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Toyomitsu TAMURA, RN, MSc

As of July 2024

田村豊光2
Director, Division of Global Networking,
Department of Global Network and Partnership

 

Area of expertise

Nursing, Human resource development in health

Long-term overseas experiences

Nov 2001-
Mar 2005  
Nursing Officer, Long term expert of the JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency), Project for the development of human resources in health, Senegal
Jan 2014-
Mar 2018
Chief Advisor Long term export of the JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency), Project for the development of human resources in health, DR Congo
Jul 2018–
Jan 2020

Nursing Officer, Long term expert of the JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency), Project for Sustainable Development and Quality Assurance of Health Care Professionals

Publication list

  1. Tamura T, Sonoda M, Hashimoto C, Hashimoto M, Mochizuki N, Bich N, Phuong K. (2015). Current status of the legal framework regarding nursing in Lao PDR, Cambodia, Vietnam and Myanmar. Journal of International Health, 30(2), 87-92. https://doi.org/10.11197/jaih.30.87
  2. Fujita N, Nagai M, Diouf N, Shimizu T, & Tamura T. (2016). The Role of a Network of Human Resources for Health Managers in Supporting Leadership for Health Systems Strengthening in Francophone African Countries. Health Syst Reform, 2(3), 254-264. https://doi.org/10.1080/23288604.2016.1220778
  3. Nagai M, Oikawa M, Tamura T, Egami Y, Fujita N. Can we apply lessons learned from Ebola experience in West Africa for COVID-19 in lower income countries? Glob Health Med. 2020; 2:140-141. https://doi.org/10.35772/ghm.2020.01028
  4. Ridde V, Gautier L, Dagenais C, Honda A. Tamura T. Baba H. Kodoi H. Noda S. et al. 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; 19:76. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12961-021-00707-z
  5. 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; 327:978-980. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2022.0818
  6. Tamura T, Inoue N, Murakami H. International technical cooperation to low- and middle-income countries during the COVID-19 pandemic. Glob Health Med. 2022; 4:250-252. https://doi.org/10.35772/ghm.2022.01014
  7. Akashi H, Kodoi H, Noda S, Tamura T, Baba H, Chinda E, Thandar MM, Naito K, Watanabe Y, Suzuki Y, Narita T, Shimazu T. Reporting on the implementation to set up a "care and isolation facility" for mild COVID-19 cases in Tokyo. Glob Health Med. 2022; 4:71-77. https://doi.org/10.35772/ghm.2022.01022
  8. Honda A, Tamura T, Baba H, Kodoi H, Noda S. How should support for hospital staff during health shocks be improved? A discussion from Japan's experience during the COVID-19 pandemic. Glob Health Med. 2022; 4:285-288. https://doi.org/10.35772/ghm.2022.01020
  9. Honda A. Tamura T. Baba H. Kodoi H. Noda S. How Hospitals Overcame Disruptions in the Early Stages of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case Study from Tokyo, Japan. Health Syst Reform. 2023; 9:2175415. https://doi.org/10.1080/23288604.2023.2175415
  10. Tamura T, Bapitani D, Kahombo U, Minagawa Y. Matsuoka S. Oikawa M, Nagai M. (2023). Comparison of the clinical competency of nurses trained in competency-based and object-based approaches in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: A cross-sectional study. Glob Health Med, 5(3), 142-150. https://doi.org/10.35772/ghm.2023.01026
  11. Ikemoto M, Matsuo K, Tamura T, & Mashino S. (2023). Lessons learned from practices during the initial response to COVID-19 on the cruise ship Diamond Princess. Glob Health Med, 5(3), 188-190. https://doi.org/10.35772/ghm.2023.01025
  12. Koto-Shimada K, Miyazaki K, Inthapanith P, Phanpaseuth S, Sisoulath A, Nagatani S, Tamura T, Fujita N. (2023). International cooperation for nursing human resource development in Lao PDR: Investing in nursing leadership. Global Health & Medicine. https://doi.org/10.35772/ghm.2023.01031
  13. Nagai M, Oikawa M, Komagata T, Bapitani D, Kahombo U, Minagawa Y, Matsuoka S, Egami Y, Honda M, and Tamura T. (2024). Clinical competency of nurses trained in competency based versus objective based education in the Democratic Republic of the Congo a qualitative study. Human Resources for Health 22:38. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12960-024-00921-0