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Shinsuke MIYANO, MD, MSc, PhD
As of July 2024
Deputy Director, Division of Global Networking,
Department of Global Network and Partnership
Department of Global Network and Partnership
Area of expertise
Tropical Medicine, Communicable Disease Prevention and Control (Tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS,
Vaccine Preventable Diseases), Heath Economics, Policy and Management
Long-term overseas experiences
| May 2023- Present |
JICA Health Policy Advisor to the Ministry of Lao PDR |
| Aug 2018- Feb 2022 |
JICA Technical Advisor for Infectious Disease Control and Laboratory Services to the National Health Laboratory, Ministry of Health and Sports, Myanmar |
| Oct 2015- Mar 2018 |
Technical Officer, TB, HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis and Sexually Transmitted Diseases, WHO Papua New Guinea |
| Jan 2010- Mar 2013 |
Chief Advisor, the Project for scaling-up of HIV/AIDS care and management, the Ministry of Health, Zambia (dispatched through JICA) |
International committee membership
| 2024- |
A Member of the WHO Regional Validation Advisory Group on Elimination of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV, Hepatitis B and Syphilis and Accelerated Control of Viral Hepatitis in the Western Pacific Region |
| 2023- |
Leadership (Vice-Chair) of the Technical Review Panel (TRP), the Global Fund |
| 2021- |
A Focal Point of TB Expert Team of the Technical Review Panel (TRP), the Global Fund |
| 2020- |
A Member of the Technical Review Panel (TRP) of the Global Fund |
Publication list
■Journal articles
- Miyano S, Vynnycky E, Pattamavone C, Ichimura Y, Mori Y, Nouanthong P, et al. Comparison of population-based measles-rubella immunoglobulin G antibody prevalence between 2014 and 2019 in Lao People's Democratic Republic: impacts of the National Immunization Program. Int J Infect Dis. 2023. Epub 20230207. PubMed PMID: 36758852.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2023.01.044 - Miyano S, Pathammavong C, Ichimura Y, Sugiyama M, Phounphenghack K, Tengbriacheu C, et al. Prevalence of hepatitis B and C virus infections in Lao People's Democratic Republic: The first national population-based cross-sectional survey. PLoS One. 2022;17(12):e0278933. Epub 20221230. PubMed PMID: 36584043; PubMed Central PMCID: PMCPMC9803141.
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0278933 - Miyano S, Htoon TT, Nozaki I, Pe EH, Tin HH. Public knowledge, practices, and awareness of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance in Myanmar: The first national mobile phone panel survey. PloS ONE 2022, 17(8): e027338
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0273380 - Miyano S, Syakantu S, Komada K, et al. Cost-effectiveness analysis of the national decentralisation policy of the antiretroviral treatment programme in Zambia. BMC Cost Eff Resour Alloc 2017, 15:4.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12962-017-0065-8 - Miyano S, Muvuma S, Ishikawa N, et al. Healthcare provision for patients infected with both HIV and tuberculosis in rural Zambia: an observational cohort study of primary care centres. BMC Health Services Research 2013, 13:397.
https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-13-397 - Miyano S, Dube C, Kayama N, et al. Association between tuberculosis treatment outcomes and the mobile antiretroviral therapy programme in Zambia. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2013, 17(4):540-5.
https://doi.org/10.5588/ijtld.12.0432 - Miyano S, Izumi S, Takeda Y, et al. Pulmonary tumour thrombotic microangiopathy. J Clin Oncol 2007, 25:597-9.
https://doi.org/10.1200/jco.2006.09.0670 - Hachiya M, Vynnycky E, Mori Y, Do HT, Huynh MK, Trinh LH, Nguyen DD, Tran NAT, Hoang TT, Hoang HHT, Vo NDT, Le TH, Ichimura Y, Miyano S, Okawa S, Thandar MM, Yokobori Y, Inoue Y, Mizoue T, Takeda M, Komada K. Age-specific prevalence of IgG against measles/rubella and the impact of routine and supplementary immunization activities: A multistage random cluster sampling study with mathematical modelling. Int J Infect Dis. 2024 Jul;144:107053. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2024.107053. Epub 2024 Apr 17. PMID: 38641317.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2024.107053 - Vynnycky E, Knapp JK, Papadopoulos T, Cutts FT, Hachiya M, Miyano S, Reef SE. Estimates of the global burden of Congenital Rubella Syndrome, 1996-2019. Int J Infect Dis. 2023 Dec;137:149-156. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2023.09.003. Epub 2023 Sep 9. PMID: 37690575; PMCID: PMC10689248.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2023.09.003 - Komada K, Ichimura Y, Shimada M, Funato M, Do HT, LE HX, Hoang TT, Nguyen TB, Huynh MK, Hoang HTH, Tran NAT, LE TH, Ngo QT, Miyano S, Sugiyama M, Mizoue T, Hachiya M. Impact of hepatitis B vaccination programs in Vietnam evaluated by estimating HBsAg prevalence. J Virus Erad. 2022 Dec 10;8(4):100309. doi: 10.1016/j.jve.2022.100309. PMID: 36582474; PMCID: PMC9792882.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jve.2022.100309 - Okawa S, Komada K, Ichimura Y, Sugiyama M, Do HT, Le HX, Hoang TT, Nguyen TB, Huynh MK, Hoang HTH, Tran NAT, Le TH, Ngo QT, Miyano S, Yokobori Y, Inoue Y, Mizoue T, Hachiya M. Comparison between a rapid diagnostic test and dried blood spot-based immunoassay for hepatitis B surface antigen testing: Performance and cost implications in a population-based serosurvey in Vietnam. Int J Infect Dis. 2022 Dec;125:51-57. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2022.10.011. Epub 2022 Oct 12. PMID: 36241163.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2022.10.011 - Ichimura Y, Yanagisawa N, Thandar MM, Pathammavong C, Phounphenghuk K, Nouanthong P, Tengbriacheu C, Khamphaphongphane B, Franzel-Sassanpour LE, Yang TU, Raaijmakers H, Ota T, Komada K, Hachiya M, Miyano S. The determinants of immunization coverage among children aged between 12 and 35 months: a nationwide cross-sectional study in Lao People's Democratic Republic. BMC Public Health. 2022 Dec 3;22(1):2259. doi: 10.1186/s12889-022-14522-w. PMID: 36463130; PMCID: PMC9719255.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-14522-w - Ichimura Y, Yamauchi M, Yoshida N, Miyano S, Komada K, Thandar MM, et al. Effectiveness of immunization activities on measles and rubella immunity among individuals in East Sepik, Papua New Guinea: A cross-sectional study. IJID Reg. 2022; 3:84-8. Epub 20220303. PubMed PMID: 35755474
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijregi.2022.03.001 - 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 Jun 17;7(6):e07342. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e07342. PMID: 34307926; PMCID: PMC8258653.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e07342 - Nozaki I and Miyano S. The necessity of continuous international cooperation for establishing the COVID-19 diagnostic capacity despite the challenges of fighting the outbreak in home countries. Glob Health Med. 2020 Apr 30;2(2):145-147
https://doi.org/10.35772/ghm.2020.01023 - Vynnycky E, Miyano S, Komase K, et al. Estimating the immunogenicity of measles-rubella vaccination administered during a mass campaign in Lao People’s Democratic Republic using multivalent seroprevalence data. Nature Scientific Reports 2019, 9, 12545.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-49018-y - Okabayashi H, Miyano S, Hachiya M, et al. Seroprevalence of mumps before the introduction of mumps-containing vaccine in Lao PDR: results from a nationwide cross-sectional population-based survey. BMC Res Notes. 2019 Mar 19;12(1):155.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-019-4194-3 - Hachiya M, Miyano S, Mori Y, et al. Evaluation of nationwide supplementary immunisation in Lao PDR: population-based seroprevalence survey of anti-measles and anti-rubella IgG in children and adults, mathematical modelling and stability testing of the vaccine. PLoS ONE 2018, 13(3):e0194931.
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0194931 - Okawa S, Chirwa M, Miyano S, et al. Longitudinal adherence to antiretroviral drugs for preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Zambia. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2015, 15:258.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-015-0697-7 - Ishikawa N, Shimbo T, Miyano S, et al. Health outcomes and cost impact of the new WHO 2013 guidelines for prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Zambia. PLoS ONE 2014, 9(3).
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0090991 - Sasaki Y, Kakimoto K, Miyano S, et al. Adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) during the early months of treatment in rural Zambia: influence of demographic characteristics and social surroundings of patients. Ann Clin Microbiol Antimicrob 2012, 11(1):34-9.
https://doi.org/10.1186%2F1476-0711-11-34 - Ishikawa N, Miyano S, Sikazwe I. Efficacy and safety of an extended nevirapine regimen in infant children of breastfeeding mothers with HIV-1 infection for prevention of postnatal HIV-1 transmission (HPTN046): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Lancet 2012, 379(9828):1787-8.
https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(12)60755-7 - Ishikawa N, Shimbo T, Miyano S. Costing Tool for Elimination Initiative (CTEI) From costing to planning: a tool to support the initiative for elimination of new paediatric HIV infections and congenital syphilis and improvement of the health and survival of mothers and infants. National Centre for Global Health and Medicine (NCGM), Asia-Pacific United Nations Task Force for the Prevention of Parents-to-Child Transmission of HIV, and Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), 2011.
- Ito K, Kubota K, Miyano S, et al. FDG-PET/CT finding of high uptake in pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis. Ann Nucl Med 2007, 21: 415-418.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12149-007-0039-6