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With his partner, Dr. Anne Goldfeld, a Harvard biomedical researcher, and American Brian Heidel, Sok formed the CHC on a shoestring in 1994, two years after he was repatriated to Cambodia from the refugee camps. From the start, their target was TB. The disease takes an estimated 2 million lives a year globally, and Cambodia has one of the highest rates in the world, 508 cases per 100,000 people. The tragedy of TB is that it can be cured with a six-to-eight-month series of daily antibiotics, but interrupted treatment can lead to the rise of multi...
...that they would finish their treatment; friends and family served as co-guarantors. Those in the program received nutritional supplements through the World Food Program. "Our whole approach from the beginning is that no one wants to be sick, no one wants their kid or wife to die," says Goldfeld, who visits the program several times a year from her base at Harvard. "If you give someone the education of how to be well, they'll do it." The World Health Organization was doubtful at first, but Sok and Goldfeld were right. CHC achieved a cure rate...
...heart of CHC's success has been Sok and Goldfeld's synergistic partnership. "Thim without Anne is just another local NGO leader struggling to start an organization," says Joel Charny, a former member of the CHC board. "Anne without Thim is a Harvard researcher without the connections to get things done." Today CHC is adapting its TB program for Cambodia's growing HIV problem and launching ambitious clinical trials, led by Goldfeld, that will study how to treat patients simultaneously suffering from both diseases. This is CHC at its best--harnessing grassroots programs to find answers to vital medical questions...
During her stay in Afghanistan, Goldfeld says she profession, rather than her nationality or gender, became her primary identity...
...continually inspired by the strength and humanity of the people you meet,” Goldfeld says. “It’s always a privilege to be in a situation where you can do something positive...