Dr Pedro Aide is a researcher at Manhiça Health Research Centre (or Centro de Investigação em Saúde de Manhiça (CISM) in Maputo, Mozambique, where he coordinates scientific activities related to malaria elimination in Southern Mozambique. Since Dr Aide joined CISM in 2003, he has completed trainings in various aspects of clinical and epidemiological research and participated in several malaria-related research projects as co-principal investigator and investigator. Dr Aide’s research focuses on the prevention and control of malaria, including trials of intermittent preventive treatment in infants and clinical evaluation of the safety, efficacy, and immunogenicity of the RTS,S malaria vaccine.

Dr Aide holds a Medical degree and master’s degrees in Epidemiology and Biostatistics. He earned a Doctor of Philosophy in Public Health from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Barcelona. In 2017, the American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene named him the inaugural Alan J. Magill Fellow.