Tohoku university school of medicine

The Division of International Health in Tohoku Univ.ersity was established in April, 1998. With particular concern of preventable death, disability and suffering, we are engaged in education, research and projects for social contribution. The main area of topics are: (1) Quality and Safety in Healthcare and Health Service Systems, (2) Human Security and Health Development (3) Disaster Health Management.

The international program “Public Health Sciences for Human Security” (for Master degree; 2 years) offers interdisciplinary courses in English, in which we provide a training-of-trainer’s course on Evidence-based Participatory Quality Improvement (EPQI) .

1)Issues in Hospital Projects in Developing　Countries－A　Case　Sudy　in　Bolivia Takemi　Paper　Series，Harvard　School　of　Public　Health 1989 Analysis of trilemma of public hosopitals in developing countries

2)Hospitals　in　Developing　Countries：in　ｔｈｅ　Perspective　of　Limited　Resources Technology　and　Deveiopment, vol.5, 1992 Agenda for international cooperation on clinical services with a proposal of system approach

3)Evolution　of　the　Conceｐt　of　Quality，and　Potentials　of　TQM　in　Health　Services” Proceeding　of　ASEAN　Workshop　on　Quality　Management　of　Health　Services 1995 Proposal of a framework of TQM in healthcare systems

4)Study of a patient referral system in the Republic of Honduras Health Policy and Planning　Vol. 13-4 1998 Assement of current status of referral system

5)Quality Management System; ISO9001 for Healthcare Japanese Standrad Association, ISBN4-260-13864-2 2003 Guideline for allying ISO9001 to Healthcare (In Japanese)

International Health, Human Security, Quality and Safety in Healthcare, District Health System, Disaster Health Management, Health Development Policy, Development Aid, EPQI