Amrita Daftary

Amrita Daftary is Associate Professor at the School of Global Health and Dahdaleh Institute of Global Health Research at York University. She applies social science methods and frameworks to study TB stigma and treatment adherence, particularly in the contexts of TB-HIV co-morbidity and drug resistant TB. She contributes to the design and evaluation of complex interventions in South Africa and India where her work helps to inform equity and person oriented approaches to TB care. She is also involved in several global activities.

Amrita holds adjunct appointments at the Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa at University of KwaZulu-Natal, and Dalla Lana School of Public Health at University of Toronto. She works closely with a number of public health, multilateral, community organizations, and TB advocacy groups. Amrita is a Founder and Director of SSHIFTB.