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Amrita Daftary
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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.
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TB stigma photovoice research
Drug-resistant TB HIV Adherence Research
Understanding the context of private general practitioners’ prescribing practices and patient management decisions in South Africa
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The contrasting cultures of HIV and tuberculosis care
Tuberculosis Stigma as a social determinant of health: a systematic mapping review of research in low incidence countries
TB Stigma as a social determinant of health: a systematic mapping review of research in low incidence countries
Fighting TB stigma: we need to apply lessons learnt from HIV activism
Household context and psychosocial impact of childhood multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Training social workers to enhance patient-centered care for drug-resistant TB-HIV in South Africa
TB Stigma Measurement Guidance
To End TB, First-Ever High-Level Meeting on Tuberculosis Must Address Stigma
Interventions to improve retention-in-care and treatment adherence among patients with drug- resistant tuberculosis: a systematic review
In the eye of the multiple beholders: Qualitative research perspectives on studying and encouraging quality of TB care in India
Disrupting a cycle of mistrust: A constructivist grounded theory study on patient-provider trust in TB care
Missing men with tuberculosis: the need to address structural influences and implement targeted and multidimensional interventions
Hamari Awaaz: Uncharted Voices
Women and TB: a call to action
Dynamic needs and challenges of people with drug-resistant tuberculosis and HIV in South Africa: a qualitative study
Quality of care for tuberculosis and HIV in the private health sector: a cross-sectional, standardised patient study in South Africa
Everybody Hates Me: Let’s Talk About Stigma – Podcast with Dr. Amrita Daftary
Acceptability, feasibility, and impact of a pilot tuberculosis literacy and treatment counselling intervention: a mixed methods study
Opinion: Quality Tuberculosis care starts with people
Prescribing practices for presumptive TB among private general practitioners in South Africa: a cross-sectional, standardised patient study
Artificial intelligence-based computer aided detection (AI-CAD) in the fight against tuberculosis: Effects of moving health technologies in global health
Deadly Divide 2.0
Patient perceptions of video directly observed therapy for tuberculosis: a systematic review
Differentiated service delivery framework for people with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis and HIV co-infection
The neglected chronicity of TB
The epidemiology, transmission, diagnosis, and management of drug-resistant tuberculosis—lessons from the South African experience
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