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Jennifer Furin
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Jennifer Furin, MD, PhD, is an infectious diseases clinician and a medical anthropologist who focuses on global health. She teaches on Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard University and is an adjunct professor at the department of Anthropology at Case Western Reserve University. Jennifer has worked extensively in Haiti, Peru, Russia, Lesotho, South Africa, Georgia, Bangladesh, Swaziland, and Tajikistan, and much of her work is centered on drug-resistant TB and pediatric TB. She is director of Clinical Capacity Building for the Sentinel Project on Pediatric Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis and a member of the Tuberculosis Transformation Science Committee of the AIDS Clinical Trials Group. She serves as a high-level consultant for several National TB Programs, WHO, USAID, and Médecins Sans Frontières. Jennifer is a staunch advocate of people with TB. She writes fervently on access to care, patient experiences, and equity in TB.
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Global Progress and Challenges in Implementing New Medications for Treating Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis
“This is not my body”: Therapeutic experiences and post-treatment health of people with rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis
No one with HIV should die from tuberculosis
“A very humiliating illness”: a qualitative study of patient-centered Care for Rifampicin-Resistant Tuberculosis in South Africa
A human rights-based approach to tuberculosis diagnosis
“I’m fed up”: experiences of prior anti-tuberculosis treatment in patients with drug-resistant tuberculosis and HIV
The potential perils of a drug protection framework in tuberculosis
The incalculable costs of tuberculosis
Beyond individual inclusion, investment in affected communities is needed to end tuberculosis
Impact and cost-effectiveness of the 6-month BPaLM regimen for rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis in Moldova: A mathematical modeling analysis
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