Nazeem Muhajarine

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  • Professor, Department of Community Health and Epidemiology and Director, Saskatchewan Population Health and Evaluation Research Unit, University of Saskatchewan
Signs reflecting conspiracy theories around the 15-minute city are displayed outside Parliament Hill in May 2023. Alongside other comparable initiatives, 15-minute cities represent an effort to place collective health and well-being at the centre of urban planning. (Shutterstock)

New study reveals four critical barriers to building healthier Canadian cities

Akram Mahani, University of Regina; Joonsoo Sean Lyeo, University of Toronto, and Nazeem Muhajarine, University of Saskatchewan

Canada’s cities must be planned around resident health and well-being, our research reveals the key barriers to developing truly healthy cities.
Premier Scott Moe speaks after a media tour of the COVID-19 mass immunization clinic and drive-thru immunization space in Regina on Feb. 18, 2021. The province also has mobile immunization vehicles to distribute the vaccine to remote communities. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Michael Bell

Mass COVID‑19 immunization: Ensuring equitable access to vaccination

Thilina Bandara, University of Saskatchewan; Cory Neudorf, University of Saskatchewan, and Nazeem Muhajarine, University of Saskatchewan

One important metric by which we can measure the success of our public health system: Ensuring everyone has access to immunization in their community.
Municipal workers block the streets of the Medina neighbourhood of Dakar, Senegal, on March 22, 2020 as a bulldozer demolishes informal shops in an effort to stop the spread of the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Sylvain Cherkaoui)

Why Africa needs to battle unique challenges to keep coronavirus numbers down

Nazeem Muhajarine, University of Saskatchewan; Ejemai Eboreime, University of Alberta; Jacob Albin Korem Alhassan, University of Saskatchewan, and Okikiolu Badejo, University of Antwerp

African countries face unique challenges in their efforts to limit the spread of COVID-19, but lessons learned in other regions where the coronavirus has already peaked may be helpful.
A study published in the British Medical Journal Open reports that midwifery patients were 41 per cent less likely to have a small-for-gestational-age baby compared to patients of obstetricians. (Shutterstock)

Poor women who use midwives have healthier babies

Nazeem Muhajarine, University of Saskatchewan and Daphne McRae, University of British Columbia

New research shows that midwifery care is not just for the wealthy – it has health and cost benefits for vulnerable women and provincial governments must act to increase their access.
In Mozambique, gender-based violence, early marriage and early pregnancy all play a part in compromising the health of mothers and infants. (Nazeem Muhajarine)

New research partnership makes childbirth safer in Mozambique

Nazeem Muhajarine, University of Saskatchewan

Mozambique has one of the highest maternal death rates in the world. Researchers hope to reduce this, with an ambitious project aimed at empowering women and girls.

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