Mohammad Tahir Yousafzai, PhD
Tahir Yousafzai, PhD, MPH (Global Health) is working as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Aga Khan University in Karachi, Pakistan. Tahir has more than 10 years of research experience in Pakistan, the Middle East and Australia. His research interests range from surveillance of vaccine preventable diseases among children, to impact evaluation of newly introduced pediatric vaccines and vaccine hesitancy. He recently completed a funded study exploring the misinformation regarding the COVID-19 pandemic and COVID-19 vaccines and used co-design methodology to develop contextual strategies to address misinformation among the marginalized communities living in peri urban settlements in Karachi. In addition, Tahir is a co-investigator on a Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) funded multicenter phase 2 trial evaluating the immunogenicity and safety of various COVID-19 vaccines administered through mix-and-match strategy in Pakistan. He is also a co-Principal Investigator for a GAVI funded project to evaluate the impact of a typhoid conjugate vaccine among children in several cities within Pakistan.
Resources:
Strategies to improve vaccination coverage during campaign setting
VARN2023 Registration
Follow the activities of the VARN2023 conference from June 13-15, 2023, in Bangkok, Thailand.
Community-led Strategies to Aid Vaccine Acceptance: Nine Case Studies from Around the World
These case-study reports inform action and investment around the globe that seek to build more vaccine confident communities.
Video Narrative Project
Sabin’s Social and Behavioral Research Grant Partners, over the course of a year, explored the local barriers and enablers of vaccination acceptance,
Operationalizing of the WHO BeSD Framework
Get to Know Three of Our 2023-2024 Social and Behavioral Research Grant Partners.
