Raman Swathy Vaman

About

Public health professional working in the Kerala State Health services department with core interests in infectious diseases epidemiology, emerging and reemerging infectious diseases , surveillance and health system strengthening.

Employment

• Kirby Institute HDR candidate
  2026 - Present
• Government of Kerala Assistant Director of Health Services
  2023 - Present
• Kerala State Health Services Deputy District Medical Officer
  2021 - 2023
• National Health Mission Kerala District Programme Manager (on deputation) , Assistant Nodal officer EVRP , SNO Quality Assurance North Kerala, Superintendent in charge Govt Medical College Kasaragod & Biosafety officer IBSC, CUK
  2016 - 2021
• Kerala State Health Services Medical Officer
  2012 - 2016

Education

• Kirby Institute PhD
  2026 - Present
• Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine Msc Global Health
  2020 - 2021
• Tata Institute of Social Sciences Post Graduate Diploma in Healthcare Quality Management (PGDHQM)
  2017 - 2018
• University of Kerala MBBS
  2006 - 2012
• UNSW Sydney

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (46)

• Global, regional, and national burden of HIV/AIDS, 1990–2023, with the estimated burden attributable to intimate partner violence and forecasted impacts of funding cuts through 2030: results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023
  The Lancet HIV 2026 DOI: 10.1016/s2352-3018(26)00147-5
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• Factors associated with thrombotic events among young adults in India, 2021-23: A multi-centric hospital-based matched case -control study.
  The Indian journal of medical research 2026 DOI: 10.25259/ijmr_2949_2025
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• Hantavirus aboard MV Hondius: novel pathogens in confined maritime environments and the limits of post-COVID-19 preparedness
  Global Biosecurity 2026 DOI: 10.31646/gbio.374
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• Global burden of enteric infectious diseases, diarrhoeal diseases, and corresponding aetiologies, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023
  Lancet Infectious Diseases 2026 DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(26)00194-5
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• Global burden of lower respiratory infections and aetiologies, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023
  Lancet Infectious Diseases 2026 DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(25)00689-9
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• Global, regional, and national burden of meningitis, its risk factors, and aetiologies, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023
  Lancet Neurology 2026 DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(26)00101-8
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• Global, regional, and national burden of tuberculosis and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis by HIV status, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023
  Lancet Infectious Diseases 2026 DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(26)00295-1
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• The 2026 Bundibugyo virus outbreak: a test of global outbreak preparedness
  Infectious Diseases 2026 DOI: 10.1080/23744235.2026.2689412
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• Epidemiology of and Risk Factors for Amebic Meningoencephalitis, Kerala, India, 2025
  Emerging Infectious Diseases 2026 DOI: 10.3201/eid3209.260492
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• “Differentiated care is not a matter of feasibility but a necessity”- service providers’ perception on initiating a comprehensive tuberculosis care package (CCp-K) to reduce deaths in Kerala, India
  BMC Health Services Research 2025 DOI: 10.1186/s12913-025-13413-1
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