Muhammad Osman, PhD

Research Associate

Muhammad Osman joined the Desmond Tutu TB Centre in 2017 after 9 years with the City of Cape Town as a TB-HIV clinician and Health Manager. Muhammad completed an MSc Epidemiology as a Fogarty Fellow in 2015 and has a specific interest in TB epidemiology. In 2017, he received a South African MRC National Health Scholars Programme scholarship to complete his PhD: TB-associated mortality in South Africa: longitudinal trends and the impact of health system interventions. Muhammad has also completed multiple operational research and health system research projects. He is currently leading an epidemiological evaluation of TB control in South Africa using routine data and a large Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF)-funded interventional study to reduce initial loss to follow up among TB patients in 3 provinces of South Africa.

ORCID ID: 0000-0003-3818-9729

Recent publications

A systematic review of risk factors for mortality among tuberculosis patients in South Africa
Nicholson TJ, Hoddinott G, Seddon JA, Claassens MM, van der Zalm MM, Lopez E, Bock P, Caldwell J, Da Costa D, de Vaal C, Dunbar R, Du Preez K, Hesseling AC, Joseph K, Kriel E, Loveday M, Marx FM, Meehan SA, Purchase S, Naidoo K, Naidoo L, Solomon-Da Costa F, Sloot R, Osman M

Systematic Reviews

(2023)

https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-023-02175-8
Use of interactive messaging to reduce pre-diagnosis loss to follow-up for TB care
Marx FM, Meehan SA, Jivan D, Dunbar R, Hoddinott G, Hesseling AC, Osman M

The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

(2022)

https://doi.org/10.5588/ijtld.21.0332
Mortality during tuberculosis treatment in South Africa using an 8-year analysis of the national tuberculosis treatment register
Osman M, van Schalkwyk C, Naidoo P, et al

Scientific Reports

(2021)

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-95331-w
Limitations and potential bias in vital registration data and tuberculosis mortality reporting in South Africa
Osman M, Welte A, Naidoo P, Loveday M, Hesseling AC

South African Medical Journal

(2020)

https://doi.org/10.7196/SAMJ.2020.v110i7.14533
Morbidity and mortality up to 5 years post tuberculosis treatment in South Africa: a pilot study
Osman M, Welte A, Dunbar R, Brown R, Hoddinott G, Hesseling AC, Marx FM

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

(2019)

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2019.05.024

Muhammad Osman, PhD

Research Associate

Recent publications

A systematic review of risk factors for mortality among tuberculosis patients in South Africa

Use of interactive messaging to reduce pre-diagnosis loss to follow-up for TB care

Mortality during tuberculosis treatment in South Africa using an 8-year analysis of the national tuberculosis treatment register

Limitations and potential bias in vital registration data and tuberculosis mortality reporting in South Africa

Morbidity and mortality up to 5 years post tuberculosis treatment in South Africa: a pilot study