Masami FUJITA, MD, PhD

 As of July 2024

Deputy Director General,
Department of Global Network and Partnership

Area of expertise

Vulnerable Populations including Migrants and Health, Response to HIV, Public Health,
Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) and Health

• Secretary General, Our SDGs
• Founding Member, Migrants’ Network and Action (MINNA)
• Visiting Professor, Nagasaki University

Long-term overseas experiences

Publication list

■English Journal articles

1. Azusa Iwamoto*, Masami Fujita, Dang Quang Luong, Jongsoh Anh, Betty Ya‑Wen Chiu, Jaewook Choi, Hung‑Yi Chiou, Reiko Hayashi, Jun Kobayashi. Health of migrants and other vulnerable populations across Asian countries: Build Forward Better beyond the COVID-19 pandemic. Tropical Medicine and Health 2023; 51:51
2. Yokobori, Yuta*, Hiroyuki Kiyohara, Nadila Mulati, Kaung Suu Lwin, Truong Quy Quoc Bao, Myo Nyein Aung, Motoyuki Yuasa, and Masami Fujita. "Roles of Social Protection to Promote Health Service Coverage among Vulnerable People toward Achieving Universal Health Coverage: A Literature Review of International Organizations" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2023, 20, no. 9: 5754. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20095754
3. Masami Fujita, Miwa Kanda*, Hiroyuki Kiyohara, Saki Ikeda, Azusa Iwamoto, Kyoko Sudo, Yuko Teshima, Midori Nii, Yoji Murata, Jotaro Kato, Aiko Komatsu, Aya Yumino, Takashi Sawada, Hiroshi Sato, Tamotsu Nakasa. Migrants’ access to COVID-19 vaccination in Japan: Progress and challenges. Journal of Migration and Health. 2023 Feb 16;7:100169. doi: 10.1016/j.jmh.2023.100169. PMID: 36814897; PMCID: PMC9932756.
4. Matsuoka, S.; Kharel, M.; Koto-Shimada, K.; Hashimoto, M.; Kiyohara, H.; Iwamoto, A.; Nishihara, M.; Fujita, M. Access to Health-Related Information, Health Services, and Welfare Services among South and Southeast Asian Immigrants in Japan: A Qualitative Study. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 12234. https:// doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912234
5. Hiroyuki Kiyohara*, Yuko Teshima, Haru Angelique Hoshino, Miwa Kanda, Sadatoshi Matsuoka, Azusa Iwamoto, Masami Fujita. Three myths of disseminating COVID‑19 information to vulnerable migrants in Japan: lessons learned during the pandemic. Tropical Medicine and Health 2022; 50:13.
6. Masami Fujita*, Tamami Umeda, Noriko Fujita, Tomoko Nishioka, Azusa Iwamoto, Norio Ohmagari, Masahiro Ishikane, Hidechika Akashi, Norihiro Kokudo. Japanese WHO Collaborating Centres (WHO CCs) fight against COVID-19. Global Health & Medicine 2021; 3(2):115-118.
7. Masami Fujita, Sadatoshi Matsuoka, Hiroyuki Kiyohara*, Yousuke Kumakura, Yuko Takeda, Norimichi Goishi, Masayoshi Tarui, Masaki Inaba, Mari Nagai, Masahiko Hachiya, Noriko Fujita. ”Staying at home” to tackle COVID-19 pandemic: rhetoric or reality? Cross-cutting analysis of nine population groups vulnerable to homelessness in Japan. Tropical Medicine and Health 2020; 48:92.
8. François Rouet*, Janin Nouhin, Du-Ping Zheng, Benjamin Roche, Allison Black, Sophearot Prak, Marie Leoz, Catherine Gaudy-Graffin, Laurent Ferradini, Chandara Mom, Sovatha Mam, Charlotte Gautier, Gérard Lesage, Sreymom Ken, Kerya Phon, Alexandra Kerleguer, Chunfu Yang, William Killam, Masami Fujita, Chhivun Mean, Didier Fontenille, Francis Barin, Jean-Christophe Plantier, Trevor Bedford, Artur Ramos, Vonthanak Saphonn. Massive Iatrogenic Outbreak of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 in Rural Cambodia, 2014-2015. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2018; 66(11):1733-1741.
9. Mean Chhi Vun, Romeo R. Galang*, Masami Fujita, William Killam, Runa Gokhale, John Pitman, Dejana Selenic, Sovatha Mam, Chandara Mom, Didier Fontenille, Francois Rouet, Saphonn Vonthanak, Roka Cluster Investigation Team. Cluster of HIV Infections Attributed to Unsafe Injection Practices — Cambodia, December 1, 2014– February 28, 2015. Morbidity and 8ortality Weekly Report 2016; 65:142-145.
10. Htun Nyunt Oo, San Hone, Masami Fujita, Amaya Maw-Naing, Krittayawan Boonto, Marjolein Jacobs, Sabe Phyu, Phavady Bollen, Jacquie Cheung, Htin Aung, May Thu Aung Sang, Aye Myat Soe, Razia Pendse, Eamonn Murphy. Evolution of the health sector response to HIV in Myanmar: progress, challenges and the way forward. Journal of Virus Eradication 2016; 2 (Supplement 4): 23–29
11. Sophay Sim, Sovanna Tuon, Emily Welle, Sovannarith Samreth, Sokleng Sun, Bora Ngauv, Vichea Ouk, Masami Fujita, Sopheap Seng, Chhi Vun Mean, Thérèse Delvaux*. Scaling Up the Provision of the PMTCT Services, Using the Linked Response Approach in Cambodia From 2008 to 2012. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome 2015; 69: e66-e73.
12. Masami Fujita*, Krishna C Poudel, Kimberly Green, Teodora Wi, Iyanthi Abeyewickreme, Massimo Ghidinelli, Masaya Kato, Mean Chhi Vun, Seng Sopheap, Khin Ohnmar San, Phavady Bollen, Krishna Kumar Rai, Atul Dahal, Durga Bhandari, Peniel Boas, Jessica Yaipupu, Petchsri Sirinirund, Pairoj Saonuam, Bui Duc Duong, Do Thi Nhan, Nguyen Thi Minh Thu, Masamine Jimba. HIV service delivery models towards 'Zero AIDS-related Deaths': a collaborative case study of 6 Asia and Pacific countries. BMC Health Services Research 2015: 15: 176.
13. Mean Chhi Vun, Masami Fujita, Tung Rathavy, Mao Tang Eang, Seng Sopheap, Samreth Sovannarith, Chhea Chhorvann, Ly Vanthy, Oum Sopheap, Emily Welle, Laurent Ferradini, Chin Sedtha, Sok Bunna and Robert Verbruggen. Achieving universal access and moving towards elimination of new HIV infections in Cambodia. Journal of the International AIDS Society 2014; 17: 19328.
14. Ying-Ru Lo*, Masaya Kato, Nittaya Phanuphak, Masami Fujita, Duong Bui Duc, Seng Sopheap, Razia Pendse, Dongbao Yu, Zunyou Wu and Suwat Chariyalertsak. Challenges and potential barriers to the uptake of antiretroviralbased prevention in Asia and the Pacific region. Sexual Health 2014; 11: 126–136.
15. Masami Fujita*, Krishna C Poudel, Nhan Do Thi, Duong Bui Duc, Kinh Nguyen Van, Kimberly Green, Thu Nguyen Thi Minh, Masaya Kato, David Jacka, Thuy Cao Thi Thanh, Long Nguyen Thanh, and Masamine Jimba.A new analytical framework of 'continuum of prevention and care' to maximize HIV case detection and retention in care in Vietnam. BMC Health Services Research 2012; 12: 483.
16. Samreth Sovannarith, Sun Sokleng, Tep Romaing, Tuon Sovanna, Emily Welle, Masami Fujita*, Krishna C. Poudel, Magdalena Barr-DiChiara, Ngauv Bora, Seng Sopheap, Mam Sovatha. Uptake of interventions for preventing mother-to-child HIV transmission in 11 operational districts in Cambodia. Western Pacific Surveillance and Response Journal 2012; 3(3), doi:10.5365/wpsar.2012.3.2.009.
17. Mao Tan Eang, Mean Chhi Vun, Khun Kim Eam, Samreth Sovannarith, Seng Sopheap, Ngauv Bora, Rajendra Yadav, Masami Fujita, Bernard Tomas, Massimo Ghidinelli, Pieter van Maaren and William A Wells. The multi-step process of building TB/HIV collaboration in Cambodia. Health Research Policy and Systems 2012; 10: 34
18. Do Thi Nhan, Nguyen Thi Minh Thu, Do Mai Hoa, Masaya Kato*, Dang Thi Bich, Pham Thuy Linh, Yoshikawa Kayoko, Cao Thi Than Thuy, Nguyen Thi Thuy Van, Bui Duc Duong, Nguyen Van Kinh, Nguyen Thanh Long and Fujita Masami. Combining Cohort Analysis and Monitoring of HIV Early-Warning Indicators of Drug Resistance to Assess Antiretroviral Therapy Services in Vietnam. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2012; 54: S306-S312.
19. Poudel KC, Fujita M, Green K, Poudel KT, Jimba M. Non-communicable diseases in South-East Asia. Lancet 2011; 377: 2004-2005.
20. Masaya Kato, Katsunori Osuga, Masami Fujita, Masamine Jimba. Ensuring tuberculosis infection control to support greater involvement of people living with HIV in health care. International Health 2011; 3: 221-225
21. Fabio Mesquita, David Jacka, Dominique Ricard, Graham Shaw, Han Tieru, Hu Yifei, Katharine Poundstone, Madeline Salva, Masami Fujita, and Nirmal Singh. Accelerating harm reduction interventions to confront the HIV epidemic in the Western Pacific and Asia: the role of WHO (WPRO). Harm Reduction Journal 2008; 5: 26.
22. Hien Tran Nguyen*, Nguyen Bui Duc, Ritu Shrivastava, Tram Hong Tran, Tuan Anh Nguyen, Pham Hong Thang, Janet M McNicholl, Wanna Leelawiwat, Wannee Chonwattana, Kassim Sidibe, Masami Fujita, Chau Minh T Luu, Reshma Kakkar, Diane E Bennett, Jonathan Kaplan, Lisa Cosimi, and Mitchell I Wolfe*. HIV drug resistance threshold survey using specimens from voluntary counselling and testing sites in Hanoi, Vietnam. Antiviral Therapy 2007; 13 (Suppl 2): 115-121.
23. Seiji Yasumura*, H. Haga, H. Shibata, Y. Nakamura, T. Ahiko, K. Ihara, A. Oiji, M. Fujita, H. Imuta, H. Abe, A. Fukao. Factors relating to place of death of Japanese people from a small town in a rural area. Aging Clinical and Experimental Research Aging Clinical and Experimental Research 2000; 12: 449-454.
24. Kong-Hyun Kim*, Hidenori Nakama, Masami Fujita. Health Related Practices and Chronic Illness in Korea. Asia- Pacific Journal of Public Health 1991; 5: 313-321.

English Books

1. Mean Chhi Vun, Masami Fujita, Seng Sopheap, Magdalena Barr-Dichiara, Ouk Vichea, Ly Penh Sun. National Response to HIV/AIDS in Cambodia. In Three Decades of HIV/AIDS in Asia. SAGE Publications India, 2012; 74-91.
2. Masami Fujita. HIV, Hearts and Bun Cha. In Vietnam's 20-year response to HIV/AIDS through the eyes of international friends. Ministry of Health, Vietnam, 2010; 229-233.
3. Masami Fujita, Zhao Pengfei, David Jacka. Good Practice in Asia: Targeted HIV Prevention for Injecting Drug Users and Sex Workers. Viet Nam's First Large-Scale National Harm Reduction Initiative. WHO Viet Nam, 2010
4. Bonggoch Thaidecha, Katesara Takagi, Usa Duongsaa, Dusit Duangsa, Masami Fujita. HIV Day Care Center of Chun Hospital: A History and Case Study of "Happy Heart Center". Chun Hospital and Phayao Provincial Health Office, Phayao Province, Thailand, 2008.
5. Kimberly Green, Robert McPherson, Masami Fujita, Ying-Ru Lo, Chawalit Natpratan, Eric van Praag, Laurie Gulaid, Chris Parker. Scaling Up the Continuum of Care for People Living with HIV in Asia and the Pacific: A toolkit for implementers. Family Health International, 2007.
6. Bernard Fabre-Teste, Masami Fujita. Health service-community interface for HIV/AIDS initiatives in China, Cambodia and Viet Nam. Partnership work: the health service-community interface for the prevention, care and treatment of HIV/AIDS. World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, 2003; 40-43.
7. Chawalit Natpratan, Tasana Leusaree, Sumalee Ammarinsangpen, Anongporn Prapanwong, Lisa Guntamala, Sukhonta Kongsin, Masami Fujita, Ying-Ru Lo, Laksami Suebsaeng. Assessment of Isoniazid Preventive Therapy (IPT) for People Living with HIV in Upper Northern Thailand. Office of Communicable Disease Control Region 10, Ministry of Public Health, Thailand, 2000.
8. Masami Fujita. Decentralization of Health Services in Developing Countries: Information and Logistics Management Assessment of Urban Health Centers in the Philippines. Foundation for Advanced Studies on International Development (FASID), 1997.