Biography:
Saman Ahmed, is a Social Sciences graduate working at ‘Interactive Research and Development’, a global health research and delivery organization, since 2015. She is currently working in the end TB project: a multi-country, multi-partner project aimed at finding shorter, less toxic treatments for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). She has worked as Study Coordinator for five countries in the endTB Observational study, and is currently the Quality Assurance Manager for endTB Clinical Trials in Pakistan. She has just completed Masters in Public Health from the University of Edinburgh through the Commonwealth Distance Learning Scholarship, where her dissertation focuses on adherence to TB treatment.
Title : Exploring the barriers and facilitators influencing the decision to seek non-conventional treatments for tuberculosis - A qualitative study with people affected by tuberculosis in Pakistan