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...Microlending refuses to accept the classical economic assumption that poor people are bad creditors. Anne Goldfeld has refused to accept the classical medical assumption that poor people with tuberculosis should be quarantined and forgotten,” Bock says...
...Goldfeld hopes to return to Afghanistan later this spring to begin the treatment program but faces several challenges...
Refugees must continue taking their medicine during the entire six months, even while they return to their homes. To monitor their patients, Goldfeld and the ARC hope to create a computerized tracking system to make sure patients continue to take their medicine even if they are on the move...
...Goldfeld also hopes to focus on Afghanistan’s most vulnerable community—women who are disproportionately afflicted with tuberculosis...
...Goldfeld also hopes to bring a high quality microbiology lab to Afghanistan—the ultimate marriage of university research resources and public health service—where locals could be trained to diagnose and treat tuberculosis, as well as test for drug resistance...