of continuum of care interventions for improved maternal, newborn, and child health outcomes and service coverage in Ghana: A cluster-randomized trial. PLoS Med. 2021;18(6):e1003663. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003663. |
| Health for vulnerable populations |
Myanmar |
Sasaki Y, Shobugawa Y, Nozaki I, Takagi D, Nagamine Y, Funato M, Chihara Y, Shirakura Y, Lwin KT, Zin PE, Bo TZ, Sone T, Win HH. |
Association between Happiness and Economic Status among Older Adults in Two Myanmar Regions. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022;19(6). doi: 10.3390/ijerph19063216. |
| Health for vulnerable populations |
Myanmar |
Sasaki Y, Shobugawa Y, Nozaki I, Takagi D, Nagamine Y, Funato M, Chihara Y, Shirakura Y, Lwin KT, Zin PE, Bo TZ, Sone T, Win HH. |
Association between depressive symptoms and objective/subjective socioeconomic status among older adults of two regions in Myanmar. PLoS One. 2021;16(1):e0245489. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0245489. |
| Health for vulnerable populations |
Myanmar |
Sasaki Y, Shobugawa Y, Nozaki I, Takagi D, Nagamine Y, Funato M, Chihara Y, Shirakura Y, Lwin KT, Zin PE, Bo TZ, Sone T, Win HH. |
Rural-Urban Differences in the Factors Affecting Depressive Symptoms among Older Adults of Two Regions in Myanmar. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021;18(6). doi: 10.3390/ijerph18062818. |
| Quality health service delivery and human resources |
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Ridde V, Gautier L, Dagenais C, Chabrol F, Hou R, Bonnet E, David PM, Cloos P, Duhoux A, Lucet JC, Traverson L, de Araujo Oliveira SR, Cazarin G, Peiffer-Smadja N, Toure L, Coulibaly A, Honda A, Noda S, Tamura T, Baba H, Kodoi H, Zinszer K. |
Learning from public health and hospital resilience to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: protocol for a multiple case study (Brazil, Canada, China, France, Japan, and Mali). Health Res Policy Syst. 2021;19(1):76. doi: 10.1186/s12961-021-00707-z. |
| Quality health service delivery and human resources |
Japan |
Okawa S, Tabuchi T, Nakata K, Morishima T, Koyama S, Odani S, Miyashiro I. |
Surgical volume threshold to improve 3-year survival in designated cancer care hospitals in 2004-2012 in Japan. Cancer Sci. 2022;113(3):1047-56. doi: 10.1111/cas.15264. |
| Health for vulnerable populations |
Japan |
Okawa S, Hosokawa Y, Nanishi K, Zaitsu M, Tabuchi T. |
Threatened abortion, threatened premature labor, and preterm birth during the first state of emergency for COVID-19 in 2020 in Japan. J Obstet Gynaecol Res. 2022;48(5):1116-25. doi: 10.1111/jog.15203. |
| Health for vulnerable populations |
Japan |
Obikane E, Baba T, Shinozaki T, Obata S, Nakanishi S, Murata C, Ushio E, Suzuki Y, Shirakawa N, Honda M, Sasaki N, Nishi D, O'Mahen H, Kawakami N. |
Internet-based behavioural activation to improve depressive symptoms and prevent child abuse in postnatal women (SmartMama): a protocol for a pragmatic randomized controlled trial. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2021;21(1):314. doi: 10.1186/s12884-021-03767-9. |
| Quality health service delivery and human resources |
Japan |
Nozaki I, Sugiura Y, Fujita N, Iso H, Umeda T. |
Business models for sustainable development: Projects of global extension of medical technologies of Japan. Glob Health Med. 2021;3(1):6-10. doi:10.35772/ghm.2020.01072. |
| Quality health service delivery and human resources |
Myanmar |
Nozaki I, Aung T, Oo NN, Kodoi H, Ito Y, Inaba T, Shiratori K. |
Enhancing the blood safety program in Myanmar: Report on projects of global extension of medical technologies of Japan. Glob Health Med. 2021;3(1):48-51. doi: 10.35772/ghm.2020.01071. |
| Disease control |
Japan |
Norizuki M, Hori A, Wada K. |
Factors associated with adults' actions to confirm their own rubella immune status in Japan's drive toward rubella elimination: Cross-sectional online survey of non-healthcare workers in their 20s to 40s. Environ Health Prev Med. 2021;26(1):77. doi: 10.1186/s12199-021-01002-7. |
| Health for vulnerable populations |
Japan |
Nomura O, Morikawa Y, Mori T, Hagiwara Y, Sakakibara H, Horikoshi Y, Inoue N. |
Limited Utility of SIRS Criteria for Identifying Serious Infections in Febrile Young Infants. Children (Basel). 2021;8(11). doi: 10.3390/children8111003 |
| Health for vulnerable populations |
Japan |
Nomura O, Itoh T, Mori T, Ihara T, Tsuji S, Inoue N, Carriere B. |
Creating Clinical Reasoning Assessment Tools in Different Languages: Adaptation of the Pediatric Emergency Medicine Script Concordance Test to Japanese. Front Med (Lausanne). 2021;8:765489. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2021.765489. |
| Health for vulnerable populations |
Japan |
Nomura O, Ihara T, Morikawa Y, Sakakibara H, Horikoshi Y, Inoue N. |
Predictor of Early Administration of Antibiotics and a Volume Resuscitation for Young Infants with Septic Shock. Antibiotics (Basel). 2021;10(11). doi: 10.3390/antibiotics10111414. |
| Quality health service delivery and human resources |
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Noda S, Hernandez PMR, Sudo K, Takahashi K, Woo NE, Chen H, Inaoka K, Tateishi E, Affarah WS, Kadriyan H, Kobayashi J. |
Service Delivery Reforms for Asian Ageing Societies: A Cross-Country Study Between Japan, South Korea, China, Thailand, Indonesia, and the Philippines. Int J Integr Care. 2021;21(2):1. doi: 10.5334/ijic.4739. |
| Public health emergency |
— |
MNCAH C-RPGo (including Nagai M). |
Global research priorities on COVID-19 for maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health. J Glob Health. 2021;11:04071. doi: 10.7189/jogh.11.04071. |
| Public health emergency |
Japan |
Matsushima M, Tsuno K,Okawa S, Hori A, Tabuchi T. |
Trust and well-being of postpartum women during the COVID-19 crisis: Depression and fear of COVID-19. SSM Popul Health. 2021;15:100903. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2021.100903. |
| Health for vulnerable populations |
Cambodia |
Matsui M, Saito Y, Po R, Taing B, Nhek C, Tung R, Masaki Y, Iwamoto A. |
Knowledge on intrapartum care practices among skilled birth attendants in Cambodia-a cross-sectional study. Reprod Health. 2021;18(1):115. doi: 10.1186/s12978-021-01166-z. |
| Quality health service delivery and human resources |
Japan |
Koyama S, Tabuchi T, Okawa S, Taniyama Y, Nakata K, Morishima T, Miyashiro I. |
Hospital volume and 5-year survival in head and neck cancer patients in Osaka, Japan. Jpn J Clin Oncol. 2021;51(10):1515-22. doi: 10.1093/jjco/hyab132. |
| Public health emergency |
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Kobayashi J, Aritaka N, Nozaki I, Tabata A, Noda S. |
COVID-19 control during a humanitarian crisis; the need for emergency response at the Thai-Myanmar border as an alternative channel. Trop Med Health. 2021;49(1):33. doi: 10.1186/s41182-021-00323-1. |
| Health for vulnerable populations |
Japan |
Kiyohara H, Teshima Y, Hoshino HA, Kanda M, Matsuoka S, Iwamoto A, Fujita M. |
Three myths of disseminating COVID-19 information to vulnerable migrants in Japan: lessons learned during the pandemic. Trop Med Health. 2022;50(1):13. doi: 10.1186/s41182-022-00404-9. |
| Disease control |
Lao PDR |
Kitamura T, Bouakhasith V, Phounphenghack K, Pathammavong C, Xeuatvongsa A, Kobayashi A, Norizuki M, Okabayashi H, Miyano S, Mori Y, Takeda M, Sugiyama M, Mizokami M, Machida M, Hachiya M. |
Vaccine temperature management in Lao People's Democratic Republic: A nationwide cross-sectional study. Heliyon. 2021;7(6):e07342. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e07342. |
| Public health emergency |
Japan |
Hosokawa Y, Okawa S, Hori A, Morisaki N, Takahashi Y, Fujiwara T, Nakayama SF, Hamada H, Satoh T, Tabuchi T. |
The Prevalence of COVID-19 Vaccination and Vaccine Hesitancy in Pregnant Women: An Internet-based Cross-sectional Study in Japan. J Epidemiol. 2022;32(4):188-94. doi: 10.2188/jea.JE20210458. |
| Disease control |
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Haruyama R, Okawa S, Akaba H, Obara H, Fujita N. |
A Review of the Implementation Status of and National Plans on HPV Vaccination in 17 Middle-Income Countries of the WHO Western Pacific Region. Vaccines (Basel). 2021;9(11). doi: 10.3390/vaccines9111355. |
| Disease control |
Japan |
Haruyama R, Obara H, Fujita N. |
Japan resumes active recommendations of HPV vaccine after 8·5 years of suspension. Lancet Oncol. 2022;23(2):197-198. doi:10.1016/S1470-2045(22)00002-X |
| Disease control |
Zambia |
Haruyama R, Nyahoda M, Kapambwe S, Sugiura Y, Yokobori Y. |
Underreported Breast and Cervical Cancer Deaths Among Brought-In-Dead Cases in Zambia. JCO Glob Oncol. 2021;7:1209-11. doi: 10.1200/GO.21.00176. |
| Disease control |
Philippines |
Harada T, Baba T, Shirasaka T, Kanamori S. |
Evaluation of the Intensive Treatment and Rehabilitation Program for Residential Treatment and Rehabilitation Centers (INTREPRET) in the Philippines: a study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials. 2021;22(1):909. doi: 10.1186/s13063-021-05882-6. |
| Health for vulnerable populations |
Japan |
Hara Y, Hagiwara Y, Inoue N. |
Effects of the new fasting standard on sedation in the pediatric emergency room. Pediatr Int. 2021;64(1):e14840. doi: 10.1111/ped.14840. |
| Public health emergency |
Japan |
Akashi H, Shimada S, Tamura T, Chinda E, Kokudo N. |
SARS-CoV-2 Infections in Close Contacts of Positive Cases in the Olympic and Paralympic Village at the 2021 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games. JAMA. 2022;327(10):978-980. doi:10.1001/jama.2022.0818 |