Kathy Fiekert

Kathy is a Senior TB Consultant with over 27 years’ experience in the design, implementation, management and evaluation of infectious disease control programmes for the NGO, local government, and donor sector in developing countries (mainly in conflict and post-conflict situations.) Her main areas of interest are linking community engagement, patient centeredness, human rights, and ethics to Health System Strengthening (HSS), and designing innovative approaches to optimising TB care utilising new technologies. At KNCV she is the technical lead on the Patient-Centred Framework, Strategic Planning and Stigma Reduction, and provides technical support to country and NGO TB programmes.