Biography
Anne Dorte Hoejrup is a Senior Partnership Director at DAPP Zambia. She holds a Masters’ Degree in European Ethnology from Copenhagen University with specialisation in Life Modes. Her work is Community Health and Education programming, especially HIV, TB and Malaria. She has lead this work in six African countries since 1992 in Angola, Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe. She has lead mega grant in HIV and TB that cover half of countries with funding from MoH, Global Fund, US Department of Defence and CDC. She has lead two grants from Stop TB Partnership and various research
Key Impacts
Community-led monitoring for TB: A human rights based approach using OneImpact
OneImpact CLM app presents a scalable, rights-based model for improving TB service delivery and improve patient-centered care, recommending its adoption across Zambia National TB Control Program.
Source: Conference 2024
Human rights-based and inmate-led TB prevention and care in prisons
Inmate led model of TB screening and treatment support was found to improve case finding and reduce poor adherence.
Source: Conference 2024
Empowering TB-affected communities: Savings groups as a social protection strategy
Community based savings groups for those affected with TB provide an opportunity to reduce catastrophic costs due the disease. Policymakers, TB programs and NGO’s should consider the integration of community-based savings groups into national TB control strategies.
Source: Conference 2024