ヘルフィナ ・ナババン

2024年4月より、世界保健機関（WHO）健康開発総合研究センターの非常勤コンサルタントとして、人口高齢化に関連するユニバーサル・ヘルス・カバレッジ（UHC）のモニタリングを目的とした指標に関する研究プログラムに取り組んでいる。2012 年から 2016 年の間、バングラデシュ国際下痢性疾患研究センター (icddr,b) にて保健医療制度・政策に関する研究、母子保健に関連する研究プロジェクトに従事。その後、WHO インドネシア事務所UHC担当官を経て、現在は、ドイツ・ブレーメン大学国際保健学科の研究員としても活動している。

母国インドネシアで医学研修を修了。東京大学大学院医学系研究科国際保健政策学で修士号、オーストラリア・メルボルン大学のノッサル・グローバルヘルス研究所で博士号を取得している。

Publications

• Asefa A., Gebremedhin S., Marthias T., Nababan H., Christou A., Semaan A., Banke-Thomas A., Tabana H., Alwy Al-beity FM, Dossou JP., Gutema K., Delvaux T., Birabwa C., Dennis M., Grovogui FM., McPake B., Beňová L. Wealth-based inequality in the continuum of maternal health service utilisation in 16 sub-Saharan African countries. International Journal for Equity in Health. Published: 2 October 2023. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-023-02015-0
• Quach A, Tosif S, Nababan H.Y, Duke TD, Graham SM, Were WM, Muzigaba M, Russell FM. Measuring the quality of care for children attending health facilities: a systematic review of assessment tools. BMJ Global Health. Published: 4 October 2021. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2021-006804 
• Begum T, Nababan H, Rahman A, Islam MR, Adams A, Anwar I. Monitoring caesarean births using the Robson ten group classification system: A cross-sectional survey of private for-profit facilities in urban Bangladesh. PLoS One. Published: 8 August 2019. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0220693.eCollection 2019
• Islam M., Nababan H.Y., Siddique K.B., Islam S., Paul S., Paul A., Ahmed S.M. Perceptions and Barriers for Appropriate Treatment Among Informal Health Care Providers: Findings from A Qualitative Study in A Peri-Urban Area in Bangladesh. BMC Health Services Research. Published: 26 June 2019. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-019-4254-3
• Nababan H.Y., Islam R., Mostari S., Tariqujjaman Md., Sarker M., Islam MT., Moucheraud C. Improving quality of care for maternal and newborn health: A pre-post evaluation of the Safe Childbirth Checklist at a district hospital in Bangladesh. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. Published: 4 December 2017. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-017-1588-x
• Begum, T., Rahman, A., Nababan, HY., Haque, DE., Khan, AF., Khan, T., Anwar, I. Indications and determinants of Caesarean Section Delivery: Evidence from a population-based study in Matlab, Bangladesh. PlosOne. Published: 20 November 2017. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0188074
• Nababan H.Y., Hasan M., Marthias T., Dhital R., Rahman A., Anwar I. Trends and inequities in use of maternal healthcare services in Indonesia, 1986-2012. International Journal of Women's Health. Published: 29 December 2017. DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.2147%2FIJWH.S144828
• Adams A.M., Nababan H.Y., & Hanifi, S.M.M.A. (2015). Building social networks for maternal and newborn health in poor urban settlements: a cross-sectional study in Bangladesh. PLoS ONE. Published: 24 April 2015. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0123817
• Anwar I., Nababan H.Y., Mostari S., & Khan J. (2015) Trends and inequities in use of maternal health care services in Bangladesh, 1991-2011. PLoS ONE. Published: 23 March 2015. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0120309 
• Moreno R., Nababan H.Y., Ota E., Wariki, W.M.V., Ezoe S., Gilmour S., Shibuya K. (2014). Structural and community-level interventions for increasing condom use to prevent the transmission of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. Published: 29 July 2014. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD003363.pub3