Ned Jaszi

About Ned Jaszi

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.

Recent Contributions

Ned Jaszi replied to "Giving Incentives/enablers accordng to treatment adherence rates in MDR TB treatment" in the Adherence & Retention community.

I recently found this interesting study of cash and non-cash incentives used to improve adherence to latent TB treatment in homeless patients in San Francisco. The success rate in such a challenging population makes the potential for application to other populations seem very promising. I would love to know any thoughts on the applicability to treatment of MDR-TB in low-income settings, for example. I can see why the approach might be problematic for other treatments ...

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