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Nima Yaghmaei

Department
Epidemiology
Title
Epidemiologist

Nima Yaghmaei is an epidemiologist at the KIT Institute in Amsterdam. He has obtained a master’s degree in International Health and a master’s degree in Public Health Nutrition.

Nima’s work at KIT focuses on innovative data analysis approaches and health information strengthening in fragile and conflict-affected settings, such as Afghanistan and South Sudan. In addition, he has a prominent role in developing and expanding KIT’s institutional capacity on research regarding disaster epidemiology and preparedness for climate-related and humanitarian crises.

Nima has experience working independently and within large consortiums, and has experience with Stata, Excel, QGIS, providing technical support for complex surveys, and secondary data analysis.

Projects

  • Disaster Impact Mapping for Health Facilities in Afghanistan

    • Institute
    • Project

    This project aimed to map the risks and potential disruptions to critical health facilities in Afghanistan due to natural disasters, using satellite imagery, GPS data, and service delivery information. By identifying direct and accessibility-related impacts on health facilities, KIT Institute provided national risk and service impact maps to help organizations, like MSF, enhance disaster preparedness […]

  • Assessing Health Facility Preparedness for Disaster Events in Afghanistan

    • Institute
    • Project

    Afghanistan regularly experiences extreme weather and geological hazards resulting in a high burden of mortality, health systems impacts, and economic damage. With climate change and seismic risks, Afghanistan’s health system must adapt by identifying vulnerabilities and enhancing preparedness. This research reviewed the existing tools for assessing health facility preparedness. In addition, through expert involvement, a […]

  • BRIDGE – Bridging Research Integrity and Global Health Epidemiology

    • Institute
    • Project

    The BRIDGE guidelines are good epidemiological practice (GEP) guidelines specifically for global health epidemiology. Why are specific GEP guidelines needed for global health? Research integrity and research fairness have gained considerable momentum in the past decade and have direct implications for global health epidemiology. Existing good epidemiological practice guidelines developed by national epidemiological associations lack […]

  • Health Pooled Fund

    • Institute
    • Project

    South Sudan has experienced significant levels of fragility, conflict and violence for nearly half a century. It is estimated that over 400,000 lives have been lost since 2013 due to conflict and millions more have been displaced. With limited access to basic health services, it has some of the worst health indicators in the world, […]

  • Afghan Health: Monitoring and Evaluation

    • Institute
    • Project

    The Afghan Ministry of Public Health requested a third party monitoring & evaluation of its national health services. It was assigned to KIT Royal Tropical Institute by means of a health facility functionality assessment, drug quality assessment, health management information system verification, household surveys and results-based financing assessment. As of 2003, Afghanistan established a novel […]

Publications