Dr Mihaja Raberahona

Hospital practitioner and researcher, University Hospital Joseph Raseta Befelatanana, Antananarivo Centre d'Infectiologie Charles Mérieux, University of Antananarivo, Madagascar

Dr Mihaja Raberahona is a physician specializing in internal medicine and infectious diseases; he has extensive training in epidemiology, clinical research and clinical trials. Currently, he works at the Department of Infectious Diseases at the University Hospital Joseph Raseta Befelatanana in Antananarivo, Madagascar. Dr Raberahona's clinical research focuses on the plague, including diagnostics, clinical characterization, and treatment, as well as the detection and characterization of other pathogens that cause acute febrile illness and severe sepsis. Over the past five years, he has been involved in epidemic preparedness and management in Madagascar, including responses to pneumonic plague, measles, and COVID-19. His work, in support of the Ministry of Public Health, emphasizes hospital preparedness, case detection and management.