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Joia Mukherjee, MD, MPH

About Joia Mukherjee, MD, MPH
Joia Mukherjee, MD, MPH is an expert in the scale up of treatment for complex disease in poor countries. As Medical Director of Partners In Health, she has overseen the expansion of successful HIV/AIDS treatment programs to eight hospitals in Haiti and six clinics in rural Rwanda, as well as the scale up of treatment programs for multi-drug resistant tuberculosis nationwide in Peru and to 14 states in the Russian Federation. In 2006, Dr. Mukherjee served as Editor-in-Chief for the 2nd edition of Partners In Health’s Community-Based Treatment of HIV in Resource Poor Settings, the leading publication of its kind for health care professionals worldwide. She is also a respected voice in global health policy, and in 2006 was a leading contributor to new World Health Organization standards for treating HIV positive children in poor settings and for management of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis. She is a sought after teacher and speaker at a wide range of venues around the world, having lectured at universities and major medical conferences in 14 countries. She is also an extensively published and well-respected researcher, who is currently principal investigator on three studies examining various aspects of her work in Haiti.

Dr. Mukherjee received her MD from the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis in 1992, followed by clinical training in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics at the University of Minnesota Hospital and Clinic from 1992 to 1994 and at Massachusetts General Hospital from 1995 to 1997. She was a Fellow in Infectious Disease at Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital from 1997 to 2001. In 1998, she received the Fellow in Training Award from the Infectious Disease Society of America. She received her Masters in Public Health from the Harvard School of Public Health in 2001. She is board certified in Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, and Infectious Disease.

Role(s) / Profession(s)

Director (Site, Program, Project)

Organization

Brigham and Women's Hospital, Division of Global Health Equity
Website: http://www.brighamandwomens.org/socialmedicine/ Type: Medical Institution Country: United States About: The Division of Global Health Equity (DGHE) is dedicated to addressing health disparities through training, education, research and service. The Division focuses on infectious diseases (e.g., HIV and tuberculosis) as well as non-infectious diseases (e.g., coronary artery disease and diabetes) and other health problems of major importance across the globe. Through the hospital’s Doris and Howard Hiatt Residency in Global Health Equity, internal medicine residents in training divide their time between BWH and Partners In Health project sites. This model is now being replicated at other medical schools and teaching hospitals across the country.
Harvard Medical School, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine
Website: http://www.hms.harvard.edu/dsm/ Type: Academic Institution Country: United States About: DGHSM is an interdisciplinary basic science department focused on both teaching and conducting research about the social, cultural and moral aspects of illness and health care, with a special emphasis on reducing health disparities and improving the quality of medical care. Central to the mission of the Department is an effort to address significant global health problems affecting resource-poor societies and underserved American communities. Members of the Department develop innovative interventions for dealing with multi-drug resistant tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, mental illnesses, and drug abuse in resource poor settings.
Partners In Health - PIH
Website: http://www.pih.org/ Type: Non-Governmental Organization Country: United States About: Partners In Health, co-founded by physicians Paul Farmer and Jim Yong Kim, serves millions of poor patients in nine countries, providing them with extensive health care and social services that address the root causes of poor health. By successfully proving that providing comprehensive, community-based medical care for complex diseases such as AIDS and tuberculosis is not just possible but essential, the organization has helped bring about significant changes in global health policies and practices.

Work Location(s)

United States

Language(s)

English

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Joia Mukherjee, MD, MPH replied to "Expanding on a community outreach program in rural Lesotho" in the [ARCHIVED] Adherence & Retention community.

i just included the link to the accompagnateurs guide.. http://model.pih.org/accompagnateurs_curriculum under resources and have it here
Joia Mukherjee, MD, MPH started a discussion "PIH Accompagnateur Curriculum". in the [ARCHIVED] Adherence & Retention community.

This is the curriculum we have developed with both participant and facilitators guides it has been piloted in Haiti and Rwanda and is being translated into Sesotho and Chichewa as well. The integration of Community Health Workers (Accompagnateurs) into the Partners in Health HIV program results in higher than average ...
Joia Mukherjee, MD, MPH replied to "Expanding on a community outreach program in rural Lesotho" in the [ARCHIVED] Adherence & Retention community.

Hi Ailis, thank you for posing this question: i can answer a few of your PIH specific questions: there are no "most important factors" in choosing a community--we have found that this approach works throughout diverse communities. We definitely do NOT do an initial community survey in the formal sense ...
Joia Mukherjee, MD, MPH replied to "To count lost to-follow-up (LTFU) as part of adherence denominator?" in the HIV Treatment & Prevention community.

While i agree with David that LTFU is different than access or adherence, I believe that in the field of HIV, we should develop a standard way to analyze a the cohort, LTFU should be an integral part of the analysis. from the TB world, the standard cohort definition are ...
Joia Mukherjee, MD, MPH replied to "To count lost to-follow-up (LTFU) as part of adherence denominator?" in the [ARCHIVED] Adherence & Retention community.

While i agree with David that LTFU is different than access or adherence, I believe that in the field of HIV, we should develop a standard way to analyze a the cohort, LTFU should be an integral part of the analysis. from the TB world, the standard cohort definition are ...

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