Educational Background
2002 – 2008: Sapporo Medical University (Medical Doctor)
2014 – 2015: Harvard School of Public Health (Master of Public Health)
2016 – 2021: Department of Global Health Policy, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo (PhD in Global Health)
Career Background
Associate Professor, Department of Public Health , St Luke’s International Hospital 04/2024 - present
Associate Professor and Section Chief, Section of Global Health, Department of Hygiene and Public Health, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Japan. 12/2021 - 03/2024
Consultant, Department of Ageing and Life Course, WHO Western Pacific Regional Office. 12/2019 – 03/2024
Consultant, Gate’s Foundation Tokyo Office, Tokyo, Japan. 3/2018 – present
Project Researcher, Department of Global Health Policy, University of Tokyo, Japan. 05/2017 – 03/2024
Deputy Director, Office for International Cooperation, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan. 5/2016 – 9/2016
Section Chief, Office for Maternal and Child Health, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan. 11/2012 - 5/2013
General Practitioner, Department of Internal Medicine, St Luke’s International Hospital, Tokyo, Japan 4/2008 - 3/2011, 6/2015 – 12/2015
Major Publications
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Haruka Sakamoto. Aya I. Tangcharoensathien V. Witthayapopopsakul W. Dayrit MM. Dayrit E et al. The role of private sector: challenges and opportunities in Asia for achieving universal health coverage. New Delhi: World Health Organization Regional Office for South-East Asia; 2023.
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Hiroshima G7 Global Health Task Force. Promote global solidarity to advance health-system resilience: proposals for the G7 meetings in Japan. Lancet. 401(10385):1319-1321. 2023.
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Haruka Sakamoto. Towards Progress in Population Health and Health Equity in the Asian Region. Jakarta: Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia, 2023.
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Haruka Sakamoto. COVID-19 and global health governance (1st chapter of the book entitled “Covid-19: implocations for the Indo-Pacific.” Canberra. Australian Strategic Policy Institute. 2023.
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Nomura S, Yamasaki L, Shimizu K, Ghaznavi C, Sakamoto H. Japan’s development assistance for health: Historical trends and prospects for a new era. The Lancet Regional Health-Western Pacific 2022; 22: 100403.
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Sakamoto H, Ishikane M, Ueda P. Seasonal Influenza Activity During the SARS-CoV-2 Outbreak in Japan. JAMA, 2020 Apr 10. 323(19), 1969-1971.
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Sakamoto H, Ghaznavi C, Shibuya K. Country Chapter 7 - Japan. In Legido-Quigley H, Asgari-Jirhandeh N, editors. Resilient and people-centred health systems: Progress, challenges and future directions in Asia. New Delhi: World Health Organization, Regional Office for South-East Asia, 2018.
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Sakamoto H, Lee S, Ishizuka A, Hinoshita E, Hori H, Ishibashi N, Komada K, Norizuki M, Katsuma Y, Akashi H, Shibuya K. Challenges and opportunities for eliminating tuberculosis - leveraging political momentum of the UN high-level meeting on tuberculosis. BMC Public Health. 2019;19:76.
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Sakamoto H, Ezoe S, Hara K, Hinoshita E, Sekitani Y et al. Japan’s contribution to making global health architecture a top political agenda by leveraging the G7 presidency. Journal of Global Health, 2018;8(2)
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Sakamoto H, Ezoe S, Hara K, Hinoshita E, Sekitani Y et al. Japan’s contribution to universal health coverage: leveraging Japan’s G7 presidency to advance global health. Bull World Health Organ 2018; 96(5): 355-9.
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Sakamoto H, Rahman MM, Nomura S, Okamoto E, Koike S et al. Japan Health System Review. Vol. 8 No. 1. New Delhi: World Health Organization, Regional Office for South-East Asia, 2018
Related Research Projects
Health System Strengthening and surge capacity for future pandemics
Assessment of the role and function of WHO’s International Health Regulation
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