Dr Jahirul Karim
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Research groups
Jahirul Karim
Research Physician
MORU Epidemiology
Jahirul worked as a Program Manager for Bangladesh’s National Malaria Control Program (NMCP) from September 2009. While there, he was responsible for implementing the Global Fund-supported malaria control program and the Bangladesh government-funded malaria and dengue control programs. He obtained his MSc in Tropical Medicine from Bangkok’s Mahidol University in 2007.
A research physician and PhD, Jahirul also teaches advanced biostatistics as a part-time faculty member of North South University. His current research is focused on mathematical modelling and epidemiological analysis for malaria elimination in Bangladesh.
Recent publications
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Productive disruption: opportunities and challenges for innovation in infectious disease surveillance
Journal article
Buckee CO. et al, (2018), BMJ Global Health, 3, e000538 - e000538
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Targeting vivax malaria in the Asia Pacific: The Asia Pacific Malaria Elimination Network Vivax Working Group
Journal article
(2015), Malaria Journal, 14
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Adherence and efficacy of supervised versus non-supervised treatment with artemether/lumefantrine for the treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Bangladesh: a randomised controlled trial
Journal article
Rahman MM. et al, (2008), Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 102, 861 - 867