P Farmer

Summary

Publications

  1. ncbi DOTS and DOTS-plus: not the only answer
    P Farmer
    Infectious Disease Division, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
    Ann N Y Acad Sci 953:165-84. 2001
  2. ncbi Community-based treatment of advanced HIV disease: introducing DOT-HAART (directly observed therapy with highly active antiretroviral therapy)
    P Farmer
    Department of Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
    Bull World Health Organ 79:1145-51. 2001
  3. ncbi Programmatic management of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: models from three countries
    J Furin
    Department of Social Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
    Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 15:1294-300. 2011
  4. ncbi Clinical and programmatic considerations in the treatment of MDR-TB in children: a series of 16 patients from Lima, Peru
    J S Mukherjee
    Division of Social Medicine and Health Inequalities, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 7:637-44. 2003
  5. ncbi Identification of chlamydia and gonorrhoea among women in rural Haiti: maximising access to treatment in a resource poor setting
    M C Smith Fawzi
    ScD, Harvard Medical School, Department of Social Medicine, Program in Infectious Disease and Social Change PIDSC, 641 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Sex Transm Infect 82:175-81. 2006
  6. ncbi Social inequalities and emerging infectious diseases
    P Farmer
    Harvard Medical School, Department of Social Medicine, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Emerg Infect Dis 2:259-69. 1996
  7. ncbi Limitations in knowledge of HIV transmission among HIV-positive patients accessing case management services in a resource-poor setting
    M C Smith Fawzi
    Department of Social Medicine, Program in Infectious Disease and Social Change, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    AIDS Care 18:764-71. 2006

Collaborators

  • S Keshavjee
  • A Sloutsky
  • J J Furin
  • M L Rich
  • R Gupta
  • M C Smith Fawzi
  • J S Mukherjee
  • D Bertrand
  • E F Cook
  • M S Claude
  • F Leandre
  • P Nevil
  • R Banares
  • J Salazar
  • H Behforouz
  • L Jeannis
  • W Lambert
  • J Singler
  • J J Salazar
  • J Bertrand
  • J Cabral
  • M Louissaint
  • P Jagannathan
  • J G Ferrer
  • E Palacios
  • H E Del Castillo
  • J K Joseph
  • A R Socci
  • C Vanderwarker
  • S S Shin
  • F A Viru
  • K J Seung
  • L Vasquez
  • D Guerra

Detail Information

Publications7

  1. ncbi DOTS and DOTS-plus: not the only answer
    P Farmer
    Infectious Disease Division, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
    Ann N Y Acad Sci 953:165-84. 2001
    ..Community-based strategies designed to enhance local capacity are cost effective and make it possible to meet new medical challenges...
  2. ncbi Community-based treatment of advanced HIV disease: introducing DOT-HAART (directly observed therapy with highly active antiretroviral therapy)
    P Farmer
    Department of Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
    Bull World Health Organ 79:1145-51. 2001
    ..We conclude that directly observed therapy (DOT) with HAART, "DOT-HAART", can be delivered effectively in poor settings if there is an uninterrupted supply of high-quality drugs...
  3. ncbi Programmatic management of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: models from three countries
    J Furin
    Department of Social Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
    Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 15:1294-300. 2011
    ..Although multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is a major global health problem, there is a gap in programmatic treatment implementation...
  4. ncbi Clinical and programmatic considerations in the treatment of MDR-TB in children: a series of 16 patients from Lima, Peru
    J S Mukherjee
    Division of Social Medicine and Health Inequalities, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 7:637-44. 2003
    ..Tuberculosis is a common cause of morbidity and mortality for children throughout the developing world. Children may also be infected with MDR-TB, yet most developing countries do not specifically address pediatric MDR-TB...
  5. ncbi Identification of chlamydia and gonorrhoea among women in rural Haiti: maximising access to treatment in a resource poor setting
    M C Smith Fawzi
    ScD, Harvard Medical School, Department of Social Medicine, Program in Infectious Disease and Social Change PIDSC, 641 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Sex Transm Infect 82:175-81. 2006
    ..To develop a risk assessment algorithm that will increase the identification and treatment of women with cervical infection in rural Haiti...
  6. ncbi Social inequalities and emerging infectious diseases
    P Farmer
    Harvard Medical School, Department of Social Medicine, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Emerg Infect Dis 2:259-69. 1996
    ..Research questions stemming from such a reexamination of disease emergence would demand close collaboration between basic scientists, clinicians, and the social scientists and epidemiologists who adopt such perspectives...
  7. ncbi Limitations in knowledge of HIV transmission among HIV-positive patients accessing case management services in a resource-poor setting
    M C Smith Fawzi
    Department of Social Medicine, Program in Infectious Disease and Social Change, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    AIDS Care 18:764-71. 2006
    ..Programs that serve HIV-positive patients coping with poverty and other serious problems need to ensure adequate knowledge of HIV transmission to reduce the overall burden of HIV in resource-poor settings...