Dr Alan de Lima Pereira

Research Student - DrPH - Public Health & Policy

United Kingdom

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I am a family physician and a public health specialist with experience working in South Asia, Sub Saharan Africa, the Middle East, Europe and North America. The majority of my professional career has been spent with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF, Doctors Without Borders) responding to health in crisis and providing humanitarian assistance since 2009. As a doctoral student in Public Health (DrPH), supervised by Dr. Bhargavi Rao, Prof. Chris Drakeley and Dr. Sakib Burza, my main research interest is to understand how to better implement tropical disease programs in humanitarian settings, and then help to translate them into real world actions.

Affiliations

Department of Global Health and Development

Faculty of Public Health and Policy

Centres

Centre for Epidemic Preparedness and Response

Centre for Evaluation

Malaria Centre

Health in Humanitarian Crises Centre

Teaching

Tutor for MSc Health in Humanitarian Crisis module

Research

Research Area

Outbreaks

Refugees

Health inequalities

Health in humanitarian crises

Implementation science

Operational research

Conflict

Disease and Health Conditions

Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs)

Infectious diseases

Country

India

Ethiopia

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Syria

Central African Republic

Region

Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only)

Middle East & North Africa (developing only)

South Asia

Selected Publications

Critical failings in humanitarian response: a cholera outbreak in Kumer Refugee Camp, Ethiopia, 2023.

Winkler, NE; Muhie, JM; Demlie, YW; Berneh, AA; Demessie, BS; Diab, S; Thapa, S; Velivela, K; Keating, P; DE LIMA PEREIRA, A; Beyene, BB;

2024

BMJ global health

AmBisome Monotherapy and Combination AmBisome-Miltefosine Therapy for the Treatment of Visceral Leishmaniasis in Patients Coinfected With Human Immunodeficiency Virus in India: A Randomized Open-Label, Parallel-Arm, Phase 3 Trial.

BURZA, S; Mahajan, R; Kazmi, S; ALEXANDER, N; Kumar, D; Kumar, V; Lasry, E; Harshana, A; DE LIMA PEREIRA, A; Das, P; Verma, N; Das, VN R; Lal, CS; Rewari, B; Goyal, V; Rijal, S; Alves, F; Gill, N; Pandey, K;

2022

Clinical infectious diseases

Diagnostic accuracy of commercially available immunochromatographic rapid tests for diagnosis of dengue in India.

Mahajan, R; Nair, M; Saldanha, A-M; Harshana, A; Pereira, AD L; Basu, N; Goswami, RP; Bhattacharya, N; Bandyopadhay, B; SenGupta, M; Day, M; Flevaud, L; Boelaert, M; BURZA, S;

2021

Journal of vector borne diseases

"Without antibiotics, I cannot treat": A qualitative study of antibiotic use in Paschim Bardhaman district of West Bengal, India.

Nair, M; Tripathi, S; Mazumdar, S; Mahajan, R; Harshana, A; Pereira, A; Jimenez, C; Halder, D; BURZA, S;

2019

PloS one

Knowledge, attitudes, and practices related to antibiotic use in Paschim Bardhaman District: A survey of healthcare providers in West Bengal, India.

Nair, M; Tripathi, S; Mazumdar, S; Mahajan, R; Harshana, A; Pereira, A; Jimenez, C; Halder, D; BURZA, S;

2019

PloS one

The initial effectiveness of liposomal amphotericin B (AmBisome) and miltefosine combination for treatment of visceral leishmaniasis in HIV co-infected patients in Ethiopia: A retrospective cohort study.

Abongomera, C; Diro, E; DE LIMA PEREIRA, A; Buyze, J; Stille, K; Ahmed, F; Van Griensven, J; Ritmeijer, K;