School of Health Sciences Faculty of Medicine University of the Ryukyus

DEPARTMENT OF GLOBAL HEALTH

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Ms. Chika Sato received the best poster award in 10th NHRF in Lao PDR

Ms. Chika Sato received the best poster award in 10th NHRF in Lao PDR

 Ms Chika Sato recieved the best poster award in Lao National Health Research Forum. She conducted MCH researches and creat evidence the facor to access health facility based deliveling.  Her presentation tiltle is "Factors influencing health facility utilization for delivery among ethnic minority Lao women in the setting of good physical access to health facility: a focused ethnography". Facility based delivery has been promoted toward improvement of maternal and child health program in Lao PDR. Free delivery policy has been conducted Xepon district, Savannakhet Province which is poor and remote district has mountainous area and a lot of ethnic minority groups. Referring to the birth records of the health facilities in Xepon district, it was recorded that only few women who access to health facilities even if they lived along the paved highway.
 She started to work in Lao PDR as local staff in Asia Health Education Foundation for strenghtening MCH program implementation by using these evidence after graduation of Master course in Graduate School of Health Sciences, University of the Ryukyus.