Mr Thomas Gass MA

Research Degree Student

Academic:

MA in Anthropology at the University of Bern, Switzerland;

CAS in Development Cooperation at the Federal Technical Institute of Zurich, Switzerland.

Professional:

Programme Manager in Development Cooperation for Caritas Switzerland, SolidarMed, Swiss Red Cross.

Thematic:

HIV/AIDS, global health, community health

Countries:

Tanzania, Mozambique, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Tajikistan, Bosnia

Affiliation

Research

DrPH research project (planned for 2012): Reasons for non-adherence, treatment interruption and loss to follow-up in a decentralized antiretroviral treatment program in rural Zimbabwe. A mixed methods study.

Research areas

  • Clinical care
  • Clinical databases
  • Health outcomes
  • Health services research
  • Infectious disease policy
  • Primary care
  • Public health

Disciplines

  • Anthropology
  • Operational research

Disease and Health Conditions

  • Chronic disease
  • HIV/AIDS

Other interests

  • Access To Care
  • Access To Medicines
  • Adherence
  • Africa
  • Antiretroviral Therapy
  • Cohort Studies
  • Community
  • Drug Access
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