Naman Shah

About Naman Shah
PhD, MD candidate specializing in infectious disease epidemiology. Most of my current work is in malaria transmission reduction, antimalarial drug policy, and control program management.

Role(s) / Profession(s)

Epidemiologist
Physician
Student

Organization

National Institute of Malaria Research - NIMR
Website: http://www.mrcindia.org/ Type: Government Country: India About: NIMR is one of the institutes of the Indian Council of Medical Research, Department of Health Research, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Govt. of India. The primary task of the Institute is to find short term as well as long term solutions to the problems of malaria through basic, applied and operational field research. The Institute also plays a key role in human resource development through trainings/workshops and transfer of technology.
University of North Carolina School of Public Health
Website: http://www.sph.unc.edu/ Type: Academic Institution Country: United States About: The mission of University of North Carolina School of Public Health is to improve public health, promote individual well-being, and eliminate health disparities across North Carolina and around the world.

Work Location(s)

India
United States

Population(s) Served

Language(s)

English
Hindi

Naman's Communities

Recent Contributions

Naman Shah started a discussion "Measuring malaria incidence". in the Malaria Treatment & Prevention community.

How should we measure malaria burden? Why are disease burden estimates important? There are two sets of reasons: 1) technical, e.g. national priority setting etc and 2) political economy of health, e.g. advocacy and visibility, donor influence, etc. Thus, estimates are often quite contentious apart from the methodology used. The ...
Naman Shah replied to "Seasonal prevention of malaria in African children" in the Malaria Treatment & Prevention community.

Dr Gosling, it is my pleasure. 1) Yes, MDA will be more effective in lower transmission settings. We know from models and practice that the infectious reservoir is, proportionally, a greater determinant of transmission when vectorial capacity is low. I think MDA is worth some experimenting but it depends on ...
Naman Shah replied to "Seasonal prevention of malaria in African children" in the Malaria Treatment & Prevention community.

Even as an additive to other control options, IRS for example, MDA provided little lasting benefit (in hyperendemic settings) despite high coverage and the rigor of a study setting. See the amazing data from the WHO Garki project report of the 70s. Even those it's a useful strategy for other ...
Naman Shah replied to "A call for a structural and philosophical shift in global health: Reshaping Global Health" in the Young Professionals Chronic Disease Network community.

Gloria, I had a different reaction to this piece. You might enjoy Andrew Hamer's critical appraisal here: http://www.globalhealthpolicy.net/?p=860
Naman Shah replied to "Wonder of Zanzibar." in the Malaria Treatment & Prevention community.

Charlie the Smith article overstates itself. It’s great, but unsurprising, that Zanzibar has reduced malaria using drugs and vector control tools of known effectiveness. Of course, the efforts of the control program should at least be maintained or even transitioned into elimination if sustained funding is possible. But Zanzibar’s experience ...

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