Ayako Honda

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Affiliation: Professor, Hitotsubashi Institute for Advanced Study, Hitotsubashi University

Degree: PhD (Health Economics)(London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (University of London))
M.Sc., International Health (Health Policy and Planning)(University of Tokyo)

Contact information: ayako.hondar.hit-u.ac.jp
Researcher number: 80815027
J-GLOBAL ID: 201701011071375911
researchmap Member ID: 7000021697

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Research History

Apr, 2022 - Present

Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Hitotsubashi University
Apr, 2021 - Present

Professor, Hitotsubashi Institute for Advanced Study, Hitotsubashi University
Apr, 2020 - Mar, 2021

Professor, Department of Economics, Sophia University
Sep, 2017 - Mar, 2020

Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Sophia University
Jun, 2011 - Sep, 2017

Senior Lecturer, Health Economics Unit, University of Cape Town
Aug, 2009 - May, 2011

Lecturer, Health Economics Unit, University of Cape Town
Jan, 2009 - May, 2009

Research Fellow, Health Policy Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Feb, 2000 - Aug, 2004

Social Development Specialist, International Development Centre of Japan (IDCJ)
Nov, 1996 - Mar, 1998

Officer, Public Information Centre, Public Information Centre, The World Bank, Tokyo Office

Education

Sep, 2004 - Jun, 2009

PhD in Health Economics, Department of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (University of London)
Apr, 1998 - Mar, 2000

M.Sc., Global Health (Health Policy and Planning), Graduate School, Division of Medical Sciences, The University of Tokyo
Sep, 1992 - Jun, 1996

M.A., Philippine Studies (Cultural Anthropology), Philippines Studies, Xavier University(Ateneo de Cagayan de Oro)
Apr, 1988 - Mar, 1992

Department of Sociology, Faculty of Literature, Sophia University

Papers

PA-456 Field testing of a novel point-of-care Genital InFlammation Test (GIFT) in low- middle-income countries in Africa: aiming to prevent HIV infection and improve reproductive health

Jo-Ann Passmore, Monalisa Manhanzva, Ramla Tanko, Tanya Pidwell, Fezile Khumalo, Micaela Lurie, Chido Dziva Chikwari, Tinashe Mwaturura, Katharina Kranzer, Constance Mackworth-Young …

BMJ Global Health, 8(Suppl 10) A85, Dec 17, 2023 Peer-reviewed
Examining multiple funding flows to public healthcare providers in low- and middle-income countries — results from case studies in Burkina Faso, Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria, Tunisia and Vietnam

Fahdi Dkhimi, Ayako Honda, Kara Hanson, Rahab Mbau, Obinna Onwujekwe, Hoang Thi Phuong, Inke Mathauer, El Houcine Akhnif, Imen Jaouadi, Joël Arthur Kiendrébéogo …

Health Policy and Planning, 38(10) 1139-1153, Nov 16, 2023 Peer-reviewedLead author
Financial issues in times of a COVID‐19 pandemic in a tertiary hospital in Mali

Valéry Ridde, Abdourahmane Coulibaly, Laurence Touré, Mouhamadou Faly Ba, Kate Zinszer, Emmanuel Bonnet, Ayako Honda

The International Journal of Health Planning and Management, Jul 28, 2023 Peer-reviewedLast author
Understanding factors influencing the use of clinical guidelines in low-income and middle-income settings: a scoping review

Stacey Orangi, Tiffany Orangi, Kenneth Munge Kabubei, Ayako Honda

BMJ Open, 13(6) e070399-e070399, Jun 21, 2023 Peer-reviewedLast author
Lessons Learned from Field Experiences on Hospitals’ Resilience to the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Approach

Christian Dagenais, Muriel Kielende, Abdourahmane Coulibaly, Lara Gautier, Pierre-Marie David, Nathan Peiffer-Smadja, Ayako Honda, Sydia Rosana de Araújo Oliveira, Lola Traverson, Kate Zinszer …

Health Systems & Reform, 9(2), Jun 15, 2023 Peer-reviewed
Factors for Consideration When Setting Prices for Private Healthcare Providers Operating in Public Systems: A Comparison of France and Japan

Ayako Honda, Julie Cartailler, Johann Cailhol, Shinichiro Noda, Zeynep Or

Health Services Insights, 16 117863292311734-117863292311734, May, 2023 Peer-reviewedLead author
Attributes and Organizational Factors that Enabled Innovation in Health Care Service Delivery during the COVID-19 Pandemic – Case Studies from Brazil, Canada and Japan

Ayako Honda, Sydia Rosana de Araujo Oliveira, Valéry Ridde, Kate Zinszer, Lara Gautier

Health Systems & Reform, 9(2), Apr 6, 2023 Peer-reviewedLead author
How Hospitals Overcame Disruptions in the Early Stages of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case Study from Tokyo, Japan

Ayako Honda, Toyomitsu Tamura, Hiroko Baba, Haruka Kodoi, Shinichiro Noda

Health Systems & Reform, 9(2), Feb 17, 2023 Peer-reviewedLead author
How should support for hospital staff during health shocks be improved? A discussion from Japan's experience during the COVID-19 pandemic

Ayako Honda, Toyomitsu Tamura, Hiroko Baba, Haruka Kodoi, Shinichiro Noda

Global Health & Medicine, 4(5) 285-288, Oct 31, 2022 Peer-reviewedLead author
Learning from public health and hospital resilience to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: protocol for a multiple case study (Brazil, Canada, China, France, Japan, and Mali) (jointly worked)

Valéry Ridde, Lara Gautier, Christian Dagenais, Fanny Chabrol, Renyou Hou, Emmanuel Bonnet, Pierre-Marie David, Patrick Cloos, Arnaud Duhoux, Jean-Christophe Lucet …

Health Research Policy and Systems, 19(1) 1-10, May, 2021 Peer-reviewed
How do healthcare providers respond to multiple funding flows? A conceptual framework and options to align them (jointly worked)

Edwine Barasa, Inke Mathauer, Evelyn Kabia, Nkoli Ezumah, Rahab Mbau, Ayako Honda, Fahdi Dkhimi, Obinna Onwujekwe, Hoang Thi Phuong, Kara Hanson

Health Policy and Planning, May, 2021 Peer-reviewed
Examining purchasing reforms towards universal health coverage by the National Hospital Insurance Fund in Kenya (jointly worked)

Mbau R, Kabia E, Honda A, Hanson K, Barasa E

International Journal for Equity in Health, 19(1), Dec, 2020 Peer-reviewed
Payment arrangements for private healthcare purchasing under publicly funded systems in low-and middle-income countries: issues and implications (jointly worked)

A Honda, A Obse

Applied Health Economics and Health Policy, 18 811-823, Jan, 2020 Peer-reviewedLead author
For more than money: willingness of health professionals to stay in remote Senegal (jointly worked)

A Honda, N Krucien, M Ryan, ISN Diouf, M Salla, M Nagai, N Fujita

Human Resources for Health, 17(1) 1-11, Dec, 2019 Peer-reviewedLead author
Strategic Purchasing: The Neglected Health Financing Function for Pursuing Universal Health Coverage in Low-and Middle-Income Countries: Comment on" What’s Needed to Develop … (jointly worked)

K Hanson, E Barasa, A Honda, W Panichkriangkrai, W Patcharanarumol

International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 8(8), Aug, 2019 Peer-reviewed
Scoping review on the application of DCE in health sector research in low- and middle-income countries

Honda, A, Obse, A

Sophia Economic Review, 64(1, 2), 2019 Lead author
Strategic purchasing for universal health coverage: examining the purchaser–provider relationship within a social health insurance scheme in Nigeria (jointly worked)

E Etiaba, O Onwujekwe, A Honda, O Ibe, B Uzochukwu, K Hanson

BMJ Global Health, 3(5), Oct, 2018 Peer-reviewed
Do beneficiaries' views matter in healthcare purchasing decisions? Experiences from the Nigerian tax-funded health system and the formal sector social health insurance program of the National Health Insurance Scheme

Ogochukwu Ibe, Ayako Honda, Enyi Etiaba, Nkoli Ezumah, Kara Hanson, Obinna Onwujekwe

International Journal for Equity in Health, 16(1), Dec 28, 2017 Peer-reviewed
A mother's choice: a qualitative study of mothers' health seeking behaviour for their children with acute diarrhoea

Lucy Cunnama, Ayako Honda

BMC Health Services Research, 16(669), Nov, 2016 Peer-reviewedLast author
Analysis of agency relationships in the design and implementation process of the equity fund in Madagascar

A Honda

BMC Research Notes, 8(1) 1-13, Dec, 2015 Peer-reviewed

Books and Other Publications

Les leçons tirées des expériences de terrain sur la résilience des hôpitaux face à la pandémie de Covid-19. In: Hôpitaux et santé publique face à la pandémie de Covid-19: Perspectives de santé mondiale. edn. Edited by Ridde V, Traverson L, Zinszer K.

Dagenais, Christian, Muriel Kielende, Abdourahmane Coulibaly, Lara Gautier, Pierre-Marie David, Nathan eiffer-Smadja, Ayako Honda, Sydia Oliveira, Lola Traverson, Kate Zinszer, nd Valéry Ridde (Role: Joint author)

2023 (ISBN: 9782925128328)
Les innovations dans la prestation des services de santé pendant la pandémie de Covid-19 au Brésil, au Canada et au Japon. In: Hôpitaux et santé publique face à la pandémie de Covid-19: Perspectives de santé mondiale. edn. Edited by Ridde V, Traverson L, Zinszer K.

Honda A, Oliveira SRdA, Ridde V, Zinszer K, Gautier L (Role: Joint author)

Éditions science et bien commun;, 2023 (ISBN: 9782925128328)
La gestion de la pandémie de Covid-19 par deux hôpitaux de la ville de Tokyo. In: Hopitaux et sante publique face a la pandemie de Covid-19. edn. Edited by Ridde V, Traverson L, Zinszer K.

Honda A, Tamura T, Baba H, Kodoi H, Noda S (Role: Joint author)

Éditions science et bien commun, 2023 (ISBN: 9782925128328)
実践グローバルヘルス : 現場における実践力向上をめざして

日本国際保健医療学会, 神馬, 征峰 (Role: Contributor, 保健・医療の経済学とは)

杏林書院, Apr, 2022 (ISBN: 9784764405417)
Strategic Purchasing in China, Indonesia and the Philippines, World Health Organization. Asia Pacific Observatory on Health Systems and Policies (APO) Comparative Country Studies (co-authored and co-edited)

Honda A, McIntyre D, Hanson K, Tangcharoensathien V (Role: Joint editor, p.2-19)

World Health Organization, Jan, 2016 (ISBN: 9789290617686)
L’analyse d’un fonds d’équité à Madagascar. in: Ridde V et Jacob J-P. (dir.) Les indigents et les politiques de santé en Afrique. Expériences et enjeux conceptuels, Academia L’Harmattan. Collection “Investigations d’anthropologie prospective” numéro 6. Louvain-La-Neuve

Honda Ayako

Academia L'Harmattan. Collection "Investigations d'anthropologie prospective" numéro 6. Louvain-La-Neuve, Aug, 2013 (ISBN: 9782806101167)

Presentations

HPSRにおける保健医療財政をテーマとした研究

本田文子

シンポジウム「グローバルヘルスにおける保健政策・システム研究のスコープと手法－その国際潮流」第38回日本国際保健医療学会学術大会, Nov 24, 2024
UHCに向けた市民社会、行政、研究機関の連携：南部アフリカの経験をもとに

本田文子

シンポジウム「グローバル・ヘルスにおける多職種連携～UHCの推進に向けて～」第37回日本国際保健医療学会学術大会, Nov 19, 2022
Innovations for healthcare service delivery during the early stages of COVID-19 in Japan

Honda A

The 7th Global Symposium on Health System Research, Nov 3, 2022
Governance for strategic purchasing – implications for purchasing private healthcare

Honda A

The 6th Global Symposium on Health System Research, Jan 27, 2021, Health System Global
The Multiple Funding Flows and Incentives – How Does the Provider Payment Mix Shape Provider Behavior in Low- and Middle-Income Countries?

Edwine Barasa, Fahdi Dkhimi, Kara Hanson, Joseph Kutzin, Ayako Honda, Obinna Onwujekwe, Joël Arthur Kiendrebeogo

The 12th World Congress on Health Economics, Jul 15, 2019, InteInternational Health Economics Association
A brief reflection on mixed provider payment (MPP) systems; Strategic purchasing for universal health coverage: the role of aligned mixed provider payment system.

Ayako Honda

The 5th African Health Economics and Policy Association (AfHEA) Biannual Scientific Conference, Mar 12, 2019
A brief reflection on strategic purchasing governance in WPRO countries; Interactive WHO skills building session on governance for strategic purchasing

Honda A

The 5th Global Symposium on Health Systems Research, Oct 8, 2018, Health System Global
How can strategic purchasing improve healthcare service quality? Lessons learnt from the experience of six countries in Asia and Africa

Honda A

The 11th World Congress on Health Economics, Jul 11, 2017, International Health Economics Association
'Strategic purchasing' in different health financing models - four case studies from three Sub-Saharan African countries

Honda A, Ogochukwu I, Macha J, Etiaba E, Munge K

The African Health Economics and Policy Association (AfHEA) Biannual Scientific Conference, Sep 29, 2016, The African Health Economics and Policy Association (AfHEA)
A critical analysis of purchasing arrangements operating under the tax-funded health system in South Africa

The 10th World Congress on Health Economics, Jul 14, 2015, International Health Economics Association
Strategic purchasing: An approach to bringing citizen's perspectives to the health system; Organised session

Hanson K, Honda A, Patcharanarumol W, Trisnantoro L, Onwujekwe O

The 3rd Symposium on the Health Systems Research, Oct 2, 2014, Health Systems Global
Does the equity fund in Madagascar target benefits to the poorest members of society and those most in need of exemptions?

Honda A

The 2nd Global Symposium on the Health Systems Research, Nov 1, 2012, Health Systems Global
Eliciting public preferences for health systems changes towards achieving universal coverage in South Africa

Honda A

The 1st Global Symposium on Health Systems Research, Nov 17, 2010, Health System Global
Agency-incentive analysis in the design and implementation process of the equity funds in Madagascar

Honda A

The 7th World Congress on Health Economics, Jul 15, 2009, International Health Economics Association

Teaching Experience

Apr, 2021 - Present

Postgraduate seminar (Hitotsubashi University)
Jun, 2019 - Present

Health Economics and Policy (Three-month Course on Tropical Medicine (TTM), Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University)
Sep, 2017 - Mar, 2021

Health Economics – Using case studies from low- and middle-income countries (Department of Economics, Sophia University)
Sep, 2017 - Mar, 2021

Global Health Policies (Department of Economics, Sophia University)
Aug, 2009 - Aug, 2017

The Economics of Health Systems (Introduction to the economics of health systems, fund pooling arrangements, purchasing and benefit entitlements, provider payment mechanisms, health financing and governance) (School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town)
Aug, 2009 - Aug, 2017

Microeconomics for the Health Sector (Agency theory, household cost of illness) (School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town)

Professional Memberships

Nov, 2010 - Present

Health Systems Global
Jul, 2007 - Present

International Health Economics Association

Major Research Projects

リプロダクティブヘルス向上のための性感染症簡易検査と患者の選好に関する研究

科学研究費助成事業国際共同研究加速基金(国際共同研究強化(B)), 国際共同研究加速基金(国際共同研究強化(B)), 日本学術振興会, Oct, 2022 - Mar, 2026

本田文子, BOLT Timothy, 谷本美保子
Genital InFlammation Test (GIFT) for HIV prevention and reproductive health

Joint Research (International joint research), The European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP), Apr, 2022 - Mar, 2025

Jo-Ann Passmore, University of Cape Town
How healthcare financing responses to the COVID-19 pandemic vary in different health care financing models

SICORP COVID-19 Research in Non-Medical Sciences, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), May, 2021 - Mar, 2023
How hospitals and health professionals have adapted, responded and transformed the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic – analysis of resilience in Japanese health systems for a multicounty study in Brazil, Canada, China, France, Japan & Mali

J-RAPID Collaborative Research/Survey Program for Urgent Research on the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Jul, 2020 - Mar, 2021
A critical analysis of purchasing arrangements in a range of low- and middle-income countries

Joint Research(International joint research), UK Department for International Development, Apr, 2013 - Mar, 2016

Kara Hanson, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Major Social Activities

Training Course on Health Economics: Principles, Methodologies, Evaluation and Decision Making in Developing Countries

Lecturer

Lecturer in the “Training Course on Health Economics: Principles, Methodologies, Evaluation and Decision Making in Developing Countries” in Ismailia, Egypt for national level health administrators from Sub-Saharan African countries; organised by Suez Canal University in collaboration with the Egyptian Fund for Technical Cooperation with Africa, Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affaires and Japan International Cooperation Agency, 2011 - Present
Side-meeting at the Prince Mahidol Award Conference 2020 “The role of the private sector in accelerating progress towards UHC”. Organized by World Health Organization and National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Japan（NCGM）

Other

Jan 28, 2020
UHC Financing Advisory Committee in preparation for the G20 2019. Organised by the Government of Japan and the World Bank Group

Other

Sep, 2018 - Jun, 2019
Global meeting on strategic purchasing for UHC: unlocking the potential

Other

World Health Organisation, Apr 25, 2017 - Apr 27, 2017
Workshop on strategic purchasing – achieving success in the design of National Health Insurance in South Africa by reflecting lessons learned from Asia and Africa

Other

Facilitated the Workshop on strategic purchasing – achieving success in the design of National Health Insurance in South Africa by reflecting lessons learned from Asia and Africa; organised by South African Department of Health in collaboration with Japan International Cooperation Agency, Apr 20, 2017 - Apr 21, 2017

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