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Rana Jawad Asghar (Medical Epidemiologist ) Resident Advisor Field Epidemiology & Laboratory Training Program, Pakistan (CDC) PakistanHealth, Wellness and Fitness Current Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Previous Centers for Disease Control, Health Alliance International, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Education University of Washington 293 connections Send a messageMore options pk.linkedin.com/in/epidemiology Contact Info Activity Rashida Bano endorsed the skills and expertise of Rana Jawad Asghar Rana Jawad is endorsed for Global Health, Public Health, Epidemiology, Disease Surveillance, and Infectious Diseases. Endorse Connections Like Comment 3 days ago Rana Jawad Asghar has added skills: Policy, Medicine, Clinical Research, and 1 more (Add skills to your profile) Like Comment 5 days ago Rana Jawad Asghar commented in the group The Eastern Mediterranean Public Health Network - EMPHNET on Iraq Feild epidemiology training program: congratulation Dr Faris to you and your students. Great work Like (8) Comment (5)12 days ago See More Background Summary Specialties:Epidemiology, public health, infectious diseases, public health systems, training, field epidemiology, disease surveillance systems, outbreak investigations, epidemiology, Experience Resident Advisor Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program, FELTP, Pakistan Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2006 – Present (7 years) Epidemic Intelligence Service Fellow Centers for Disease Control 2004 – 2006 (2 years) Program Manager Child Survival Project Mozambique Health Alliance International 2002 – 2003 (1 year) Faculty London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine 2001 – 2002 (1 year) Research Associate Stanford University 1999 – 2001 (2 years) Intern World Health Organization 1998 – 1998 (less than a year) Skills & Expertise Most endorsed for... 29Epidemiology 27Public Health 16Infectious Diseases 16Global Health 9Program Evaluation 9Disease Surveillance 8International Health 8Community Health 5Surveillance 5Prevention Rana Jawad also knows about... 4Research 4Data Analysis 3Biostatistics 3Capacity Building 3Public Health... 3Program Management 2Health 2Emerging Infectious... 2Outbreak Investigation 2Health Policy 2Health Education 1Healthcare IT 1Clinical Study Design 1Healthcare Information... 1Medicine See 4+ Publications Evaluation of the national tuberculosis surveillance system in Afghanistan(Link) Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal 2013 ABSTRACT Afghanistan has 2 tuberculosis surveillance systems, the National Tuberculosis Control Programme (NTP) and the Health Management Information System (HMIS). An evaluation of these surveillance systems in January/ February 2010 was done to identify their strengths and weaknesses and to formulate recommendations. Attributes of the programmes were evaluated using US Centers for Disease...more 3 authors Rana Jawad Asghar (Medical Epidemiologist ) Resident Advisor Field Epidemiology & Laboratory Training Program, Pakistan (CDC) K.M.I. Saeed R. Bano Nosocomial outbreak of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever in Holy Family Hospital, Rawalpindi, Pakistan, 2010(Link) Journal of Public Health and Epidemiology April 2013 3 authors Rana Jawad Asghar (Medical Epidemiologist ) Resident Advisor Field Epidemiology & Laboratory Training Program, Pakistan (CDC) Rana Kakar Establishment of a Viral Hepatitis Surveillance System --- Pakistan, 2009--2011(Link) MMWR October 14, 2011 This report describes the establishment of the first sentinel surveillance system for viral hepatitis in Pakistan. Findings indicate that all types of viral hepatitis are highly prevalent in Pakistan, with newly reported HCV infection being the most frequently reported in this system. Continued transmission of enteric viral hepatitis A and E in Pakistan, as revealed by sentinel surveillance, can...more Limited Utility of Name-Based Tuberculosis Contact Investigations among Persons Using Illicit Drugs: Results of an Outbreak Investigation(Link) Journal of urban health 2009 Persons named by a patient with tuberculosis (TB) are the focus of traditional TB contact investigations. However, patients who use illicit drugs are often reluctant to name contacts. Between January 2004 and May 2005, 18 isoniazid-resistant TB cases with matching Mycobacterium tuberculosis genotypes (spoligotypes) were reported in Miami; most patients frequented crack houses and did not name...more Tuberculosis in South Asians Living in the United States, 1993-2004(Link) Arch Intern Med. 2008;168(9):936-942. May 2008 Results Half of the South Asian TB patients (50.5%) in our study were in the 25- to 44-year-old age group, compared with 40.1% of other foreign-born TB patients and 31.8% of US-born TB patients. Compared with other foreign-born TB patients, South Asians were more likely to have extrapulmonary disease (odds ratio [OR], 1.7), more likely to be uninfected with human immunodeficiency virus...more Condom use after voluntary counselling and testing in Central Mozambique(Link) Tropical medicine and international health February 2006 Objective To evaluate the efficacy of voluntary counselling and testing (VCT) for HIV/AIDS in changing risky sexual behaviour in central Mozambique. Method Longitudinal cohort study of men and women aged at least 18 years from October 2002 to June 2003. We interviewed 622 participants in VCT groups and 598 in non-VCT groups. The interviews occurred before counselling and 4 and 6 ...more 3 authors Rana Jawad Asghar (Medical Epidemiologist ) Resident Advisor Field Epidemiology & Laboratory Training Program, Pakistan (CDC) Mola, O. D Promoting Regional Health Cooperation: The South Asian Public Health Forum(Link) Plos Med May 2006 The seven countries of South Asia (Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka) have a collective population of nearly 1.4 billion people [ 1]. This region has a long history of hostility and mistrust among its nations, and heavy governmental spending on defense has diverted resources away from investing in health and education [ 2–5]. Forty percent of people in South Asia...more Helicobacter pylori and risk for gastric adenocarcinoma(Link) Semin Gastrointest Dis. 2001 Jul;12(3):203-8. July 2001 Semin Gastrointest Dis. 2001 Jul;12(3):203-8. Helicobacter pylori and risk for gastric adenocarcinoma. Asghar RJ, Parsonnet J. Source Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, CA, USA. Abstract Gastric cancer is the second most common cause of cancer death in the world. Helicobacter pylori infection is now a well-accepted cause of this malignancy; in some parts of the...more 2 authors Rana Jawad Asghar (Medical Epidemiologist ) Resident Advisor Field Epidemiology & Laboratory Training Program, Pakistan (CDC) Obstetric complications and role of traditional birth attendants in developing countries J College Physicians Surgeons Pakistan 1999 [CITATION] Obstetric complications and role of traditional birth attendants in developing countries RJ Asghar - J College Physicians Surgeons Pakistan, 1999 Cited by 6 - Related articles Education University of Washington MPH, Epidemiology 1996 – 1998 College of Physicians and Surgeons MCPS, Family Medicine 1994 Allama Iqbal Medical College Activities and Societies: Shaheen College Magazine, Health Education Society Recommendations Peter, would you like to recommend Rana Jawad? 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