Institute for International Health and Development - Staff Profiles

Karina Kielmann

Areas of interest

Public Health : Health systems in low- and middle income settings; human resources for health; access to TB and HIV care; TB/HIV co-infection; integration of health services; lay and informal health care providers

Anthropology : medical uncertainty; illness as biographical disruption; ethics and ethnography

Biographical statement

I am a medical anthropologist with training in anthropology and public health. I have 12 years of experience in research, teaching, and developing capacity for social science research in international public health settings. Prior to joining IIHD, I was based at in the Department of Global Health & Development at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (2001-2011) as a lecturer and senior social scientist advising on three successive DfID-funded programmes: the TB Knowledge Programme (2001-2006); the TARGETS RPC for Communicable Disease Control (2005- 2010) and the Evidence for Action RPC on HIV Treatment and Care (2006-2011).

I welcome applications from those interested in pursuing a Ph.D. in the following areas:  medical anthropology; health systems research; bioethics; and human resources for health.

Recent publications (2005 - 2011)

1. (2011) Dahab, M., Kielmann, K., Charalambous, S., Karstaedt, AS, Hamilton, R., La Grange, L., Fielding, KL, Churchyard, GJ, Grant, AD. Contrasting reasons for discontinuation of antiretroviral therapy in workplace and public-sector HIV programmes in South Africa. AIDS Patient Care and STDS 25 (1): 53-59.
2. (2010) Mortagy, I., Kielmann, K, Baldeweg, S., Modder, J. and Pierce, M. Integrating preconception care for women with diabetes into primary care: a qualitative study. British Journal of General Practice 60: 815–821.
3. (2010) Kudale, A., Salve, S., Rangan, S., and Kielmann, K. Health systems responses to the rollout of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in India: a comparison of two HIV high-prevalence settings. AIDS Care 22 Suppl 1: 85-92.
4. (2010) Kielmann, K. and Cataldo, F. Tracking the rise of the ‘expert patient’ in evolving paradigms of HIV care. AIDS Care 22 Suppl 1: 21 — 28.
5. (2010) Pradhan, A., Kielmann, K., Gupte, H., Bamne, G., Porter, J. and Rangan, S. What outliers tell us about missed opportunities in TB control: a cross-sectional study from Mumbai, India. BMC Public Health 10:263.
6. (2010) Joseph, S., Kielmann, K., Kudale, A., Sheikh, K., Shinde, S., Porter, JDH, and Rangan, S. Examining Sex Differentials in the Uptake and Process of HIV Testing in Three High Prevalence Districts of India. AIDS Care 22(3):286-295.
7. (2008) Kelkar-Khambete, A., Kielmann, K. Pawar, S., Porter, J., Inamdar, V, Datye, A. and S. Rangan. India's Tuberculosis Control Program: looking beyond detection and cure. International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases 12(1): 87-92.
8. (2006) Datye, V., K.Kielmann, K. Sheikh, D. Deshmukh, S. Deshpande, J. Porter and S.Rangan. Communication between private practitioners and their patients around HIV testing in Pune, India: gaps in policy and practice. Health Policy and Planning 21(5): 343-352.
9. (2005) Kielmann, K., Deshmukh, D., Deshpande, S., V.Datye, J.Porter and S. Rangan. Managing Uncertainty around HIV/AIDS in an Urban Setting: Private Medical Providers and their Patients in Pune, India. Social Science and Medicine 61(7): 1540-1550.

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