1. Shabir Madhi's research has included studies on the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine and rotavirus vaccine, and in pregnant women, the influenza and respiratory syncytial virus vaccines.
10 Facts About Shabir Madhi
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Since the global COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Shabir Madhi has been leading COVID-19 vaccine trials in South Africa, including the first in Africa.
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Shabir Madhi's father was a teacher and mother a housewife.
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Shabir Madhi 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.
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Shabir Madhi's research has included studies on the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine.
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Shabir Madhi led the first study that showed that a rotavirus vaccine could significantly prevent severe diarrhoea due to rotavirus during the first year of life in African babies.
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Shabir Madhi led one of the largest studies evaluating the immune response to influenza vaccination in pregnant women.
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Shabir Madhi's work showed that the risk of flu halved in women given the flu vaccine.
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Shabir Madhi's co-authored publication on results of a large clinical trial of a COVID-19 vaccine suggest that the vaccine is safe and effective.
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Shabir Madhi has authored more than 350 publications between 1997 and 2018, covering topics such as childhood vaccines, pneumonia, severe infections in young children and vaccination in pregnancy.