Dr. Yuka Ujita

Senior Occupational Safety and Health Specialist, ILO DWT-Bangkok

              Dr. Yuka Ujita, Japanese national, is a medical doctor by profession and holds Ph.D in Preventive Medicine from the University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan (UOEH).

            On a foundation of her work experience in the medical field over twelve years, as a certified occupational physician, she offered Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) services to both workers and employers in various settings.

              In 2003, she joined the ILO Subregional Office for East Asia. Since then, Dr. Ujita has contributed to improvement and promotion of safety and health at work through policy and technical advice, training, knowledge sharing, awareness raising and project backstopping both at the HQ and in the field offices.

              The areas she has particularly covered include OSH data, safety and health of vulnerable groups of workers (female workers, young workers, migrant workers, and those in informal economy) and hazardous child labour.