Dr Hiromi Obara

Hiromi OBARA, MD, MSc, Specialist of Ob/Gyn, has over 20 years’ experience providing technical, programmatic and management support in reproductive, maternal and newborn health (RMNH) to countries in the Western Pacific Region and elsewhere.

Positions held include JICA Health Policy Advisor, Reproductive Health Medical Officer in WHO Western Pacific Regional Office, Deputy Director, International Affairs Division of Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan, Chief Advisor of JICA MCH project in Cambodia, Ob/Gyn doctor in Jichi Medical University Hospital in Japan. She obtained an MSc in Epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

She assisted countries in the Western Pacific Region to conduct maternal death reviews, improve maternal and newborn care, eliminate unsafe abortions, develop policy strategy frameworks and conduct monitoring at country and regional levels. She has also contributed to regional and global meetings as an RMNH expert, to WHO publications.

Her professional interests include programme implementation, monitoring and evaluation, quality of care, updating country policies/strategies/plans/clinical guidelines, and improving financial access to care.