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
Productive disruption: opportunities and challenges for innovation in infectious disease surveillance.
Journal article
Buckee CO. et al, (2018), BMJ Glob Health, 3
Targeting vivax malaria in the Asia Pacific: The Asia Pacific Malaria Elimination Network Vivax Working Group.
Journal article
Vivax Working Group ., (2015), Malar J, 14
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), Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg, 102, 861 - 867