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Takemi Fellows Named at SPH

The Takemi Program in International Health has named its 1998-99 Takemi Fellows, who will spend the academic year in residence at the School of Public Health. The Takemi Program offers midcareer fellowships for highly trained individuals from diverse disciplines to carry out research on critical issues in international health.

The Takemi Program is named for Taro Takemi, the distinguished physician-scientist who served for more than 25 years as president of the Japan Medical Association. Core funding is provided by the Japan Committee for the Takemi Program, and financial support for individual fellowships is provided by external agencies. Some of the 1998-99 Takemi Fellows are supported by grants to the Takemi Program from the Carnegie Corp. of New York and from the Merck Co. Foundation. The program is directed by Michael R. Reich, Taro Takemi Professor of International Health Policy at the School of Public Health.

The 1998-99 Takemi Fellows began their stay at Harvard in September. The fellows come from six different countries, and represent the 15th group of Fellows since the Program's inception in 1984. The Takemi Fellows network now includes a total of 118 fellows from 38 countries.

Brief descriptions of the fellows and their research follow:

Motoi Adachi, BA, MD, School of Medicine, Mie University, Japan: Polio Eradication in Tanzania.

Marilen Danguilan, BS, MSc, MPA, MD, Philippines: The Role of Public Health in Post-Conflict Areas.

Anaclaudia Fassa, MSc, MD, assistant professor, Federal University of Pelotas, Brazil: Child Labor and Health.

Mavis Hermanus, BS, MSc, group health and safety manager, Samancor Ltd., expert and member of the Occupational Health Safety Advisory Committee to the Department of Labor, South Africa: A Review of the Major Developments in Public Policy and OHS Management Since the 1970s with Particular Emphasis on the Issues Pertinent to and Challenges Facing a Developing Country.

Yuji Noto, BA, senior researcher of the Research Institute and deputy manager of the International Relations Division, Japan Medical Association, Japan: Membership of the American Medical Association as Compared to Membership in the Japan Medical Association and its Impact on Health Care.

Andrew Onokerhoraye, BSc, PhD, professor, University of Benin, Nigeria: .

Arriving in January 1999: Anne Stacie Colwell, BA, MA, PhD, MD, United States: Fertility and Mortality Trends on Colonial Kilimanjaro.