Read the latest paper from Amrita and colleagues, written by Stephanie Law and published in the European Respiratory Journal, entitled “Interventions to improve retention-in-care and treatment adherence among patients with drug-resistant tuberculosis: a systematic review“.
New paper from Mikashmi Kohli on availability of essential diagnostics
Read Mikashmi’s latest paper “Availability of essential diagnostics in primary care in India” published today in The Lancet Infectious Diseases. Congratulations! You can also read the corresponding editorial in Microbes and Infection.
UN High Level Meeting to End TB – Videos
Madhu and Nandita participated in the UN High Level Meeting to End TB held in New York City September 26th. See them in action during a media panel, and a stakeholder panel!
PLoS Medicine paper on our quality of TB care study in India
A major paper on our SP study in India is now published in PLoS Med: “Variations in the quality of tuberculosis care in urban India: A cross-sectional, standardized patient study in two cities“. See some of the media coverage, and find out more about the project on our website.
Podcast from Madhukar Pai on the UN High Level Meeting to End TB
Ahead of the United Nations’ first High Level Meeting to address and help end the tuberculosis epidemic, BMC is featuring a series of podcasts, including one from Madhu. Enjoy!
New paper on stigma from Amrita Daftary
Read Amrita’s latest paper “To End TB, First-Ever High-Level Meeting on TB Must Address Stigma” published in The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
Jody Boffa – Postdoctoral Fellow
Congratulations to Jody who became a postdoctoral fellow on September 15th! Jody will continue to work with Amrita on the TB care cascade project in South Africa.
Systematic review on biomarkers for childhood TB
Congratulations to Toyin, Emily, Madhu and our collaborator for their new systematic review “Biomarkers for diagnosis of childhood tuberculosis: A systematic review” published in PLoS One! This paper is part of the project Improving the diagnosis of childhood TB in high burden settings.
Improving access to essential tests – Editorial
Mikashmi, Paulami and Madhu’s editorial on “Improving access to essential tests for infectious diseases” will be published in Microbes and Infection (now in press). Congratulations!
Upfront Xpert MTB/RIF testing for pediatric TB – paper from Sophie Huddart
Sophie contributed to the paper “Upfront Xpert MTB/RIF testing on various specimen types for presumptive infant TB cases for early and appropriate treatment initiation“, published in PLoS One. As she puts it: “This is a deeper dive into the infant TB cases diagnosed with Xpert. Almost all were diagnosed using non-sputum samples and 5% were rif resistant. We also observed an 11% mortality in TB cases. This is certainly the largest cohort of infant TB I’ve come across and it paints a scary picture!”