Peter Ehrenkranz, MD, MPH
About Peter Ehrenkranz, MD, MPH
Peter Ehrenkranz is currently Medical Officer & Care and Treatment Team Lead/Advisor for CDC/PEPFAR-Swaziland.
Formerly he was the Medical Director of the Clinton HIV/AIDS Initiative’s programs in Liberia. His primary role was to serve as Senior Technical Advisor to the National AIDS and STI Control Program. He also advised the National Leprosy and Tuberculosis Control Program (NLTCP) and the National Blood Safety Program.
His work focuses on improving access to quality prevention, care and treatment for HIV and TB, but, as much as possible, he strives to leverage the resources available to the vertical programs to strengthen the entire health system.
He received his undergraduate degree in the History of Science and Medicine from Yale University, and medical and public health degrees from Emory University. He trained in internal medicine-primary care at the University of Pennsylvania where he also participated in the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program.
He is an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of General Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and a Lecturer in the Department of Health Policy, Division of Epidemiology and Public Health at Yale University.
Role(s) / Profession(s)
- Technical Specialist, Advisor
Organization
- PEPFAR - The U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief
Work Location(s)
- Swaziland
Peter's Communities
Language(s)
- English
Recent Contributions
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Peter Ehrenkranz, MD, MPH replied to "Defining LTFU" in the Adherence & Retention community.
Thanks for the post, Rebecca. In Liberia, the National AIDS Control Program has not yet settled on an accepted definition for lost to follow up. We are about to begin a pilot program at our two largest government hospitals using HIV positive peer counselors to trace patients who miss one appointment. This is an aggressive definition of "lost to follow up," but we hope to be as proactive as possible. An important aspect of this ...
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Peter Ehrenkranz, MD, MPH replied to "Roles of PLHA in ART follow-up" in the Adherence & Retention community.
Hello, We started a very promising PLWHA support group in Liberia about 1.5 years ago (http://sghequity.org/positiveliving/Home.html). We recently got funding from Bristol Myers Squibb's Secure the Future Foundation which supports a number of similar organizations and works with them on, among other things, management and M&E. We have not yet had a chance to document our program's work since data is still being collected, but if you google Secure the Future Foundation there might be ...
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Peter Ehrenkranz, MD, MPH replied to "Roles of PLHA in ART follow-up" in the Adherence & Retention community.
I just got an email from Kara Wools- Kaloustian referring us to her recent article: Wools-Kaloustian K, Sidle J, Selke H, Vedanthan R, Kemboi K, Boit L, Jebet V, Carroll A, Tierney W, Kimaiyo S. A model for extending antiretroviral care beyond the rural health centre. J. IAS 12:22 electronic, 2009.
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Peter Ehrenkranz, MD, MPH replied to "Patient-to-patient education materials" in the Adherence & Retention community.
Hi all, Thanks for your suggestions. We ended up drawing from them and designing our own modules, which, perhaps, will be of use to someone else: I just uploaded the final version of the counseling modules to the Resources link: www.ghdonline.org/adherence/resource/peer-counseling-modules-for-plwh-in-clinics-or-com/
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Peter Ehrenkranz, MD, MPH replied to "Patient-to-patient education materials" in the Adherence & Retention community.
Thanks Heather! I also recently was pointed to a similar resource from ICAP: http://columbia-icap.org/resources/peresources/PE.html. They also have an implementation manual that is pending.
Recent Recommendations
- None at this time.