Director of the center
Chieko Greiner

Health and hygiene issues in Asian countries include infectious disease control, maternal and child health care, lifestyle-related diseases, and measures for older people, and there is also a need to build health care systems that enable seamless support for individuals at every stage of their lives. The Graduate School of Health Sciences has been collaborating with ASEAN countries such as Vietnam, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Taiwan through undergraduate and graduate education to promote the development of health and medical professionals and health science educators and researchers, and has performed collaborative research with those countries in the Asian region. The Center is working to further strengthen its efforts to solve health and hygiene issues in Asian countries by utilizing the network already established with universities, research institutes, and international organizations in ASEAN countries.

The Center has four divisions: 1) Growth and Development Division to address issues related to declining birthrates and maternal and child health care, 2) Successful Aging Division to address lifestyle-related diseases and aged society , 3) Infection Control Division to address infectious diseases, and 4) Health Literacy Division to address social implementation and social infrastructure of measures to solve public health issues. These four divisions work together to contribute to the establishment of a truly necessary healthcare system in the Asian region.