Shabir Ahmed Madhi, CBE (born 1966) is a South African physician who is professor of vaccinology and director of the South African Medical Research Council Respiratory and Meningeal Pathogens Research Unit at the University of the Witwatersrand, and National Research Foundation/Department of Science and Technology Research Chair in Vaccine Preventable Diseases. In January 2021, he was appointed Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of the Witwatersrand.
He was executive director of South Africa's National Institute for Communicable Diseases from 2011 to 2017, and has served on several WHO committees in roles pertinent to vaccines and pneumonia. In 2018, he co-founded the African Leadership in Vaccinology Expertise (ALIVE) and was appointed Chair of South Africa's National Advisory Group on Immunization (NAGI).
His research has included studies on the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine and rotavirus vaccine, and in pregnant women, the influenza and respiratory syncytial virus vaccines.
Since the global COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, he has been leading COVID-19 vaccine trials in South Africa, including the first in Africa. In 2021 he stated that the first and foremost method of ending COVID-19 in South Africa is to implement a mass vaccination programme.
Shabir Ahmed Madhi, CBE (born 1966) is a South African physician who is professor of vaccinology and director of the South African Medical Research Council...
established in 2016. It was co-founded by professor of vaccinology ShabirMadhi and runs an 18-month Master of Science in Medicine in the field of Vaccinology...
African Research Chair in Development Education University of South Africa ShabirMadhi South African Research Chair in Vaccine-Preventable Diseases Witwatersrand...
Policy Committee, Bank of England. For services to the economy Professor ShabirMadhi – Dean, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand....
1038/d41586-023-02957-z. PMID 37758887. S2CID 262894944. Verwey, Charl; Madhi, Shabir A. (May 2023). "Review and Update of Active and Passive Immunization...
USA Pavla Krizova National Institute of Public Health Czech Republic ShabirMadhi National Research Foundation South Africa David Murdoch Christchurch...
and vaccination schedules. Schoub, Barry D.; Ngcobo, Ntombenhle J.; Madhi, Shabir (19 April 2010). "The National Advisory Group on Immunization (NAGI)...
Scholar. Her publications include: Merryn Voysey; Sue Ann Costa Clemens; Shabir A Madhi; et al. (8 December 2020). "Safety and efficacy of the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19...
PMID 25069599. Wikidata Q34431175. Merryn Voysey; Sue Ann Costa Clemens; Shabir A Madhi; et al. (8 December 2020). "Safety and efficacy of the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19...
Martie van der; Adelekan, Adeboye; Deyde, Varough; Ihekweazu, Chikwe; Madhi, Shabir A. (1 July 2018). "Prevalence of drug-resistant tuberculosis and imputed...
vaccinations against melioidosis. Merryn Voysey; Sue Ann Costa Clemens; Shabir A Madhi; et al. (8 December 2020). "Safety and efficacy of the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19...
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