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Deputy Representative , Burkina Faso UNICEF Ms . Rinko Kinoshita works as the

Deputy Representative in UNICEF ’ s Country Office in Burkina Faso since June 2016 . She started her career with UNICEF in 2006 as the Planning Specialist for UNICEF ’ s office in Kinshasa , the Democratic Republic of Congo ( DRC ). In 2008 she transferred to the UNICEF ’ s Eastern Zonal Office in Goma , DRC , as the Planning , Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist . Between 2009 and 2012 , she worked with UNICEF HQs in New York City as the Knowledge Management Specialist . She was the global administrator for UNICEF ’ s database of lessons learned , good practices and innovations and provided technical supports to many country and regional offices to document and share their experiences . Prior to UNICEF , she worked with a NGO Save the Children (“ Saving Newborn Lives Initiative ”) where she conducted a qualitative research with traditional birth attendants in rural Malawi . She holds a BSc in Nursing and Midwifery and worked in the largest maternity hospital in Tokyo for five years , where she was a catalyst in promoting natural childbirths . In 2003 , she obtained a Masters ’ degree in Public Health ( International Maternal and Child Health ) with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , USA as a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar . In 2014 she completed her second Masters ’ degree in Social Epidemiology with London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine , UK . Currently she pursues her PhD degree in Community health with University of the Western Cape in South Africa . She speaks Japanese , English , French and Spanish fluently , with basic knowledge in Lingala , a native language for the Western side of the DRC .

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