Dr. Vreeman on the challenges of pediatric adherence

Dr . Rachel Vreeman

Dr. Rachel Vreeman, Co-Director of Pediatric Research for AMPATH

I recently had the pleasure of speaking with Dr. Rachel Vreeman, Assistant professor of Pediatrics at Indiana University School of Medicine, and Co-Director of Pediatric Research for AMPATH, about the challenges of pediatric ART adherence.

Dr. Vreeman was kind enough to answer a few questions about her work in Kenya with AMPATH and has expanded on some of her responses in the video at the end of this post. She will also be fielding questions about pediatric ART adherence in GHDonline’s Adherence and Retention community next week, from April 9th to the 13th. Please sign up for GHDonline now to join this discussion!

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