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Toyomitsu TAMURA, RN, MSc, PhD
As of July 2026
Director, attached to the Bureau of Global Health Cooperation
Area of expertise
Nursing, Human resource development in health
Long-term overseas experiences
| Jul 2025 - Jul 2027 |
Chief Advisor, Long term expert of the JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency), Project for Improvement of the Quality of Health Service, Senegal |
| 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, Lao PDR |
| 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 |
| 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 |
Publication list
- Tamura, T., Phanpaseuth, S., Sisoulath, A., Inthaphanith, P., Kikuchi, S., Koto-Shimada, K., Fujiwara, K., & Matsuda, N. (2025). Development and validation of the Lao Clinical Nurse Competency Scale. Belitung Nursing Journal.
https://doi.org/10. 33546/bnj.4094 - NagatanI S, Miyazaki K, Tamura T, Koto-Shimada K, Inthaphanith P, Phanpaseuth S, Sisoulath A, Khamkong B, Mori M. Quality improvement of the national examination for nurses and midwives in Lao Peoples Democratic Republic, GHM Open. 2024; 4(2):108-111.
https://doi.org/10.35772/ghmo.2024.01009 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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