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Sayaka Horiuchi is Japanese paediatrician and epidemiologist. She has more than 15 years of experience in the field of the maternal, neonatal and child health as a clinician, public health worker and researcher. She worked for the program development and management to improve maternal, neonatal and child health in Lao PDR between 2012 and 2016. Sayaka undertook a Master of Science in 2016 and made the career transition from public health practitioner to researcher. Her research interest is quality improvement of neonatal and childcare. She also serves as a WHO technical advisory group member on child health measurement to improve visibility of disease burden, service coverage and health outcomes among children.
To create and translate knowledge into better health, so no-one is left behind.
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