Shabbar Jaffar MSc PhD FRCP

Professor of Epidemiology

• Affiliation
• Teaching
• Research
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PhD in Epidemiology, LSHTM (the natural history of HIV-1 and HIV-2 infections in Africa); FRCP (Edinburgh); MSc Biometry, Reading University. Lived and worked in The Gambia, Uganda and South Africa. He has been based at LSHTM for almost 20 years.

Affiliation

• Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology
• Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health

Teaching

Teaches on the study units: Design and Analysis of Epidemiological Studies, Study Design, Applying Public Health Principles in Developing Countries.

 

Research

Main research interests HIV, non-communicable diseases, health services/optimisation research. Director, Karonga Prevention Study. Co-PI of a large RCT of a complex intervention to reduce early mortality associated with antiretroviral therapy in Tanzania and Zambia. Previously co-PI of a large cluster-randomised trial comparing home-based with facility-based delivery of antiretroviral therapy in SE Uganda.

Chair of the EDCTP scientific strategy board. Joint Editor of Tropical Medicine and International Health. Head, Tropical Epidemiology Group.

• Selected publications

• Micronutrient Fortification to Improve Growth and Health of Maternally HIV-Unexposed and Exposed Zambian Infants: A Randomised Controlled Trial

  Filteau, S.; Kasonka, L.; Gibson, R.; Gompels, U.A.; Jaffar, S.; Kafwembe, E.; Monze, M.; Sinkala, M.; Tomkins, A.; Zulu, R.; Chisenga, M.; Siame, J.; Mabuda, H.B.; Baisley, K.; Dale, H.; Rehman, A.; Bates, M.; Mullen, A.; Bwalya, H.K.; Chileshe, M.; Kowa, P.K.; Kumwenda, M.; Likando, M.; Mambwe, S.; Muzyamba, M.; Mwale, A.; Nyaywa, L.; Kapambwe, M.; Bima, H.; Gosset, L.; Hackett, L.; Jackson, A.; Njunju, E.; Mwanza, S.; Shampwaya, N.; Kabanga, C.; Chobo, J.; Kapumba, W.; Musonda, C.; Soko, P.

  Plos One, 2010; 5(6)

• Mortality and loss-to-follow-up during the pre-treatment period in an antiretroviral therapy programme under normal health service conditions in Uganda.

  Amuron, B.; Namara, G.; Birungi, J.; Nabiryo, C.; Levin, J.; Grosskurth, H.; Coutinho, A.; Jaffar, S.;

  BMC Public Health, 2009; 9:290

• Rates of virological failure in patients treated in a home-based versus a facility-based HIV-care model in Jinja, southeast Uganda: a cluster-randomised equivalence trial.

  Jaffar, S.; Amuron, B.; Foster, S.; Birungi, J.; Levin, J.; Namara, G.; Nabiryo, C.; Ndembi, N.; Kyomuhangi, R.; Opio, A.; Bunnell, R.; Tappero, J.W.; Mermin, J.; Coutinho, A.; Grosskurth, H.; on behalf of the Jinja trial team, .;

  Lancet, 2009; 374(9707):2080-2089

• Combination Flucytosine and High-Dose Fluconazole Compared with Fluconazole Monotherapy for the Treatment of Cryptococcal Meningitis: A Randomized Trial in Malawi.

  Nussbaum, J.C.; Jackson, A.; Namarika, D.; Phulusa, J.; Kenala, J.; Kanyemba, C.; Jarvis, J.N.; Jaffar, S.; Hosseinipour, M.C.; Kamwendo, D.; van der Horst, C.M.; Harrison, T.S.;

  Clin Infect Dis, 2009; 50(3):338-44

• High levels of psychosocial readiness for ART in an African population at the onset of treatment.

  Wolff, B.; Mbonye, M.; Coutinho, A.; Amuron, B.; Nkabala, R.; Jaffar, S.; Grosskurth, H.;

  SAHARA J, 2009; 6(4):188-94

• Efficacy of nine-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine against pneumonia and invasive pneumococcal disease in The Gambia: randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

  Cutts, F. T.; Zaman, S. M. A.; Enwere, G.; Jaffar, S.; Levine, O. S.; Okoko, J. B.; Oluwalana, C.; Vaughan, A.; Obaro, S. K.; Leach, A.; McAdam, K. P.; Biney, E.; Saaka, M.; Onwuchekwa, U.; Yallop, F.; Pierce, N. F.; Greenwood, B. M.; Adegbola, R. A.

  Lancet, 2005; 365:1139-46

• The natural history of HIV-1 and HIV-2 infections in adults in Africa: a literature review.

  Jaffar, S.; Grant, A.D.; Whitworth, J.; Smith, P.G.; Whittle, H.;

  Bull World Health Organ, 2004; 82(6):462-9

• A randomized trial of the impact of multiple micronutrient supplementation on mortality among HIV-infected individuals living in Bangkok

  Jiamton, S.; Pepin, J.; Suttent, R.; Filteau, S.; Mahakkanukrauh, B.; Hanshaoworakul, W.; Chaisilwattana, P.; Suthipinittharm, P.; Shetty, P.; Jaffar, S.

  Aids, 2003; 17(17):2461-2469

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