Noriko Fujita

Professor Noriko Fujita is a Full-time Faculty member at Nagasaki University's School of Tropical Medicine and Global Health and affiliated with the National Center for Global Health and Medicine. She holds academic appointments in both Master's and Doctoral programs, specializing in reproductive health, women's health, cervical cancer control, and health system strengthening.

Her educational credentials include:

• M.D. from Tokyo Medical and Dental University
• Ph.D. in Obstetrics and Gynecology from Keio University
• D.T.M.H. from Mahidol University

She is a certified Obstetrician and Gynecologist by the Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Her research focuses on human resource system development for Universal Health Coverage, featuring the "House-model" analytical framework for post-conflict settings, rural health professional retention in Africa, nursing regulation in ASEAN countries, and the critical transition from maternal mortality to cancer mortality through cervical cancer management initiatives in Cambodia.

Recent publications (2019-2024) demonstrate concentrated expertise in Cambodian cervical cancer prevention programs, HPV testing methodologies, and nursing workforce development across francophone Africa. Her work bridges clinical implementation with policy analysis, notably influencing Japan's HPV vaccine policy restoration after 8.5 years of suspension.

No specific scientific awards were mentioned in the source materials.

Professor Fujita supervises graduate students while managing international training programs for foreign health professionals and organizing academic conferences on maternal health and human resource development. Her grant-funded projects include JICA initiatives to reduce maternal mortality in Cambodia, establish reproductive health programs in Afghanistan, and develop health manager networks across francophone Africa.

She leads active research teams implementing screen-and-treat cervical cancer programs in Cambodia (a joint Japan-Cambodia initiative) and nursing faculty development projects across Cambodia, Senegal, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and neighboring francophone African nations.