Dr Mikiko Kanda is the Technical Lead for the Healthy Ageing Unit in the Division of Healthy Environments and Populations at the WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific since March 2023. In collaboration with internal and external stakeholders, she leads technical support and advocacy efforts to promote health and social system transformation in Member States across the Western Pacific Region, addressing the needs of an ageing population.

Before joining WHO WPRO, she worked at the UNAIDS Country Office in Myanmar and the WHO Regional Office for Southeast Asia, where she held various technical positions related to strategic information for HIV/AIDS, health systems research, human resources for health, and healthy ageing.

Dr Kanda is a registered nurse in Japan and the United States and holds a PhD and Master of Health Science (Global Health Policy) from the University of Tokyo.