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Mitra Feldman

Mitra Feldman

Global health specialist — health program management & operational research

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United States
Joined May 2025
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Summary

Program management and operational research leader in malaria: Mitra has led and supported multiple large field programs and studies aimed at malaria control and elimination across Africa and Southeast Asia. Her work spans program coordination, implementation research (e.g., ITN use trials, G6PD RDT evaluations), and adaptation of community-based cadres (mobile malaria workers) to maintain services during shocks like COVID‑19. malariaconsortium+2
Experience integrating civilian and military health systems for malaria elimination: She has been involved in Defense Malaria Assistance Program activities and in civilian–military outbreak responses, helping operationalize collaborative surveillance, reactive case detection and field diagnostics in the Greater Mekong region. biomedcentral+1
Seasoned consultant and advisor to multilateral and donor-funded programs: Mitra has worked as an independent consultant and with organizations providing technical advisory, program design and M&E support (including engagements with UNOPS, donor-funded PEPFAR activities and private consultancies), combining technical public‑health training with an MBA for strategic and business-oriented program management. devex+1
Strong academic and professional grounding in infectious disease control and global management: Her MSc in Control of Infectious Diseases (LSHTM) and an MBA (IE Business School) underpin a profile that combines epidemiology/field methods with leadership, communications and stakeholder engagement skills. ie+1

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Navigating the COVID-19 Crisis to Sustain Community-Based Malaria Interventions in Cambodia

January 1, 2021

Describes Malaria Consortium's measures (TRC — trust, relevance, connection) and contingency planning that sustained mobile malaria worker services and maintained malaria testing and treatment during the COVID‑19 pandemic.

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Civilian–military malaria outbreak response in Thailand: an example of multi‑stakeholder engagement for malaria elimination

January 1, 2021

Multi‑stakeholder case study of the 2017 Sisaket outbreak response (Thailand) describing integration of Royal Thai Army activities with national malaria elimination strategy and joint response activities.

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Evaluation of the CareStart™ glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) rapid diagnostic test in field settings and assessment of perceived risk from primaquine at the community level in Cambodia

January 1, 2020

Field evaluation of the CareStart G6PD rapid diagnostic test with trainees (village malaria workers and healthcare workers), assessing test performance, training effects and readiness to prescribe primaquine safely in Cambodia.

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The effect of single or repeated home visits on the hanging and use of insecticide‑treated mosquito nets following a mass distribution campaign: A cluster randomized, controlled trial

January 1, 2015

Cluster-randomized trial (Uganda) evaluating post‑campaign hang‑up visits and their effect on net hanging and use; Mitra Feldman is a co-author.

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